Arise, Sir Roger

The Beach Boys singer, who died this week aged 82, named various tracks that had a profound impact on his life and musical development.

A look at how ageing rock stars tend to write about the modern world, and how Tom Petty did it better than all of them with his song ‘Saving Grace’.

Bono has said he’s “ready for the future” with U2, as the band has 25 “great” songs for the new album.

Sam Thompson was set to team up with ex-girlfriend Zara McDermott’s new partner Louis Tomlinson at the Soccer Aid fundraiser on Sunday night

Tickets have started to appear via official channels as fans scramble to secure their spot at Back To The Beginning on July 5, 2025

John Stamos was by Beach Boys founding member Mike Love’s side when news of Brian Wilson’s death on Wednesday stunned the music world. ‘His face went blank,’ the actor recalls.

Working Class Hero, the first exhibition dedicated to Ozzy Osbourne’s storied career, will be hosted at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery

As the artwork for Sabrina Carpenter’s upcoming album Man’s Best Friend sparks widespread debate, we revisit some of the most controversial album covers of all time

Do we need dance remixes of The Cure’s brilliantly depressing ‘Songs of a Lost World’? Turns out yes we do, with help from Four Tet, Mogwai, Orbital, Daniel Avery, and more.

The Beach Boys mastermind has been the subject of pop scholarship and major boxed sets, but some corners of his oeuvre remain unreleased.

I can think of absolutely no comparison point for King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard. They are a one of one. The Australian psych-rockers crank out an unholy amount of music, and they freely switch genres and moods from album to album. If you’re a devoted King Gizzard fan, then you must not have much time in your life for basically any other music at all. Nevertheless, they seem to get bigger and bigger with each new release, and all those albums are pretty good! Their undiminished creative flow is really something to witness, especially as it leads them to a freaky-ass experiment like their new orchestral album Phantom Island.

Exuberant jazz rock is lacquered with gleaming layers of brass and strings for the neu jam band’s most celebratory outing yet.