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Our May Cover Story: TOMORA

"We didn't start the process of being together in the studio with this idea of we're going to make a band and make a record," Tom Rowlands says. "It very much came from just exploring ideas and making stuff together. And as....(cont.)

At KCRW, the Rule Is Simple: Play What You Love

In Southern California, there are a few key numbers that Angelenos need to know: when to take the 101 or the 405, the differences between people with 310 and 818 area codes, and why you should always, always turn on 89.9 FM.....(cont.)

Aaron Cote's Steel Pan Mission

Cruise ship work is a special type of education for a performer.

The passengers are quite literally a captive audience. Where else are.....(cont.)

5 Albums I Can't Live Without: Mark Crozer of The Jesus and Mary Chain

Best known for: Being the long-suffering bass guitarist in The Jesus and Mary Chain. Also as that guy who wrote and performed the song Broken Out In Love which was later renamed Live In Fear, going on to become a surprise hit.....(cont.)

Every Ramones Album, Ranked

Like superheroes, Jeffrey Hyman, John Cummings, Douglas Colvin, and Thomas Erdelyi put on black leather jackets in 1974 and assumed their new rocker personas: Joey, Johnny, Dee Dee, and Tommy Ramone.

Those four guys from Forest Hills, Queens, loved the Stooges and New York Dolls. Television were.....(cont.)

Beats+Bytes

In order to stay on the pulse of culture, you have to stay active in it. That means tracking trends, reading the trades religiously, engaging in real industry conversations, thinking critically at every turn, and generally being outside. The key is to.....(cont.)

Kneecap Won't Stop Fighting and Partying on 'Fenian'

It is impossible to remove politics from the music of Kneecap. But unlike many other political bands, the Irish hip-hop trio knows how to have a good time while spreading their message. New album Fenian continues to take aim at.....(cont.)

GROWING UP IN SHEFFIELD

"We had to reeducate people how to respond to music," says Stephen Mallinder, co-founder and front man of Cabaret Voltaire, a Dada-inspired avant-garde musical force born in the old UK steelworks city of Sheffield in the.....(cont.)

Deep Cut Friday: 'I Can See the Sun in Late December' by Stevie Wonder

In January 1974, Stevie Wonder and his band performed on the German television program "Musikladen." His set that day was heavy on songs from the 1973 masterpiece Innervisions, and closed with a rendition of the 1972 hit "Superstition" that I.....(cont.)

Duran Duran is 'Free to Love'

When Nick Rhodes opens the door to his suite at the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles, my immediate observation is that we're both wearing black and white. He's in a well-worn black T-shirt from his bandmate John Taylor's collaboration with Punkmasters, JT x PM.....(cont.)

Linda Perry's Mean Reds and Deep Blues All 'Die Here'

Before launching into praise of her exposed-nerve documentary, Linda Perry: Let It Die Here, and her chilling, vulnerable solo album of the same name—Perry's first since 1999's After Hours—it's important to know that she doesn't .....(cont.)

25 Songs That Still Believe in Peace

"I did feel that the day was going to come eventually, but it's not a song I ever wanted to sing," Julian Lennon told me in 2022, when asked about the experience of covering his father's 1971 modern hymnal, "Imagine." Aside.....(cont.)

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