As the 1980s drew to a close, hip hop had reached a pivotal moment. Whilst a potential for empowerment in mainstream rap had so far remained largely un-tapped, in favour of escapist music built for ...

How Jeff Mangum became inspired by Anne Frank's 'Diary of a Young Girl' and turned it into a modern classic. Brownswood head honcho Gilles Peterson digs deep into the cosmos and shares his Top Five ...

Hot Chip’s Joe Goddard and Alexis Taylor joined Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy for a special Classic Album Sundays session celebrating 20 years of The Warning by Hot Chip at Hidden Groove in London and the ...

My Bloody Valentine’s Loveless is a myth inside and out; this is not a record that is meant to be completely understood. Loveless is MBV frontman Kevin Shield’s magnum opus, the most iconic shoegaze ...

On the latest Classic Album Sundays podcast, we step back to Camp Bestival from a few years ago when Nick Drake’s producer Joe Boyd joined us to discuss Five Leaves Left in length with Colleen.

Life in Queensbridge, NY, was always going to be the beating heart of Illmatic. Although still in his late teens, Nas had already experienced more than his fair share of traumatic, life-changing ...

I must first confess that I came across this record because of the algorithm. I am almost embarrassed to admit it, but that’s just how it is these days. Some years ago, Spotify spat out ‘Holy Are You’ ...

This week’s episode of Behind The Counter season 6 features Off the Record in Milton Keynes. “Off the Record is a charity shop and it raises funds for Willen Hospice which is a local charity that is ...

This week’s episode of Behind The Counter season 7 features Roan Records in Teddington. “While I was in Australia, I came across a record shop – a small shop with a coffee bar. I was like, maybe ...

Daft Punk’s robotic identity may hoodwink the public, but for Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homen-Christo, anonymity is what has allowed them to stay human. The futuristic helmets that rest over ...

This week’s episode of Behind The Counter season 7 features Vinyl Guru in Newcastle. “People my generation and younger got into video games and we play video games. So, you’re listening to the ...

This week’s episode of Behind The Counter season 6 features Thirteen Records in Dundee, Scotland. “I always really wanted to own my own record store, it was always my kind of dream. As soon as we knew ...