Afterlife Interview with Sid Vicious
In a sleazy dive somewhere between purgatory and Camden Town, lit by flickering neon and reeking of piss and amphetamines, Riffs and Beats managed to sit down with Sid Vicious
5 things you didn’t know about AC/DC
AC/DC built a sonic wall with raw energy and sweat, yet some moments in their timeline feel almost unreal
Embarrassement – Madness
Like a startled gasp, the horns open fast and painfully, then settle into a rhythm that moves with self-conscious tension
Ghost Stories – Coldplay
The album opens the sea. Always in my head floats in like a half-formed memory colored in delicate pulses and see-through echoes
Bad News – Moon Martin
The first bars of Bad News have a strangely magnetic quality. Sharp, clipped guitar strokes that sound like they've been cut right from the asphalt
The Velvet Underground – Kings of the underground
Under the din of British incursions and Californian melodies in the mid-60s, a band came out from the dark basements of New York
Head Over Heels – Tears For Fears
The synth glides almost weightless, nearly carried on the breath of a dream. Published in 1985 on Songs from the Big Chair
Control
Anton Corbijn's Control unravels in subdued greys and cigarette smoke, draped in late 1970s England's quiet weight
Holding Back The Years – Simply Red
Holding Back the Years has a subtle, unsaid ache. Carried by Mick Hucknall's voice, which appears to hover somewhere between reflection and surrender