In the streaming era, Substack helps indie rockers pay the bills. Can it last? | Music

Brandon Boyd of Incubus sings into a microphone while on stage.

“I jumped from my chair and knelt over my father, cradling his head. As if in a movie, I held his head in one hand and snapped the other in front of his face, yelling […]

Japanese rockers Kikagaku Moyo: ‘Watching people board a train – that’s psychedelic!’ | Psychedelia

Frontman and drummer Go Kurosawa.

When we think of psychedelic music, we think of the Jimi Hendrix Experience, the 13th Floor Elevators, blurry images from Woodstock. But for Japanese band Kikagaku Moyo, psychedelia is exemplified by their nation’s countercultural heroes […]

The Rolling Stones review – world’s greatest rockers are still a gas, gas, gas | The Rolling Stones

Mick Jagger flanked by Ronnie Wood and Keith Richards, plus drummer Steve Jordan.

Mick Jagger recently said rock’n’roll “isn’t supposed to be done in your 70s”, but he seems determined to prove this wrong. While Abba have returned as digital avatars of their young selves, the Stones’ frontman […]