THE KINKS (1964) Key Tracks: "You Really Got Me," "Stop Your Sobbin' " Quick Take: Depending on your perspective, the Kinks' debut album is either a s...
The British Invasion may be long over, but The Kinks still know how to (really) get us going. Rumors have been buzzing for a while now on the possibil...
The Kinks are writing songs for a potential reunion album, frontman Ray Davies told BBC News, even though his estranged brother and bandmate seems to ...
Well, why the hell not? Every other boomer rock band has been mending its rifts and heading back out to stride the boards once more, so why shouldn't ...
Live in a Dream in My Record Machine" and "Come On It's Alright," on which he hopes to use a choir -- were in place for the current album but put asid...
Photo: Kent/WireImageThe Kinks will be the subject of an upcoming feature-length film directed by music video vet Julien Temple, who also helmed the 2...
there might have been too many cooks in the kitchen," Ross said. "Brendon's more of a Peter Gabriel fan, and I'm more of a Ray Davies fan," Ross told ...
Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz, who has frequently Twittered about how the new Urie/Smith demos are a welcome return to Panic!'s A Fever You Can't Sweat O...
MTV that late last month, he met with Smith to discuss the future of the band. It was then that both parties agreed that a split would be the best mov...
, including an album with a choir and another album he hopes will include collaborations with members of Snow Patrol, Razorlight and ... Chuck Berry. ...
Ray Davies was kicked out of his school choir at age 11 for singing off key. But it wasn't due to lack of talent; the future rock star just wanted to ...
to Siloso Beach in Sentosa, Singapore. The lineup includes Richie Hawtin, Miss Kittin & the Hacker, Tiga, Aeroplane, Italians Do It Better founder Mik...
Photo: Kent/WireImageThe Kinks will be the subject of an upcoming feature-length film directed by music video vet Julien Temple, who also helmed the 2...
that consisted of covers by the Ventures, the Shadows and Duane Eddy. They began playing gigs around town both ... Original Kinks Bassist Pete Quaife ...
't putting any sort of time constraint on releasing the new music -- which would be the Kinks' first since "Phobia" in 1993 -- but says he's enjoying ...
'll ever hear." However, All Music's Stephen Thomas Erlewine begs to differ, assigning a mere 2 out of 5 star rating for the LP whilecalling it, "one ...
Ray Davies intrigued the music world when he happened to mention that he had put in some recording time with Bruce Springsteen, Lucinda Williams, andA...
The BBC reports that Pete Quaife, founding bassist for the Kinks, has died. No cause of death has yet been revealed, but according to the BBC, Quaife ...
Ray Davies is set to release a new album of reimagined Kinks classics, curating a variety of collaborators including Metallica, Bruce Springsteen, Luc...
it without him if we have to. The music is the issue." And the potshots continued! Ray went on to make fun of his brother's reported New Age-y ways, s...
. Sanctuary also plans to release more Kinks reissues in the months ahead. 1969's Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) and 1971's Mu...
Ray Davies is set to release a new album of reimagined Kinks classics, curating a variety of collaborators including Metallica, Bruce Springsteen, Luc...
Ray Davies intends to see brother Dave next week to discuss a Kinks reunion. However, Dave recently made some rather negative comments about his broth...
In the past five years, Ray Davies has released two adventurous solo records. "What fires me up is something new," says Davies, 66. But for his latest...
By all logic The Kinks should be on the verge of a reunion. "I'm seeing Dave next week," Ray Davies tells Rolling Stone in a new interview. "I hear th...
It must suck having to be one of the Davies brothers; no matter what you're doing--eating dinner, making new music, using a urinal, or leaving his hou...
seven albums over the course of 2011, with each record padded out with a second disc full of rarities, outtakes and demos. The first wave, including t...
The Kinks will reissue seven albums later this year, according to NME. March 28 will bring 1965's Kinda Kinks and The Kink Kontroversy, May will see t...
Hip-O-Select/Sanctuary is continuing its series of Kinks reissues, this time giving the deluxe two-disc treatment to 1966's Face to Face, 1967's Somet...
Jack White has just issued his Rome collaboration with Danger Mouse and Daniel Luppi, but he's already moved on to his next project. The unusual task ...
"Lazy Old Sun" 10. "Afternoon Tea" 11 ... . "No Return (Mono Album Version)" 5. "Harry Rag (Mono Album Version)" 6. "Tin Soldier Man (Mono Album Versi...
Universal has put together an immense box set of the Kinks' BBC archives, featuring live recordings, BBC session and previously unreleased material. O...
Universal has compiled a huge volume of the Kinks' BBC archives. Available as a 2xCD best-of set or a five CD plus DVD box, The Kinks at the BBC featu...
Tweet Nearly 50 years on from their beginning, The Kinks are preparing to release a compilation of sessions, live recordings and unreleased material f...
Tweet A who's-who (sorry) of music celebrities are slated to appear on a new tribute album dedicated to the Who, obviously titled Who Are You. The 16-...
Alabama Shakes have shared the video for their Boys & Girls cut "I Ain't the Same", directed by frequent Nick Cave collaborator Jane Pollard. The vide...
The excellently laid-back campfire classic rockers in Woods release music at a furious clip, and their next missive will arrive in the form of a new 7...
Woods: "God's Children" (The Kinks cover) (via SoundCloud) Woods will hit the road with Parquet Courts this spring and summer in support of their exce...
