The Kinks News

Her hit song Next To Me was named best song musically and lyrically, and also won the prize for most performed work.

Among the many albums released by legendary rock band The Kinks, "Think Visual" stands as a forgettable collection of generic hard rock songs released in the mid-1980s, when the British Invasion pioneers were long past their creative prime and worn down from years of infighting.

What are the best education songs out there? There are obvious candidates like the Beach Boys' classic "Be True To Your School" or Van Halen's "Hot for Teacher." Or the political, like Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in the Wall." And then songs with a powerful education line, for example Springsteen's "No Surrender." But there is plenty of obscure ... (more)

Vampire Weekend is known for catchy, addictive pop that's also sprinkled with high-brow cultural references .

It's a transitional time for Brooklyn's Woods , as the indie rock band prepares to move out of their recording studio and home Rear House and welcomes a new drummer to the fold.

The frontman of Madness, one of Britain's best loved bands, tells us he has been singer, drummer, disc jockey, record producer, television presenter, chat-show host and even a butcher.

The Leith Theatre is set to reopen for the first time in more than two decades, with a charity poised to be granted a lease for the historic arts venue.

Chandler Travis is a man of many talents. He has been dishing out catchy tunes for listener's ears since the 70's writing some of the best music that many people have never heard.

Montreal's Fantasia International Film Festival, widely acclaimed as one of the largest and most influential genre film festivals in the world, is proud to announce the official selections of the second edition of its Frontieres International Co-Production Market.

Released: Apr 30, 2013 Genre: Experimental Rock, Covers Label: Ipecac Number Of Tracks: 13 These aren't your average cover songs, but at the same time, Melvins aren't what you would call an average band.

BMG has completed its acquisitions of the music catalogs of Mute and Sanctuary from Universal Music Group .

Song #22 on the Popdose Top 100 Covers list is "You Really Got Me", originally by The Kinks and covered by Van Halen.

According to a press release from The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publisher , Phil Keaggy is slotted to be honored with the prestigious ASCAP Golden Note Award.

The band, having celebrated their 50th anniversary last year, are busier than ever and have managed to squeeze their appearance in Burnley in their UK tour.

Outlook Even in the midst of a general economic malaise, some groups will be benefiting.

Regular readers of this blog should remember ber-talented filmmaker/producer/musician/progressive impresario Sarah Sophie Flickr's recent rad projects like her Get Out the Vote PSA set to Lesley Gore's ' You Don't Own Me ' and her anti-fracking ad, ' Don't Frack My Mother .' This Earth Day, Flickr joined forces with the Rainforest Alliance and ... (more)

The Mount Rushmore of 1960's British Invasion bands would arguably be The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who and The Kinks.

Isabel Aimee is releasing her new album 'Aligned' at the beginning on June. This kind of talent is irrepressible.

They went from being new romantics in Spandau Ballet to playing London gangsters in the film The Krays.

Double Ivor Novello award nominees The Leisure Society will perform an acoustic set of songs inspired by Sylvia Plath's writing in Hebden Bridge on Friday, April 19 .