‘Turn me on dead man. Turn me on dead man’… Nothing quite says that you’re as mad as a bag of frogs with party hats on like hearing a coded message in a songs does. Like some strange, Truman Show-esque fantasy land, we know of course that the world of…

Covering songs can be testy ground for musicians. Do you stay true to the original? Or do you make the song your own? Developing on a classic can put musicians in a world of hate from fans hell-bent on the original. But sometimes cover versions gather so much steam the…

“When the legend becomes fact, print the legend”. No other statement could better encapsulate the life and legacy of Robert Johnson, the King of the Delta blues. As music’s answer to Faust, the fiction has outlived the fact. It has curled the toes of many, and lined the pockets of…

New York, 1964 at the Delmonico Hotel, the Beatles were taking a breather from the first of two shows at the Forest Hills Stadium. A mutual friend, Al Aronowitz, brokered a meeting of minds and out walked the raspy-voiced folk icon, Bob Dylan with enough joints to go around and…

Whether you’re aware of the West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band or not, their story is one that offers a sobering insight into the inner machinations of ’60 rock and roll. It wasn’t all peace, love and partying. Beset with the internal struggles, shrouded in myth and a little known…

The birthplace of punk rock is as contested as the proverbial chicken and egg. The UK, the US, Australia, amongst others, all have a deserved horse in the race, but the truth is a little less clear-cut. What is generally termed “punk” refers to the artistic and musical movement of…

Amongst so many others, bands like Tame Impala, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, the Black Angels and Goat are all currently taking the esteemed mantle for psychedelic music. …