With Ian McCulloch and co. returning with "Apples For Isaac", we dust off their most celebrated song, one of the true masterpieces of the entire wave era
The story of the manifesto-track of the British songwriter and his band, at the twilight of new wave and the birth of new pop.
On this day in 1980, "Ashes To Ashes" was released, one of the English artist's most legendary hits. Let's take a closer look at the song, its aesthetic and its iconic music video
Acid rain and gravity. Galileo and environmental devastation. The story behind Stipe & co.'s ecological anthem, which is also one of their most poignant ballads
Like a crescendo that implodes on itself. A held-back climax. The New York band's loveless love song is a tour de force of rock that's both cerebral and heart-wrenching.
After forty years, the single "17 Re", which gave its name to the Florentine band's most celebrated album, is available for the first time
The story of a cornerstone of space-disco: melodic and irresistible, like "Oxygène Part IV" hurled onto the dancefloor of some alien galaxy.
When producer Mauro Malavasi bridged Bologna and Mexico City with a memorable song
The melancholy portrait of Stipe and co.'s youth, between midnight swims and painful memories
"To Be Kind" is, in its eight minutes, the perfect synthesis of the band's monster-era phase
The brilliant elder statesman of Argentine rock reworks one of his own songs with Sting's help, and the result is surprising
An introspective masterpiece and a sharp snapshot of social media, Dean's "Instagram" is one of the defining songs of contemporary K-pop and R&B
We celebrate the end of summer with the stunning title track from the Austrian composer's LP: glitch sounds for an endless emotion
The hypnotic urban portrait that closed the Boston band's self-titled LP, between electronic pulses, hazy melancholy and nods to the Velvet Underground
One of the gems of "Bufalo Bill": a melancholy, surreal tale, its disarming lyrics immersed in a dreamlike sonic flow with Dylan-esque overtones
As summer blazes, we celebrate one of the great cult songs of the season: turned down by Tom Petty, it made the fortune of the former Eagles man, thanks to a mix of rock and synth-pop and lyrics of aching melancholy. It even influenced hypnagogic pop
Taking advantage of its 52nd birthday on a 7-inch single, we're putting one of the White Duke's most beautiful and beloved songs back on the jukebox
Class struggle filtered through the debunking glam lens of the inimitable Fiacchini in 1976, a step away from major success
The making and unmaking of one of the defining songs of Eighties soft rock
A star is born: the story of the song about "comphet" that brought the Missouri singer-songwriter to the spotlight, now topping the UK charts
The first masterpiece by the strangest and most tragic band in history. A metaphor for the collapse of capitalist society, between classical piano playing and seemingly childlike sketches
Between flow and catharsis: the story of a formidable song by the Icelandic artist, taken from her second album, "Post"
The studio version of the Brooklyn band's new song doesn't disappoint
A journey to the center (and the end) of the night with Terry Hall and Thatcher's England, set to the bittersweet rhythm of ska-reggae