The Verve

Galen is the daughter of Soft Machine‘s Kevin Ayers, and her and Paul’s album was produced by Tony Visconti and features Simon Tong (The Verve), Dan Donovan (Big Audio Dynamite), and more.

Listen to new songs by Makaya McCraven, Lil Uzi Vert, Frank Turner, Aimee Mann, YG, Richard Ashcroft, Babyface Ray, Julie Doiron, Bitchin Bajas (Sun Ra cover), Melkbelly, and more.

Spiritualized’s first four albums are all great, but 1997’s ‘Ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space’ — which just finally got the (blue) vinyl treatment it deserves — is where ambition, inspiration and beautiful sadness come together perfectly…

Listen to new songs by Damon Albarn, billy woods, Ben LaMar Gay, Gates, J. Cole, Wiki/Navy Blue, Underoath, Spice, Beach Fossils, Deerhoof, Boy Scouts, Penelope Isles, Hana Vu, and more…

Listen to new songs by Guided by Voices, !!! (Tracy Chapman & REM covers), The Body & BIG | BRAVE, Thrice, Glassing, Richard Ashcroft, John Carpenter, Mac McCaughan, Explosions in the Sky, more.

Former The Verve frontman Richard Ashcroft has released a cover of John Lennon‘s “Bring on the Lucie (Freda Peeple)“ which was originally on 1973’s ‘Mind Games‘

1995 was the peak year for Britpop with the “Blur Vs Oasis” feud, and nearly every major player in the scene releasing an album. We ranked the 20 best.

The EP was the perfect format for the original shoegaze scene, allowing bands to stretch out…but not too much. Here are the best Extended Plays of the early ’90s era.

The playlist includes Kraftwerk, David Bowie, Kanye West, Ramones, Patti Smith, Nirvana, Joy Division, Iggy Pop, Nick Cave, Massive Attack, and more, and Bono is also publishing an open letter to each artist…

“This remarkable and life affirming turn of events was made possible by a kind and magnanimous gesture from Mick and Keith, who have also agreed that they are happy for the writing credit to exclude their names and all their royalties derived from the song they will now pass to me.” – Richard Ashcroft.