It’s getting its North American premiere on Navy Pier with a British and Chicago cast — expect the story of the British Invasion band and songs like “You Really Got Me” and “Lola.” ...
It may be the band’s finest balance of old and new. Many of the Kinks’ best songs do in fact achieve a balance. A balance of old and new. Sarcasm and sentiment. But there are times when Ray ...
Radio X takes a trip back to the year of Elephant Stone, Wrote For Luck, Destroy The Heart, Suedehead and more.
"It’s just so spare, so little going on but every nuance, everything on it," said Gilmour of a favorite song. "It’s absolutely affection." ...
In an exercise in what he calls ‘historically informed rock criticism’, Mark Doyle considers the Kinks, a band that emerged from a north London suburb in the 1960s. He describes how the fiercely ...
Your favorite song sounds better in the car. Nevertheless, there’s an art to making the perfect mix for a road trip: You want some songs that are all about forward motion, propelling you down ...
Thanks, boss. Yes, there are the proto-punk records from the likes of the Dolls, the Stooges and MC5, but really, in 1976, ...
"Panama" is, of course, one of the single most-played live Van Halen songs across their entire catalog, not just the top song from 1984. Only one song from this album never got played, "Top Jimmy ...
The best Justin Bieber songs have, in a startlingly short space of time, turned the teenage heartthrob into a global megastar commanding all the shots. Justin Bieber, hat fresh-faced young ...
"Dead End Street" – The Kinks ... the list of songs that shaped his life. It's thought the track's mix of acoustic guitars and strings inspired the development of Weller's "My Best Friend ...