led zeppelin

Listen Up Gen Xers: Satan Ain’t (Taylor) Swift

Listen Up Gen Xers: Satan Ain’t (Taylor) Swift

I first heard about Slayer in a church in Mississippi. The sermon warned of metal’s Satanic influence. Now we old head-banging Gen Xers are afraid of Taylor Swift?

Welcome to the Cutting Room: 10 Essential Rock B-Sides

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.

Between the Grooves of Led Zeppelin’s ‘Houses of the Holy’ (1973)

Between the Grooves of Led Zeppelin’s ‘Houses of the Holy’ (1973)

Between the Grooves celebrates Led Zeppelin’s Houses of the Holy by examining how the band were at their best on the underrated post-Zoso masterwork.

Between the Grooves: Led Zeppelin – ‘Led Zeppelin IV’

Between the Grooves: Led Zeppelin – ‘Led Zeppelin IV’

Between the Grooves examines Led Zeppelin's awe-inspiring fourth LP. Nowhere is the band's carefully balanced blend of eardrum-bursting heavy rock and delicate folk strains better realized than on Led Zeppelin IV.

‘The Song Remains the Same’ Remains an Essential Led Zeppelin Listen

‘The Song Remains the Same’ Remains an Essential Led Zeppelin Listen

Decades later, Led Zeppelin's The Song Remains the Same is still beguiling and definitive, and it sounds better than ever with this Rhino remaster.

‘How the West Was Won’ Captures Led Zeppelin at Their Magical Peak

‘How the West Was Won’ Captures Led Zeppelin at Their Magical Peak

If the Valkyries deliver you to Valhalla, these are the songs the gods will sing inside.

‘No Quarter’ Neither Galvanises Nor Destroys Jimmy Page’s Mythic Persona

‘No Quarter’ Neither Galvanises Nor Destroys Jimmy Page’s Mythic Persona

Jimmy Page's mythic reputation is preserved with grace and pathos in Martin Power's biography.
The Strength of “Anatomy of a Song” Is Found in Its diverse and Impressive Group of Interviewees

The Strength of “Anatomy of a Song” Is Found in Its diverse and Impressive Group of Interviewees

A self-described “oral history jukebox” gives behind-the-scenes details about popular songs and the historical circumstances that shaped pop culture as we know it.
No Quarter: The Three Lives of Jimmy Page

No Quarter: The Three Lives of Jimmy Page

In this excerpt of Martin Power's biography, Jimmy Page learns guitar, thanks to the skiffle, and makes his first television appearance as a young teen.
Led Zeppelin Loathed, Loved, Copied, Scrutinized and Glorified

Led Zeppelin Loathed, Loved, Copied, Scrutinized and Glorified

For Zeppelin fanatics, Marc Roberty’s book will become an enduring bible of the good times, the bad times and even the boring times.
Led Zeppelin: In Through the Out Door (Deluxe Edition)

Led Zeppelin: In Through the Out Door (Deluxe Edition)

Led Zeppelin's final album proves to have more symbolic value than actual musical value.
Led Zeppelin: Presence (Deluxe Edition)

Led Zeppelin: Presence (Deluxe Edition)

Led Zeppelin's most underappreciated album gets the remastered treatment.