Renewed with creative vigour after a rocky few years, synthpop stalwarts Depeche Mode sought to reflect the times with 2009's ...

Rod Stewart may have had his sights set on a budding solo career, but he missed out on a chance of greatness with The Faces.

The story goes that when it came to picking a B-side for ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’, Roger Taylor literally locked himself in a cupboard until the band agreed to let his track, ‘I’m In Love With My Car’, be ...

Forged in Washington, grunge took heavy inspiration from DIY punk and hardcore, with groups like Black Flag providing an essential part of the scene’s inspiration. Much like their earlier punk ...

The 1986 crime thriller, which starred Reynolds as a bodyguard who enacts a one-man war of revenge against an organised crime syndicate for beating a childhood friend almost to death, was supposed to ...

Courtney Barnett doesn't need to perform covers to stun fans with storytelling genius. But this one song did make her setlist.

As one of ‘Golden Age’ Hollywood’s biggest stars, Hepburn naturally worked with a cavalcade of names who also fit that bill. Her co-stars included Henry Fonda, Jane Fonda, Annette Bening, Burt ...

Steely Dan were musical innovators, which is reflected in their music, but also in the fact that they made up their very own chord.

For obvious reasons, the word ‘blackmail’ carries negative connotations. Ultimatums are issued, demands are made, and they’re better off being met. However, in a rarity in all walks of life, not just ...

St Vincent is a classic artist in contemporary times. But on this track, she made no bones about the influences she drew from.

Even though he had a reputation for being a deeply serious actor who also developed a habit of being difficult to work with, ...

Long the topic of debate as to rock 'and' roll's origins, one Delta blues legend Howlin' Wolf record has been put forward as the genre's first possible cut.