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
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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