REWIND

When the world is on fire, listen to this. And it is so often on fire. Luckily, there are bands like System of a Down and albums like Toxicity that can provide an extremely unique form of cathartic escapism. Just how unique, you ask? every System of a Down song is like— i’m the mushroom man, i’m […]

When the world is on fire, listen to this. And it is so often on fire. Luckily, there are bands like System of a Down and albums like Toxicity that can provide an extremely unique form of cathartic escapism. Just how unique, you ask? every System of a Down song is like— i’m the mushroom man, i’m […]

4 years ago

REWIND: Rage Against The Machine’s Battle of Los Angeles is just as powerful 20 years on

We pick the top five tracks from an absolute classic. Hey, you heard about the good news? Rage Against The Machine are reuniting. So far we only have a handful of confirmed dates – none of them in Europe, sadly – but between that shock announcement and the disbanding of spin-off Prophets of Rage, we’re crossing […]

We pick the top five tracks from an absolute classic. Hey, you heard about the good news? Rage Against The Machine are reuniting. So far we only have a handful of confirmed dates – none of them in Europe, sadly – but between that shock announcement and the disbanding of spin-off Prophets of Rage, we’re crossing […]

6 years ago

Bleed American

7 years ago

REWIND: 20 years ago, Slipknot unleashed a most ferocious debut

Happy Birthday, maggots… “Yeah, but, they wear masks lolz!” Now that we’ve gotten that complex argument from Cool Guys that exclusively listen to The Beatles or Rachmaninoff out of the way, let us celebrate. I’m not quite sure just how this has happened, but it has now officially been 20 years since Slipknot burst onto the scene […]

Happy Birthday, maggots… “Yeah, but, they wear masks lolz!” Now that we’ve gotten that complex argument from Cool Guys that exclusively listen to The Beatles or Rachmaninoff out of the way, let us celebrate. I’m not quite sure just how this has happened, but it has now officially been 20 years since Slipknot burst onto the scene […]

7 years ago

REWIND: College Dropout turns 15 this week – we recall the five best tracks from Kanye West’s debut album

Kanye West wasn’t always what he is now. In fact, from his persona, to his passions, to the music he puts out – he is almost unrecognisable from the artist he was when he released his debut album, College Dropout, exactly 12 years ago. When Dropout dropped, Yeezy was already an acclaimed producer with Jay-Z’s […]

Kanye West wasn’t always what he is now. In fact, from his persona, to his passions, to the music he puts out – he is almost unrecognisable from the artist he was when he released his debut album, College Dropout, exactly 12 years ago. When Dropout dropped, Yeezy was already an acclaimed producer with Jay-Z’s […]

7 years ago

REWIND: Ranking the top 5 tracks from the brilliant Silent Alarm by Bloc Party

“Turning away from the light, becoming adult, turning into my soul”

7 years ago