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Primal Scream: Come ahead cover art
Primal Scream are sporadically groovy yet ultimately frustrating on Come Ahead

By Paul Whitelaw Published

The Primal Scream team fail to get their rocks off with this underwhelming comeback

Albums
Bobby Gillespie
Primal Scream explore division and intolerance on new single Deep Dark Waters

By Paul Brannigan Published

Primal Scream explore colonialism, xenophobia, fanaticism, human rights and political violence on new single Deep Dark Waters

Tracks & Singles
Daniel Ek, CEO of Swedish music streaming service Spotify, gestures as he makes a speech at a press conference in Tokyo on September 29, 2016.
Spotify CEO sparks backlash after social media post that claimed the cost of making "content" is "close to zero"

By Stef Lach Published

Spotify CEO Daniel Ek touched the collective nerve of the music world by saying it costs almost nothing to make "content"

Streaming Services
RATM / Mogwai / Pulp
“We speak out together in solidarity with the Palestinian people’s struggle for freedom, justice and equal rights": Rage Against The Machine, Mogwai, Pulp among 4000 artists calling for a ceasefire in Gaza

By Paul Brannigan Published

Over 4000 artists from the music world are joining the chorus of voices urging for a ceasefire in Gaza

Bands & Artists
Thin Lizzy in 1978, Bobby Gillespie in 2015
“Phil Lynott could sing you into bed”: Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie on his love of Thin Lizzy

By Niall Doherty Published

Primal Scream frontman Bobby Gillespie thinks Thin Lizzy are the creators of the best record ever made – but which one has he gone for?

Interviews
Creation, essential albums
A beginner's guide to Creation Records in five essential albums

By Niall Doherty Published

How Alan McGee's indie label changed music, via five essential Creation albums

Albums
A montage of pictures of Oasis, The Verve and Primal Scream
A beginner's guide to 90s UK indie in five essential albums

By Stephen Hill Published

There was more to 90s indie than just Britpop, but it's a pretty good place to start... Here, the story of how one decade saw a genre morph beyond all recognition, told by the albums that made it happen

Albums
Primal Scream's Martin Duffy
Primal Scream keyboardist Martin Duffy dead at 55

By Paul Brannigan Published

Musicians pay tribute to Birmingham-born Primal Scream keyboard player Martin Duffy, whose death was announced today (December 20)

Bands & Artists
Bobby Gillespie
Every Primal Scream album ranked from worst to best

By Stuart Bailie Published

Albums
Denise Johnson
Primal Scream, New Order, A Certain Ratio singer Denise Johnson dead at 56

By Scott Munro Published

Denise Johnson who sang with bands including New Order, A Certain Ratio and on Primal Scream’s classic Screamadelica album has died at the age of 56

Bands & Artists
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