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A guide to every Poppy album so far
By Dannii Leivers published
Our guide to every full-length studio album made by one of alternative music's most fascinating and unpredictable creatives

The best new rock songs you need to hear right now
By Polly Glass published
Featuring Joe Bonamassa, The Hives, Enuff Z'nuff and five other raiders of the lost art

12 alternative acts you should try and watch at Glastonbury 2025
By Merlin Alderslade published
Think Glastonbury Festival is all about mainstream artists? Think again

The night The Kinks partied at serial killer John Wayne Gacy's house
By Fraser Lewry published
The Kinks' US tour of 1965 was eventful even before the Killer Clown got involved

Dan Hawkins hates how The Darkness treated Ian Anderson
By Julian Marszalek published
Guitarist says one of the worst days of his life came when a song featuring the Jethro Tull leader was dropped from their 2012 comeback album

10 brilliant songs that prove Johnny Marr is one of the most influential guitarists of his generation
By Niall Doherty published
It's true, just ask Radiohead, Blur, Fontaines D.C., Red Hot Chili Peppers and more...

Peter Gabriel, Robert Fripp, Sandy Denny, Phil Collins and the novelty single no one talks about
By Martin Kielty published
In 1975 some of the biggest names in prog became the backing band for comedian Charlie Drake to record the Gabriel-penned song You’ll Never Know. It was an utter flop

Why The Kinks could never fully get on board with Van Halen’s version of You Really Got Me
By Niall Doherty published
The band’s famously chilled out frontman Ray Davies had a hard time accepting that people thought Eddie Van Halen & co. wrote his timeless classic
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