The era-defining songs of the 1960s tended to focus on the counterculture. But the Kinks’ miniature pop symphony Shangri-La did so much more. David Rea celebrates one of Ray Davies’ masterpieces. READ HERE: www.stateofsoundmagazine.com/the-alternat...
#TheKinks #1960s #1960smusic
“Occupying the ever-growing music/mental health space, these beautiful reimaginings succeed on their own terms. John Lennon would have approved”. John Lennon Love (Meditation Mixes) | Review. READ HERE: www.stateofsoundmagazine.com/john-lennon-...
Balloon’s Ian Bickerton on being compared to Kate Bush, how Iggy Pop and James Williamson soundtracked his youth and Van Morrison scored his life. READ: www.stateofsoundmagazine.com/7-albums-tha...
@ianfromballoon.bsky.social
After the cameras left the bed-in, John and Yoko recorded a now forgotten song. READ THE STORY HERE: www.stateofsoundmagazine.com/john-and-yok...
Introducing State of Sound’s new series. Come on over! www.stateofsoundmagazine.com
‘It began when Candi Staton’s partner threatened to shoot her and ended with a rallying cry for women everywhere.’ The story behind Young Hearts Run Free | READ HERE: www.stateofsoundmagazine.com/candi-staton...
#candistaton #disco #soul
The Bookshop Band’s Ben Please on listening to Bob Marley as a kid on his father's farm, searching for baroque metal albums as a teenager and being stopped in his tracks by Sufjan Stevens. READ HERE: www.stateofsoundmagazine.com/7-albums-tha...
@bookshopband.bsky.social
Happy Saturday, music lovers! Come on over! READ HERE: www.stateofsoundmagazine.com
“This is an enjoyable and at points captivating album, but sometimes it sounds like a band beaten down by the world.” The Former Site of The New Pornographers | READ OUR REVIEW: www.stateofsoundmagazine.com/the-new-porn...
#thenewpornographers
BREAKING: Britain’s first museum of youth culture to open. READ HERE: www.stateofsoundmagazine.com/weve-poured-...
BREAKING: Britain’s first museum of youth culture to open. READ HERE: www.stateofsoundmagazine.com/weve-poured-...
NEW: Paul Simon, Emma Swift, interviews, essays, reviews & more! READ HERE: www.stateofsoundmagazine.com
NEW ISSUE: Wilco, The Smiths, The Golden Dregs, Shapes Like People, interviews, features & more! READ HERE: www.stateofsoundmagazine.com
NEW: Was U2’s biggest failure actually the band fearlessly blazing their own trail? PLUS reviews, essays, interviews, playlists & more! READ: www.stateofsoundmagazine.com
READ HERE: www.stateofsoundmagazine.com/how-an-obsce...
NEW: The Beatles could only break America by conforming to its prudish sexual attitudes. But did Lennon and McCartney have the last laugh? READ: www.stateofsoundmagazine.com
Replica: The February Collection. This month…the melodic indie pop of the Reds, Pinks and Purples, two songs from Cory Hanson, which channel a number of 1970s singer-songwriters, and four from the Golden Dregs’ sample-y alt-rock. LISTEN HERE: www.stateofsoundmagazine.com/playlist-rep...
NEW! The Bookshop Band and Pete Townshend, a Bob Dylan ranking, PLUS reviews, interviews, playlists & more! READ HERE: www.stateofsoundmagazine.com
NEW! Bob Dylan‘s greatest love songs ranked! The madness of touring with Oasis in the 1990s! PLUS: interviews, reviews, essays, playlists and more! READ: www.stateofsoundmagazine.com
NEW: Punk at 50, The British Elvis Presley Cliff Richard’s role in the story of punk, plus reviews, interviews, essays, features & more! READ: stateofsoundmagazine.com
#Punk #PunkRock
Driving home from the school run, it came to me that if Jimi Hendrix had lived he may well have collaborated with Alice Coltrane & the idea gave me such a hit of dopamine even the A349 looked beautiful.
NEW ISSUE NOW LIVE! www.stateofsoundmagazine.com
#TheJam
NEW REVIEW! The sibling duo might not wear their influences lightly, but their debut album is an adrenaline shot of youthful optimism. READ HERE: www.stateofsoundmagazine.com/wasted-on-yo...
Springsteen just dropped this new song! LISTEN HERE: youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w?...
#brucespringsteen #ICE
NEW! As streaming and major labels threaten to push out human creativity, a small band of micro record labels are fighting back, channelling the DIY ethos of punk. READ OUR EXCLUSIVE FEATURE HERE: www.stateofsoundmagazine.com/an-outpourin...
Portrait of the artist as a middle-aged twat.
Our January playlist is live! Come on over and give it a listen: stateofsoundmagazine.com/playlist-soul-…
NEW ISSUE! Bob Dylan’s defiant voice in heartbroken America. PLUS reviews, features, interviews, essays and more! READ: www.stateofsoundmagazine.com
#BobDylan
