Tom G Warrior of Celtic Frost: ‘Metal was so limited. We were anarchists’ | Music

Celtic Frost photographed for Morbid Tales in July 1984.

Back in the 80s, the 4AD record label was synonymous with a certain ineffable otherness. Its albums had beautiful covers, designed by Vaughan Oliver, and inside those covers was music routinely described as “ethereal”. 4AD […]

Review: Jonathan Abrams’ hip-hop oral history ‘The Come Up’

Book cover in comic book style for "The Come Up: An Oral History of the Rise of Hip-Hop" by Jonathan Abrams

On the Shelf The Come Up: An Oral History of the Rise of Hip-Hop By Jonathan AbramsCrown: 544 pages, $35 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from […]

When We Were Young Compared To Fyre Fest After Alkaline Trio Leak

Mark Hoppus and Matt Skiba of Alkaline Trio

Getty Image / Scott Dudelson / WireImage For anyone who lived through the Emo and Pop Punk era of the late 90s and early 2000s, the When We Were Young festival lineup seemed too good […]

Franz Ferdinand review – fierce fun from precision-drilled 00s survivors | Culture

‘Locked in, intuitive, fun, fierce’: Franz Ferdinand.

“Take it right down to the sweet Mancunian ground,” instructs Franz Ferdinand frontman Alex Kapranos. Telling the audience to drop before rocketing them back up like a firework by restarting the music is an old […]

Concord Music Publishing Signs Songwriter Russell Dickerson

Concord Music Publishing Russell Dickerson

Photo Credit: Concord Music Publishing Concord Music Publishing signs a worldwide publishing deal with multi-Platinum singer-songwriter Russell Dickerson. Concord Music Publishing has announced the signing of country singer-songwriter Russell Dickerson. The worldwide deal is effective […]