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Despite its massive slow-burn success and cultural footprint, its forthright creator remains lukewarm on the record that made him globally famous. “I thought [Play] was too eclectic. It was recorded ...

The foundations of funk were laid down in the mid-1960s, when James Brown began to emphasize the first beat of each measure in his stage-tested and frenzy-inducing R&B songs. Before the decade's end, ...

You can’t go to every concert, especially those that happened decades before you were born. But the best live albums can take you there. At a certain point, every album used to be a live album, at ...

Between 1963 and 1970, The Beatles’ catalogue included 25 cover versions – the vast majority included on their albums or EPs up to 1965. But over the last 30 years, many more have come to light. Below ...

If only I knew whatever happened to it, then I could let you know all of the names! But by memory, I can remember seeing The Adverts, Buzzcocks, The Clash, the Ramones, X-Ray Spex, The Boomtown Rats, ...

The 2025 edition of the M for Montreal music festival, which ran from Nov. 19 to 22, provided local fans with a little ...

In The Alternative Number Ones, I’m reviewing every #1 single in the history of the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks/Alternative Songs, starting with the moment that the chart launched in 1988. This ...