Felix Rowe

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The 10 greatest alter egos in music history

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Introducing ten acts who have gone incognito with an alter-ego 'nom de plume'

Bands & Artists
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My Morning Jacket just casually released the best psych pop album of 2020

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My Morning Jacket's new album The Waterfall II is a follow-up to their 2015 album The Waterfall I and it's the perfect tonic for 2020

Albums
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A love letter to the lost art of the liner note

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Far from a dull necessity, the small print is a treasure trove just waiting to be explored. You might be surprised at what you discover

Culture
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Green Day's Warning at 20: reappraising an overlooked folk-punk classic

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20 years on, we revisit Green Day's Warning and discover there's more to the overlooked gem than you might realise

Albums
Chris Cornell and Timbaland in the studio

The 10 most WTF curveballs in rock history

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How Jack White and Insane Clown Posse joined forces on a track inspired by Mozart's "scatological canon" and other mind-boggling stories from rock's archives

Tracks & Singles
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Dead birds, drugs and sand pits: how musicians get in the zone

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Artists will go to extreme lengths in order to capture magic in the studio – we take a look back at some of rock's wildest studio setups

Bands & Artists
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Mop stars: the jobs musicians did before they got famous

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Even born rockstars have to earn a living before they make it big – here we look at some of the unlikely jobs rockstars took before breaking through

Bands & Artists