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NME | Primal Scream interview
Vintage Rock | Jerry Lee Lewis ranch feature
After a knotty legal battle, Jerry Lee Lewis’ opulent Mississippi ranch is reopening to the public. New owner Todd Allen Herendeen takes Vintage Rock inside The Killer’s very own Graceland…
Vintage Rock | Classic album feature
Classic Album: ‘Somebody Up There Digs Me’ – Louis Jordan
As rock’n’roll soared, the influential jump blues pioneer needed a hit. Could he reverse his fortunes with a Quincy Jones-produced LP that reimagined his smashes in the raucuous new style? Either way, the result was a last burst of brillance
NME | Quincy Jones obituary
Cloud | Abbey Road photography feature
Microphones are everyday objects at Abbey Road Studios, but not to photographer Rick Guest
NME | Amyl and the Sniffers feature
NME | ‘Bird’ film review
Vintage Rock Presents: Elvis The Ultimate Album Guide
Greeted with more of a shrug than a full embrace at the time of its release, history has been kind to Good Times, which remains one of Elvis’ most fully-realised later-period albums
Vintage Rock Presents: Elvis The Ultimate Album Guide
‘Raised On Rock / For Ol’ Times Sake’
Ignore the misleading title – anyone expecting a 1950s-style rockin’ affair would have been disappointed by Elvis’ 19th studio effort, which found the King in a sombre state…
Vintage Rock Presents: Elvis The Ultimate Album Guide
Otherwise known as ‘The Fool Album’, this 1973 release showcased Elvis in full Vegas swing, and is today one of the King’s most popular LPs on Spotify
Vintage Rock Presents: Elvis The Ultimate Album Guide
Elvis’ third and final album of gospel music found him reimagining church favourites in a more contemporary style
Classic Pop | Tears For Fears feature
They once hated playing gigs, but Tears For Fears now love performing so much they’re sharing the joy with a first official live album, which also features brand new songs. “We’re on a creative roll,” the duo tell us…
NME | The Smile album review
NME | Sleaford Mods interview
NME | Jamie xx album review
NME | ‘Two Of Us’ play interview
NME | ‘The Penguin’ TV review
Vintage Rock | Little Richard feature
The Second Coming Of Little Richard
It’s 60 years since Little Richard Is Back (And There’s A Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On!) marked the Georgia Peach’s glorious return to rock’n’roll. We bow down before his majesty
Vintage Rock | ‘The T.A.M.I. Show’ feature
It was the concert movie that broke boundaries, boasts a universe’s worth of stars and pitted James Brown against The Rolling Stones. So why is The T.A.M.I. Show so little-known?
NME | The Dare album review
NME | MJ Lenderman interview
NME | Liam Gallagher Reading Festival review
NME | Fontaines D.C. Reading Festival review
NME | ‘City Of God: The Fight Rages On’ TV review
NME | Wilderness Festival review
NME | Artemas/C24 mixtape feature
The London-based singer talks topping charts, being inspired by Kurt Cobain and his C24 song ‘So Stunning’
Spin | The Record Detective Agency feature
The Record Store: Rock and God In This North London Musical Mecca
Meet Derek Burbidge, long-standing owner of the Record Detective Agency
NME | Eminem album review
Spin | Remi Wolf album review
Vintage Rock | John Carter Cash Q&A
Songwriter, the new unearthed Johnny Cash album, celebrates the Man in Black’s craftsmanship rather than his celebrity status. It’s a well-overdue reappraisal, says his son
Vintage Rock | Rock’n’roll gospel albums feature
Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard and Johnny Cash all released gospel records at the height of their fame and fortune. Now largely forgotten or underrated, the albums are ripe for reassessment
NME | IDLES Glastonbury review
NME | Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright interview
NME | Justice Glastonbury review
NME | Shania Twain Glastonbury review
NME | Little Simz Glastonbury review
Yours Retro | Elvis vs. The Beatles feature
Box office battle: Elvis Vs The Beatles
In 1964, The Beatles almost overthrew the King of rock’n’roll when A Hard Day’s Night locked horns with the Elvis Presley picture Viva Las Vegas. Jordan Bassett charts a seismic musical moment
NME | ‘A Quiet Place: Day One’ film review
NME | ‘The Exorcism’ film review
NME | Wunderhorse interview
NME | Pete Doherty interview
NME | The Lemon Twigs album review
NME | Fat White Family album review
NME | St. Vincent album review
Louder | Kings of Leon retrospective
NME | Liam Gallagher and John Squire interview
NME | Family Values: Kurt, Courtney & Frances Bean Q&A
NME | Kim Gordon album review
Cloud | Gigs at home feature
Lives music is in turmoil. Could concerts in private homes be the answer?
NME | Liam Gallagher and John Squire album review
NME | Skepta interview
Vintage Rock | Motown feature
65 years ago, Berry Gordy – a former boxer and failed record store owner – launched the label that would become Motown. We trace its funky first five years, which followed in the slipstream of rock’n’roll
NME | Bill Ryder-Jones album review
Vintage Rock | ‘Priscilla’ feature
A new Hollywood biopic adapted from Priscilla Presley’s memoir Elvis And Me is set to take us behind those Graceland gates. Vintage Rock gets the inside story
NME | Queens of the Stone live review
NME | Dolly Parton album review
NME | ‘Robbie Williams’ documentary review
Kerrang! | Grunge revival feature
Vintage Rock | Classic album feature
Classic album: ‘San Francisco Dues’, Chuck Berry
He was ‘back home’ at Chess Records, the label that made him a star, but rock’n’roll’s poet laureate had yet to recapture the magic of the mid-50s. Luckily, help was at hand…
NME | Corinne Bailey Rae, ‘Black Rainbows’ album review
NME | Corey Taylor, ‘CMF2’ album review
NME | End Of The Road 2023 festival review
Classic Pop | Róisín Murphy interview
“I told this record my secrets”
Róisín Murphy has spent three decades leaping into the unknown. This time she’s landed on Hit Parade, a career-high album produced by DJ Koze. And it’s further proof that she’ll never play it safe
Bentley Magazine | Vinyl revival feature
The world of music is at a turning point as young people spearhead the vinyl revival, discovers Jordan Bassett
NME | Red Hot Chili Peppers live review
NME | ‘Little Richard: I Am Everything’ film review
NME | Jerry Lee Lewis obituary
NME | Robbie Williams interview
NME | Glastonbury Festival 2022 review
NME | Paul McCartney at Glastonbury Festival 2022 review
NME | Liam Gallagher, ‘C’mon You Know’ album review
NME | Joan Jett interview
NME | Latto, ‘777’ album review
NME | End of the Road festival 2021 review
NME | Liam Gallagher live review
NME | Dave Grohl interview
NME | Specialty Records retrospective
NME | Modest Mouse interview
NME | Modest Mouse, ‘The Golden Casket’ album review
NME | ‘The United States vs. Billie Holiday’ film review
NME | ‘Billie’ film review
NME | IDLES, ‘Ultra Mono’ album review
NME | ‘Hail to the Deadites’ film review
NME | Arcade Fire’s ‘The Suburbs’ retrospective
NME | Black Lives Matter protest report
NME | Little Richard obituary
NME | Michael Kiwanuka interview
NME | Music and climate change feature
NME | Glastonbury Festival 2019 metal feature
NME | Counterfeit Xanax feature
NME | Houston travel feature with Solange Knowles
NME | Freshers’ week feature
BBC | Reading and Leeds Festival feature
Grazia | Women in grime feature
You won’t know the names of these five women – yet – but they’re influential players in the UK’s biggest music scene
NME | #grime4corbyn feature
NME | Sink The Pink feature
Red Bull Music Academy | Karen Dalton feature
Recently reinterpreted by modern artists like Laurel Halo and Marissa Nadler, the impact of this ’60s folk singer lives on