British soul collective Sault have broken almost every rule of album-making during their brief career. Debuting in 2019, they’ve already released 12 studio albums. Yet they’ve only played live once and have never given an interview. Their already sizeable catalogue…
Rosalía delivers on the year’s most ambitious album. Westerman delivers another album of exquisite 1980s-soaked melancholy, while Sudan Archives is inconsistent but sometimes great. Rosalía Lux 2025, 9/10Rosalia Vila Tobella deserves kudos for making four entirely different albums. She started…
K-pop is now a well-established cultural phenomenon. But the first South Korean artist to break out in the West was a stocky, 34-year-old Freddie Mercury fan. Psy He doesn’t fit the standard K-pop idol image of being incredibly young, good-looking,…
This week’s challenge is sudden death – if you get one wrong, the quiz stops. Also, it’s not possible to skip questions. It starts easy, but gets harder. I scored 12/12 with 3:16 remaining – can you beat my…
Rage Against the Machine’s debut album was a slow-burn success. Their debut single ‘Killing in the Name’ was initially released in 1992, and became the Christmas #1 single in the UK in 2009. Parent album Rage Against the Machine didn’t…
Arty fare from three different parts of the UK – Wales’ Cate Le Bon, Scottish piper Brìghde Chaimbeul, and theatrical London band The Last Dinner Party. The Last Dinner Party From the Pyre 2025, 7.5/10The Last Dinner Party were breakout…
Credits 4 THE MADMAN RUNNING THROUGH THE FIELDS – Dantalian’s Chariot (U.K.)(George Money/Andy Somers) PERSONNEL/GEORGE “ZOOT” MONEY: vocals, keyboards * ANDY SOMERS: guitar * PAT DONALDSON: bass * COLIN ALLEN: drumsProduced by RIK GUNNELLRecorded in London, EnglandColumbia single #DB-8260 (1967)…
Can you complete song titles with the word “band” in them. I scored 14/14 – can you beat my time? I had 3:30 remaining. Congratulations to Tony and Max, who both scored full marks in last week’s quiz. I’ve…
Talking Heads emerged from the mid-1970s CBGB scene, along with Blondie, The Ramones, and Television. Neurotic frontman David Byrne formed the band with drummer Chris Frantz. When the new band was unable to find a bass player, Frantz’s girlfriend Tina…
Neko Case is back with her gothic Americana. Brooklyn’s Geese are perhaps the most discussed indie band of 2025, while Melbourne’s King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard recently released their 27th album since their 2011 debut. Read on! King Gizzard…
