9+ min ago   (293+ words) Unlike many bands from the same era, The Mamas and the Papas weren’t exactly waiting around long for their music to catch on and make a significant impression on their audience. Releasing ‘California Dreamin’’, one of the most timeless songs…...

34+ min ago   (218+ words) No matter what she does, Sigourney Weaver will always be defined by a certain, double-jawed, acid-blooded co-star of her most famous series. Aliens’ success led to Alien 3 six years later, a flawed but intriguing entry in which Weaver’s Ellen Ripley…...

1+ hour, 9+ min ago   (377+ words) Just because The Beatles arrived in the 1960s and ushered rock music into a new and more expansive era following on from a decade dominated by Elvis Presley‘s earth-shaking rock and roll innovations, it doesn’t mean that there could never…...

1+ hour, 34+ min ago   (316+ words) After being introduced to cinema at a young age, a fresh-faced Quentin Tarantino found his tastes evolving and shifting with each year, and it wasn’t long until he figured out what he liked. While almost every child watches movies, there’s…...

7+ hour, 39+ min ago   (357+ words) Before the counterculture took over in earnest, the only pop challengers to the British Invasion’s Billboard battering were The Beach Boys and famed producer Phil Spector. And even then, Brian Wilson and his Californian surf group had been studying Spector’s…...

3+ hour, 39+ min ago   (420+ words) Having spent most of his life growing up around legends and icons, Ron Howard was rarely fazed by the reputations of the people he worked with, which stood him in good stead for being a director. When you’re running a…...

5+ hour, 9+ min ago   (230+ words) In a recent post on social media, James Blake went on a rant about how you can’t trust reviews done by music magazines because they’re fake. “If you’re an artist, remember that in 2026 there’s not a single part of the…...

4+ hour, 9+ min ago   (211+ words) Could it be that a dungareed and top-hatted bellower of British glam holds a remote presence in Compton G-funk? It turns out that hip-hop’s Slade connection may well have been scrawled on the wall of a West Midlands toilet. As…...

4+ hour, 39+ min ago   (355+ words) With Is This It causing the unprecedented sensation that it did, it was inevitable that whichever direction The Strokes‘ follow-up would veer towards, it would be placed under the most intense scrutiny. The glowing praise for Is This It was…...

4+ hour, 24+ min ago   (518+ words) There comes a time in every actor’s life when they need to stick or twist, and when Ted Danson decided to twist, he had every reason to believe that he’d permanently shot himself in the foot. Three decades after that…...