From ’Learning’ to ’Glory,’ Mike Hadreas reveals the background behind all of his Perfume Genius album covers.

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Releasing his Imposters covers album in 2021, Depeche Mode frontman Dave Gahan highlighted some soul songs that he held a deep affection for.

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Nels Cline widens his eyes, gets an ultra-serious look on his face, brings his hands up. “Yes,” he says, with an exaggerated ...

The Blue Öyster Cult co-founder looks back on one of the most remarkable stories in U.S. rock history, how the Reaper riff ...

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Ezra Furman is releasing a new album, Goodbye Small Head, on May 16 via Bella Union. Now she has shared its second single, ...

A painting in Blair Hobbs’s new exhibition features a cut-out drawing of Flannery O’Connor in a pearl choker and purple ...

and flows brilliantly from its dark dancefloor scorchers to its synth-pop glitterballs to its closing ballads (yes, even “Die With a Smile” at the very end there). The album calls back to her ...

Sometimes critical hysteria hits, and records are hoisted into positions of historic importance. The Independent’s music team ...