Intellectual, cynical, logical: The hit song about divorce and disillusionment that was Paul McCartney's favourite single of 1979
Intellectual, cynical, logical: The hit song about divorce and disillusionment that was Paul McCartney's favourite single of 1979
A Beatle approved it. The record company hated it. How an existential pop-rock masterpiece turned its creators into unlikely transatlantic superstars
Louder
Louder
"Are they gonna think I'm Beelzebub taking their precious baby away, breaking their hearts and defiling him?": What happened when Greta Van Fleet's guitarist got himself a new band
"Are they gonna think I'm Beelzebub taking their precious baby away, breaking their hearts and defiling him?": What happened when Greta Van Fleet's guitarist got himself a new band
When the worlds of Greta Van Fleet’s Jake Kiszka and alt.folkie Chris Turpin collided, it was musical love at first sight. After a whirlwind romance, new project Mirador was born
Louder
Louder
The Uncool by Cameron Crowe review – inside rock’s wildest decade
The Uncool by Cameron Crowe review – inside rock’s wildest decade
From shadowing a cocaine-addled David Bowie to winning over Joni Mitchell, deliciously readable tales by the director of Almost Famous
The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
"It’s about an ex-girlfriend who'd moved to Ecuador. I tried to be level-headed about her leaving...I was completely ****ed off." How one cosy but spiteful ballad helped fast-track the rise of the world's biggest punk band
Many thought this song was written with warmth and goodwill towards its subject. They were wrong
Louder
Louder
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"You can't dance or clap along to it. When we play it live, you can always see the audience getting caught out": How Genesis wrote the career-changing song that confused their fans - and Peter Gabriel
Deceptively straightforward but with a rhythmic banana skin, Genesis's transformation from major cult band to stadium-filling hit-makers started here
Louder
Louder
“I would come into the studio with my guitar and notepad and people didn’t want to listen to me. They tried to just give me songs – and I hated that”: Avril Lavigne’s fight to create the smash hit that would inspire Olivia Rodrigo and Billie Eilish
It also kick-started the career of production team The Matrix
MusicRadar
MusicRadar