For almost two decades, Phil Elverum’s life centred around performing and recording music. First as the Microphones and then as Mount Eerie, he had accumulated
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‘Almost like imprisonment’: the shocking truth about life for boybands in their ‘golden era’
‘People often don’t get it,” says Ritchie Neville. “They think being in a famous band is a dream. But I’ve had situations where I’m out
‘James Brown kept cutting our stage time’ – how the Stylistics made You Make Me Feel Brand New
Airrion Love, singer Three of us were in a Philadelphia group called the Monarchs and the other guys were in the Percussions. When we left
‘Two of the best songwriters Australia has ever produced’: punk pioneers the Saints return
The story of one of the most extraordinary bands in rock history began in the most ordinary of ways, with school kids walking down the
‘I was a fool’: Art Garfunkel describes tearful reunion with Paul Simon
Art Garfunkel has described a recent tearful reunion with Paul Simon, in which the pair moved past old enmities. Speaking to the Times, Garfunkel said:
Sunday with Chilly Gonzales: ‘I’ll be piling up my pancakes’
Sunday work or rest? My job doesn’t differentiate weekends from weekdays. Most musicians would say that. But I do try to keep my Sundays something
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds review – up close and existential with rock’s great everyman
“YEAHYEAHYEAHYEAHYEAH!” barks Nick Cave, crouched face to face with the first few rows of an audience who are having, at a conservative estimate, the time
Frankie Bridge: ‘I was anxious from the womb. It’s who I am’
I was anxious from the womb. It’s who I am. As a child, my thoughts would happen at night-time: I’d struggle to breathe and have
One to watch: Pem
“Since I was 10, my teachers asked my parents if I smoked!” Pem is trying to explain where her enthralling, vibrato-rippling voice comes from. Pem
A$AP Rocky’s Tranmere link raises eyebrows but football and rap fit perfectly | Barney Ronay
There has been a worrying silence this week around A$AP Rocky’s plans to buy Tranmere Rovers. A co-investor has dropped out. Further finance is being