The Church’s Companion Album to ‘The Hypnogogue’ Is Superb
The Church’s “companion piece” to The Hypnogogue is just as good. It didn’t take long for the veteran Aussie psych-rockers to break in their new lineup.
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The 30 Best Rock Albums of 2023
As always, rock was a guitar-led extravaganza in 2023 with artists drawing from an ever-widening musical well. These are the 30 best rock albums of the year.
Welcome to the Cutting Room: 10 Essential Rock B-Sides
Nobody likes the cutting room floor! Here we list ten rock B-sides, bonus tracks, and alternative takes that never belonged there in the first place.
10 Pop Songs Too Good to Be Hits
We list ten pop songs officially deemed “Too Good to Be a Hit”. Our sole requirement is cracking the official US Billboard Top 40 chart for at least one week.
15 of the Best Jangle Pop Songs Ever
With its soaring harmonies, chiming guitars, and generally sunny motif, one has to be dead or in jail not to get a rush out of jangle pop.
The Church’s ‘The Hypnogogue’ Is Stunning
Whether calming you with lush songs like “Aerodrome” and “The Coming Days” or tickling the edges of your mind with “Thorn”, the Church’s The Hypnogogue is stunning.
The 10 Greatest Classic Rock Performances on YouTube
Only invigorating, blood-pumping, sledgehammer slabs of rock need to apply. So if time travel is ever invented, here are ten shows to hit first out of the gate.
The Church’s Steve Kilbey Talks “Blurred Crusade Live”: The Greatest ’80s Concert You’ve Never Seen
Classic concert “Blurred Crusade Live” launches the Church to a place few bands ever reach, on stage or anywhere else. It’s a golden moment of transcendent ’80s rock joy.
30 Years Ago the Church Transcended Alternative Rock Limitations with ‘Priest=Aura’
In the 30 years since its release, the Church’s Priest=Aura has gone from a post-“Under the Milky Way” footnote to an acknowledged career pinnacle.
How the Church Broke the Mold With ‘Of Skins and Heart’ 40 Years Ago
The Church’s Of Skins and Heart carved out a unique place in popular music from an unlikely location (and from the most unlikely set of influences).
The 100 Greatest Alternative Singles of the ’90s: 100 – 81
The first part of our examination of the 100 Greatest Alternative Singles of the ’90s looks at the “golden age” of alternative rock.
The Church: Man Woman Life Death Infinity
With an album title that tries to cover everyone everywhere for all time, the Church's latest just might please them all.