How Wowee Zowee by Pavement Captured the Sheer Unbridled Joy of Making Music
April 24th, 2020 | by Steven Rainey
In the mid-90s, everything was about being BIG. In the US, Nirvana had proved there was an appetite for loud, …
April 24th, 2020 | by Steven Rainey
In the mid-90s, everything was about being BIG. In the US, Nirvana had proved there was an appetite for loud, …
November 12th, 2018 | by Steven Rainey
On November 18th 1993, the three members of Nirvana sat down on the stage of the Sony Music Studios in …
October 3rd, 2017 | by Steven Rainey
Rock and roll is built on shifting sands. What reinvents the wheel one day, is old hat the next. One …
July 17th, 2017 | by Steven Rainey
In 1967, music and art threatened to take over the world. The Beatles were proclaiming that “All you need is …
March 6th, 2017 | by Steven Rainey
The war to end all wars. Senseless carnage on a scale unimagined. The East-Coast of what used to be the …
March 2nd, 2017 | by Steven Rainey
There’s a moment on Lilys’ 1996 album Better Can’t Make Your Life Better, where you find yourself wondering “What exactly …
February 1st, 2017 | by Steven Rainey
In 1972, King Crimson were in a bit of a mess. The band had been one of the leading lights …
December 12th, 2016 | by Steven Rainey
There was a time when a person could have dreams of being creative, of writing that novel, recording that album, …
December 1st, 2016 | by Steven Rainey
And now, the tide must turn. With the election of Donald Trump to the Oval Office, the cultural climate in …
October 18th, 2016 | by Steven Rainey
The opening of Netflix’s smash hit Stranger Things finds four adolescent boys gathered round a table, intently focussed on some …