Suede – Glam drama before Britpop had a name
Brett Anderson and Bernard Butler were already writing together in London in the late 1980s before Suede had a name or a label.
INXS – Suicide Blonde
On 22 August 1990, INXS released Suicide Blonde in the United States, the first single from X, written by Andrew Farriss and Michael Hutchence.
Why Me? Why Not. – Second solo No. 1 after As You Were
In September 2019 Warner released Liam Gallagher's second solo album Why Me? Why Not., cut with Greg Kurstin, Andrew Wyatt and Simon Aldred between London and Los Angeles.
Suzanne Vega – Luka
Suzanne Vega’s Luka (Solitude Standing, 1987): Eighth Avenue name, quiet guitar, Billboard No. 3.
The Rolling Stones – Blues swagger that outlived every decade
In London in 1962, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Brian Jones, Bill Wyman, and Charlie Watts locked a blues and R&B repertoire into a working band that refused to stay a club act.
The Stranglers – Golden Brown
On 11 January 1982, Liberty released "Golden Brown," and the single stopped at No. 2 in Britain, behind The Jam.
Interview of Amy Winehouse (2007)
In 2007, at London's Porchester Hall, the BBC sits with Amy Winehouse at the peak of Back to Black: beehive, Mark Ronson and Salaam Remi production still dominating radio, and a singer already living under tabloid siege.
Supergrass – The X-ray record, third time around
In September 1999, Supergrass released their self-titled third album, the so-called X-ray record, cut at Sawmills and Ridge Farm with John Cornfield.
The B-52’s – Athens kitsch that danced like a party trick
The B-52's formed in Athens, Georgia in 1977, turned thrift-store surrealism and Farfisa organ into a new wave party that found its biggest audience a decade later with Cosmic Thing, proving that kitsch handled with professional timing can outlast almost any fashion cycle.