In what now feels like a somewhat ironic omen, with Kurt Cobain’s raspy vocals crooning out the lyrics, “And I swear that I don’t have a...

Writer. Editor. Journalist. Critic. Pioneering prior writing positions at publications like SPIN, Details and Blender, Rob Sheffield has...

A career so dominated by the words and critiques of male writers, it was no wonder that the women of music criticism carved their own...

Rough-edged. Restless. Insatiably curious. A little aggressive. And a little bit cocky. Founded in the year 1985 by ambitious publisher...

In a decade where a plethora of genres were unearthed by amateur and aspiring musicians, one genre dominated household stereos like no...

Creative culture had been dominated by the idea of rock ‘n’ roll and its various contenders for decades of music history, but as time...

Originality often finds itself built upon the ideas well-cemented, after all, without those to draw inspiration from, new and exciting...

In a remarkable and almost blatant reiteration of what was deemed the ‘Sunset Strip’ during the glam metal surge of the eighties,...

It was new, it was diverse, and according to news media, it was displacing their once beloved pop vocalists. Rhythm and blues had staked...

Loud and proud. The inkling of a new genre and yet another new era in music history arose from its necessary, but no-less controversial...