Pink Floyd’s ‘The Wall’ and the Three Ghosts of Subjectivity
Every brick in Pink Floyd’s The Wall shows that haunting lies not in wailing and chain-rattling but in trauma, alienation, and absence.
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Pink Floyd’s ‘Wish You Were Here’ Has Staying Power at 50
At the half-century mark, Wish You Were Here 50 gives Pink Floyd the long-overdue royal treatment.
David Gilmour Shines in Halloween Finale at the Hollywood Bowl
David Gilmour visits 1973 early in the set with a crowd-pleasing trio of “Speak to Me”, “Breath (In the Air)”, and “Time” from The Dark Side of the Moon.
Maggie, What Have We Done: Pink Floyd’s ‘The Final Cut’ at 40
The final album of the Roger Waters Pink Floyd era is a difficult, challenging meditation on war and death. The Final Cut is undeniably ambitious and moving.
The 25 Best Classic Era Progressive Rock Albums
The initial and still-golden era of progressive rock started in 1969 and ended in 1981, and these are the 25 best prog rock albums of that era.
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The 20 Best Album Re-Issues of 2022
The year’s best album re-issues include rock legends, foundational R&B/soul artists, classic pop, new wave, alternative rock, global beats and so much more.
The 10 Best Films of Sir Alan Parker
Here are 10 reasons to mourn the passing of one of England's most interesting directors, Sir Alan Parker.
David Bowie and Other ‘Strange Stars’
Jason Heller's Strange Stars, on David Bowie and sci-fi, is an exciting and loving look at a time when infinite wonder had a role in the pop music marketplace.
Roger Waters: Is This the Life We Really Want?
It’s not quite a lost Pink Floyd album, but it gives a sense of what they might sound like now.
Roger Waters Takes on the Swine in Oakland
The pinnacle zeitgeist moment of the show occurs with “Pigs”, and who would have thought back in 1977 that the song would make such a fitting anthem for 2017 some 40 years later?
Feel and Form: A New Font Inspired by Miles Davis’ ‘Masqualero’
Like Miles Davis, the Masqualero typeface has a strong duality; there are two ways of looking at it, outside and in.
Vinyl. Album. Cover. Art: A Definitive History and Showcase in a Genre-shattering Collective
Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey “Po” Powell of Hipgnosis could scarcely have imagined the ways their album art would impact culture.