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Medúlla is arguably the point at which Björk turned from creating pop to a journey into the radically obscure, but in reality it is one of the most fully realised examples of an artist pushing the boundaries of what pop music can be and do, writes Matthew Barton
Medúlla is arguably the point at which Björk turned from creating pop to a journey into the radically obscure, but in reality it is one of the most fully realised examples of an artist pushing the boundaries of what pop music can be and do, writes Matthew Barton
As the Cumbrian quartet prepare to release their "'fuck you' to adulthood", Boy King, their singer and guitarist takes us through 13 LPs that shaped it, including Nine Inch Nails, Max Richter and Oneohtrix Point Never
Following new album Sentir Que No Sabes and ahead of her guest curation at this year’s Le Guess Who?, Mabe Fratti takes Laura Snapes through thirteen favourite records spanning her Central American adolescence, cult dream pop and French post-punk Zeligs
As Kate Bush prepares to release a new LP based on her classic The Sensual World, we dig into the Rock's Backpages archive for a piece with Len Brown's 7 October 1989 NME interview looking at the background to the record, and her own track-by-track guide to the songs within.