guitar music

From Hendrix at Woodstock to the 14 year old girl rocking out in her room, the electric guitar has been one of the most recognisable sounds of the last century, but have you ever wondered how the hell they work? This week on In The Shower…

What Greta Van Vleet is to Led Zeppelin, Jane in Space may be to Nine Inch Nails (NIN). Sure, both bands took a leaf (or five) from the books of their heroes, but it would be disingenuous to write them off as derivative and second-rate. In…

It’s the Stooges contrary, opening lyric from this record’s first single that kind of sums up Sophie Allison’s themes throughout her debut proper: “I don’t wanna be your fucking dog/ That you drag around…” It’s a realisation - an admission…

In 2016, Tupac Shakur was elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of fame, twenty years after his murder in Las Vegas. Other hip hop inductees included NWA, Run DMC, and Public Enemy. History shows us that the inclusion of hip hop and non-white…

As you wander into the landscape of Mr Finish Line, the new release from Vulfpeck, you notice immediately that all the corners are rounded, evidence that all of it was printed by the Vulf compressor. When your eyes adjust to the shades and…

My youth, like anyone else’s, is a story in which certain artists are inseparable from the telling of that story. Some of these artists are perennial features of most people’s lives, universally appreciated as integral to their respective…

'Indie rock' as a label, genre, or aesthetic, doesn't mean anything. I mean it obviously conveys something, but it is broad and undefined, an amorphous category that at times could just as easily be branded as 'other'. If you describe a…

Happyness Write In South London trio Happyness arrived onto the scene to warm reviews and critical acclaim in 2014 with their debut LP Weird Little Birthday, an album so in thrall to 90's US slacker and college rock that If you didn’t…