Essays

Is iTunes killing the album?

A couple of weeks ago, as I was performing some obligatory household chores, I was…

Johnny Cash: The man in shades of black

‘Walk the Line’, the musical biopic on Johnny Cash’s life has recently received its European…

Are the White Stripes the sexiest band of all time?

One day, not so very long ago, I went over to a boy’s house to…

The Greatest Documentary Ever Made

The un-official Bob Dylan month culminated in the showing of ‘Bob Dylan: No Direction Home’…

Football Songs

England have won the World Cup! Not the football (or ‘soccer’ as you yanks may…

Lyrics are Back!

Lyrics are a funny thing. Intelligent and interesting music need strong lyrics. But if they…

Is Kanye West the new Bob Dylan?

Curses to it all, that damned music press it at it again. They’re always doing…

Geek Mythology: Perpetuating the Kurt Cobain Legend

Spring is here again, and you know what that means: love is in the air,…

The Power of Love: A look at some of the greatest break-up albums ever

The “break-up album” is a special breed of record.  It takes the personal pain and…

Where Boys Fear to Tread: Unlocking your feminine side with Billy Corgan

Camaraderie It may seem a concept both hokey and archaic in this age of the…

Thom Yorke is Not an Alien

I bought Radiohead’s Kid A in the fall of 2000, when I was an awkward,…

The Great White Wonder that is bootlegging

A look at the history and impact of bootlegging on the music industry. Not to…

The Passion of the Morrissey

The gladioli are in flight. On the stage of the Henry Fonda Theater in Hollywood,…