The Lord Is His Record Producer: Paul Simon’s Seven Psalms
On his new album, the king of singer / songwriters faces down eternity and wins
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Author: Jim Allen
“We’re Not Gonna Go Quietly”: Captain Sensible on The Damned’s Darkadelic
The punk O.G. talks politics, Pink Floyd and flipping off the grim reaper
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Out of Noise: Remembering Ryuichi Sakamoto
The Japanese giant’s career ranged from electronic to orchestral and beyond
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Is the BBC Broadcasts Box a Genesis Revelation?
What does the career-spanning five-CD live set reveal?
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How Spandau Ballet Embraced Their Inner Soul Boys 40 Years Ago on True
The third time was the charm for the New Romantics-turned-R&B merchants
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May You Never: John Martyn’s Solid Air Turns 50
The Scottish troubadour fused funk, jazz and more into his tender, trippy psych-folk stew
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Song of the Neuromancer: Remembering Yukihiro Takahashi
Saluting the synth-pop pioneer who slipped away too soon
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Bob Seger Wants to Bury ‘Back in ‘72,’ But He’s Wrong
50 Years on, Seger’s dirty secret still rocks
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How Eno Altered Reality On Before And After Science
The album that bridged Art Rock and New Wave turns 45
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Ward White’s Ice Cream Chords: Movies That Melt in Your Ear
The West Coast troubadour makes his elevator pitches
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It Takes a Village: Richard Barone on Writing Music + Revolution: Greenwich Village in the 1960s
A rocker captures the feel of the folk explosion in prose
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Dennis Diken on The Smithereens’ Lost Album
The drummer looks back in fondness while forging ahead
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The Meaning of Love: Depeche Mode’s A Broken Frame at 40
How the band sidestepped doom and started a new chapter
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The Earth Died Screaming: Bone Machine Turns 30
Looking back on Tom Waits’s most visceral sack of gold
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How the Gin Blossoms Made Melancholia Fun: New Miserable Experience Turns 30
Power-pop riffs, alcohol and Arizona sunshine are part of the package on a ‘90s classic
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