Guides

  1. When Seventeen Minutes Was Too Much RockIn 1968, a rock song built around a fuzzed-out riff, a relentless organ line and a drum solo stretching into the distance became an unlikely radio problem.…
  2. Review: A Live Stream Concert That Captured the Essence of a Small VenueThe best small-venue gigs make the room feel like part of the band. You hear the floorboards, the nervous laugh before a song, the scrape of a pick and the…
  3. When Rock Album Covers Turn Historic Places Into MythClassic rock album art has often treated architecture as more than scenery. A railway crossing, power station, hotel façade or weathered row of terraces can…
  4. The best rock songs about losing everything and starting overRock has always understood the sound of a life coming apart. A cracked amp, a bruised vocal and a chorus built for the open road can turn grief, bankruptcy,…
  5. Why a Song Written During a Power Outage Became a HitWhen the lights went out, the usual machinery of songwriting disappeared with them. No laptop, no studio monitors, no scrolling through plug-ins: just an…
  6. The Most Unlikely Rock Collaborations That Actually Produced Great MusicRock history is full of strange pairings that looked questionable on paper but made perfect sense in the studio. A metal band meets a hip-hop crew, a punk icon…
  7. How the 1960s counterculture shaped the modern rock festival experienceThe modern rock festival is more than a sequence of bands on a stage. It is a temporary community built around loud music, shared identity, open-air living and…
  8. The untold story of the rock band that recorded in a cavernThe Beatles’ connection with Liverpool’s Cavern Club has become part of rock mythology: four young musicians, a packed basement, sweat on the walls and a sound…
  9. Review: The New Band Reviving Early 70s British Blues RockThe Ashford Saints arrive with Blackwater Mile, a debut album that smells of valve amps, damp rehearsal rooms and long drives through the English countryside.…
  10. The Best Rock Playlist for a Hike Through a National ParkA great bushwalk needs a soundtrack with movement. The right rock playlist can make a steep climb feel purposeful, turn a long ridge into a cinematic passage…