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"The answer might sound a little boring, but it's probably my iPhone": Modeselektor on their go-to instrument
Based in a new studio, Berlin’s favourite sonic troublemakers crash the DJ-Kicks series with a shape-shifting techno-industrial mix. We sit down with Sebastian Szary to find out more
A music professor breaks down the theory behind Paul McCartney's Wonderful Christmastime
Our resident music professor takes on McCarney's divisive festive classic
“The greatest rock ballad of all time!”: The classic song that held the No.2 spot for 10 weeks without ever hitting No.1
But at least the album made it to the top
“There’s something to that song that touches people”: The Fleetwood Mac classic that Stevie Nicks wrote in 10 minutes!
Nicks’ performance of the song on stage every night “was like an exorcism”
Why did Prince abruptly retract his new album days before release in 1987?
A record allegedly driven by supernatural forces, Prince swiftly disowned the stark funk of the Black Album - but what caused him to pivot so dramatically?
“I have only flashes of making it”: How David Bowie reinvented his music with a song he could barely remember recording
A dazzling epic that ushered in Bowie’s new persona, the Thin White Duke
The DIY attitude that drove Tom Waits’ finest album
Waits’ gritty Rain Dogs depicted a dark vision of New York’s underbelly, and was shaped by its ‘junkyard orchestra’ of inventive instrumentation
“When the music stopped I found myself still playing that riff”: How Tori Amos created the hit song Cornflake Girl
Its memorable infectious hooks belie a dark lyrical core
