Radio XUnited States America's most musical cities radiox.co.uk - Radio X New York, New York In the 1960s, NYC was the home of the Brill Building, the "song factory" where writers Burt Bacharach & Hal David, Neil Diamond, …
Radio XWest London UK live music venues we've lost over the years radiox.co.uk - Radio X The Astoria, London The list of bands who played seminal live shows at this central London venue is an amazing one. Radiohead, Smashing Pumpkins, Red Hot …
Radio Xentertainment news 20 songs that give the album its title radiox.co.uk - Radio X The Streets - Has It Come To This? “Original pirate material / You’re listening to The Streets / Lock down your aerial / Make yourself at home.” Pink …
Radio XAlbums The best One Album Wonders of all time radiox.co.uk - Radio X The La's - The La's (1990) This Liverpool guitar band were originally formed by Mike Badger in 1983, but five years later the core team of Lee Mavers …
Radio XArctic Monkeys The real-life inspiration behind Arctic Monkeys' Brianstorm track radiox.co.uk - Jenny Mensah Celebrate the thunderous Arctic Monkeys single, which opens the Sheffield band's Favourite Worst Nightmare album. Brianstorm is the opening track from …
Radio XAlbums The best Baggy tunes that’ll take you back to the 1990s radiox.co.uk - Radio X The Charlatans - Then Yes, The Only One I Know is the baggy disco classic and yes Indian Rope was their entree into the annals of rock ’n’ roll …
Radio XLyrics How A Design For Life gave Manic Street Preachers a new start radiox.co.uk - Martin O'Gorman The story of Manic Street Preachers is one of tragedy and triumph. It's well-known that on 1 February 1995, the day before he was due to fly to the US …
Radio XDavid Bowie The weirdest music videos ever made radiox.co.uk - Radio X Supergrass - Pumping On Your Stereo More wonderful than weird, the Hammer & Tongs-directed video sees the band's floating heads attached to huge …
Radio XDavid Bowie How David Bowie’s Let’s Dance album nearly caused a rift with his Tony Visconti radiox.co.uk - Jenny Mensah Bowie's 1983 album was a huge milestone in the star's career - but it had an impact on his working relationship with long-time collaborator …
Radio XLive Music Which festivals are going ahead in 2021? radiox.co.uk - Jenny Mensah The government's roadmap to easing lockdown has prompted the likes of Reading & Leeds festival to announce they are taking place in 2021. Find out …
Radio XBands 10 rock bands with their own beers radiox.co.uk - Radio X Iron Maiden - Trooper Named after the Brit metal band's 1983 track, the 4.7% cask ale hit the pubs in 2013 and has since gone on to win a number of …
Radio XFlorence + the Machine How Florence Welch was inspired to write Dog Days Are Over radiox.co.uk - Radio X A London commute gave Florence + The Machine a huge hit in 2009... here's how. Dog Days Are Over is one of Florence + The Machine's best-loved hits, …
Radio XDavid Bowie The longest songs ever recorded radiox.co.uk - Radio X The Stone Roses - Fool's Gold (9.53) 53 seconds of song and 9 minutes of John Squire's wah-wah guitar. You can always try the 4.15 version… if you're …
Radio XUnited Kingdom Britain's most musical towns and cities radiox.co.uk - Radio X Although its North Western cousin has been coming up in the ranks in the past couple of decades, Manchester has a long way to go to ever beat the …
Radio XLive Music The best concert movies radiox.co.uk - Radio X David Bowie - Glastonbury 2000 Bowie made a few concert films, but this headline appearance at the festival has recently come back into favour and …
Radio XBands Siblings who rock: bands with brothers and sisters radiox.co.uk - Radio X The Cribs - Ryan, Gary and Ross Jarman The Wakefield band comprises twin brothers Gary and Ryan Jarman, plus younger brother Ross. Apart from when …
Radio XBands Why Ocean Colour Scene’s Moseley Shoals album is so iconic radiox.co.uk - Jenny Mensah As the Birmingham band's seminal album turns 25, we delve into its' name, artwork and biggest singles. This week sees Ocean Colour Scene's Moseley …
Radio XBritpop Why is Blur's Song 2 called Song 2? radiox.co.uk - Radio X Song 2 was the second track on the eponymously-titled fifth album from Blur, released on 10 February 1997. It was released as a single two months …
Radio X Why Liam Fray thinks St. Jude still connects with their fans radiox.co.uk - Radio X Why Liam Fray thinks Courteeners' St. Jude still connects with their fans The Courteeners frontman on how the ban'ds debut album resonated with young …
Radio X How Live Forever became Liam Gallagher's favourite Oasis song radiox.co.uk - Radio X It's the song that masde Oasis - but here's how Noel Gallagher came to write the anthem. Released on 8 August 1994, Live Forever was the third single …
Radio XAmy Winehouse Is Back To Black Amy Winehouse's most poignant song? radiox.co.uk - Radio X The troubled singer collaborated with songwriter Mark Ronson to come up with one of the most iconic tracks of the Noughties. Amy Winehouse's untimely …
Radio XArctic Monkeys Who is the girl on the cover of I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor? radiox.co.uk - Radio X Arctic Monkeys' debut single featured a young woman on its cover, and we tracked her down to share her epic story. Arctic Monkeys' debut single I Bet …
Radio XGuitar This is how Johnny Marr came up with the How Soon Is Now? riff radiox.co.uk - Martin O'Gorman “I am the son and the heir of a shyness that is criminally vulgar” Morrissey has a bad night out on the epic Smiths song How Soon Is Now?, which saw …
Radio XBands The story behind The Stone Roses' Sally Cinnamon radiox.co.uk - Radio X The Manchester band's 1987 track became a fan favourite over the years, but there's much more to the love song than meets the eye. The Stone Roses' …
Radio XBritpop What does Skunk Anansie mean? The story of the band's name and more radiox.co.uk - Jenny Mensah Get the story behind Skunk Anansie's name plus more facts about Skin and the band in their fan's Most googled Questions. Skunk Anansie are one of the …
Radio XRadiohead The best music videos of the 1990s radiox.co.uk - Radio X Foo Fighters - Big Me Big Dave Grohl and the boys deliver a perfectly-observed spoof of a TV ad, cheesy smiles and all. The bleakness of Nirvana never …
Radio XLed Zeppelin How Led Zeppelin won the Stairway To Heaven "plagiarism" case radiox.co.uk - Radio X The legendary rock band won a long-running copyright dispute over the classic 1971 song. Here's what the judge decided. In March 2016 Led Zeppelin won …
Radio XPaul McCartney The sad story behind The Beatles' Let It Be radiox.co.uk - Radio X The incredible inspiration behind Paul McCartney's song, which will appear in the new Peter Jackson documentary. Filmmaker Peter Jackson has announced …
Radio XEntertainment (UK) How a name change stopped Massive Attack from being "banned" by radio radiox.co.uk - Radio X Massive Attack are best known for forging the genre that became known as "trip hop" and scored one of their biggest hits 30 years ago with Unfinished …
