David Sylvian - september, 1987

"September 1987, Sylvian’s new single was coming out and I would be in Birmingham. I had to get my hands on a copy so, when the classes had finished on the day of release, I headed straight for one of the large record stores in town. As I climbed to the first floor, that introduction came over the powerful sound system"

Paul McCartney - days we left behind, 2026

"Days We Left Behind also suggests a wholehearted embrace of a notion that McCartney’s recent albums have hinted at without fully committing to: what you might call a convincing mature style, similar to that first minted by Bob Dylan on 1997’s Time Out of Mind and profitably deployed by him thereafter."

The Beatles - i wanna be your man, 1963

"The only two versions of the song were Ringo and the Rolling Stones. That shows how much importance we put on it: We weren't going to give them anything great, right?"

Pure Bathing Culture - dreams cover, 2012

"Pure Bathing Culture contributed a version of “Dreams” that slowed down the tempo and replaced much of the instrumentation with airy, ethereal keyboards."

Ride - kaleidoscope, 1990

"Rolling Stone called Nowhere a “masterpiece”, The Guardian dubbed Ride “Teenage saviours of rock ’n’ roll”, while Creation Records boss Alan McGee quipped that the Oxford band had achieved overnight a genius status his label’s tarnished elder statesmen Primal Scream had taken six years to carve out."

A Weather - hanging towers of baltimore, 2008

"Aaron Gerber switches between an acoustic guitar and a Rhodes. There are two other guitarists, Aaron Krenkel and Zach Boyle, and a bassist, Louis Thomas. Drummer Sarah Winchester plays on a minimal kit consisting of a floor tom, a snare and a cymbal. The songs often have several parts and change time signatures in a way that flows very naturally. Sarah adds many layers of her sometimes smokey and always lovely vocals that match perfectly with whispers of the Aaron’s vocals. The tunes often reside between the slow burner and pretty poppy territory."

Easterhouse - waiting for the redbird, 1989

"the modus operandi of many Christian musicians: keep the crusade intact—the form of the music carrying it out is incidental"

The Beach Boys - caroline no, 1966

"Wilson produced the track in early 1966 at Western Studio with 12 session musicians who variously played harpsichord, flutes, guitars, basses, and vibraphone. Some of the percussion involved an empty water cooler jug struck from the bottom with a mallet. Wilson sped up the mix by one semitone to make his voice sound younger. The album version was edited to include a non-musical tag consisting of the sounds of Wilson's dogs barking and a passing train."