Rock

Maybe Depeche Mode were always destined to assume their final form as a synth duo. Way back in their early days, after they formed at a Basildon school concert in June 1980, they felt a little like a rock band who hadn’t quite completed their electronic evolution, and had been left with vestigial members, guys
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Rush‘s Geddy Lee has announced an official title and release date for his previously teased memoir. My Effin’ Life is due out on Nov. 14. The band tweeted a picture of the book’s front cover — a vintage photo of the prog-rock legend — and added, “More soon…” Lee informally announced his then-untitled autobiography in a September 2021 Instagram post,
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Among these little islands to the north-west of the European mainland, the sea has always claimed a large slice of national mythologies. For hundreds of years England has brandished its thalassic geography as a treatise of power: the scepter’d isle that never never shall be enslaved. But as England now cheerfully hoists itself by its
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Through the gentle beat and surrounded by melodic instrumentation that could have done more than enough to tell us the context of what we’re soon to hear coming out of our stereo speakers, we find a soft voice of vitality amid “Light of the Moon” by Red Matter, the dreaminess of the nearby musicality seamlessly
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There aren’t very many artists interested in staying true to pure country aesthetics anymore, but that isn’t stopping young songbird Xolex from breaking down some of the most incredibly virginal country melodies with ease and swagger in her new single “Ain’t Buyin’ It.” Xolex’s vocal style comes from the old school nightclub aesthetic for certain, and when it’s
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In January 1968, the members of Pink Floyd were on their way to a show in Southampton, England. One of them asked if they should divert to collect Syd Barrett. Another replied, “No, let’s not.” With that, the former bandleader’s days were numbered. That number came up on April 6, 1968, when the band officially
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The National Basketball Association (NBA) has announced BTS member Suga as its newest ambassador. Today (April 6), the NBA released a video featuring Suga on its official Twitter account, where the K-pop idol revealed that he is “proud to announce that [he has] become an NBA ambassador”. “It is personally a great honour as I
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Susanna Hoffs has created plenty of original music, most notably with the Bangles. But she’s no stranger to covers either. Some might remember a version of the Lightning Seeds’ “All I Want” from her second solo album, or Hoffs taking on Oingo Boingo’s “We Close Our Eyes” or Dusty Springfield’s “The Look of Love” for
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