Thirty years ago, the Godfrey brothers entered their parents' garage with no expectations. They came out with two albums and a punk style all its own. Sometimes creativity thrives best when nobody's ...

Head is probably best-known for his time as bassist in Swell Maps where he wrote two of the band’s catchiest songs, “Harmony in Your Bathroom” and the great “Cake Shop Girl” which did indeed inspire ...

Swell Maps frontman Nikki Sudden died Sunday after a show the night before at New York's Knitting Factory, Billboard.com has learned. He was 49. By Billboard Staff Swell Maps frontman Nikki Sudden ...

In Hear This, A.V. Club writers sing the praises of songs they know well—some inspired by a weekly theme and some not, but always songs worth hearing. This week, with Let’s Be Cops coming to theaters, ...

Nicholas Godfrey (Nikki Sudden), singer and guitarist: born London 19 July 1956; died New York 26 March 2006. Swell Maps were one of many British garage bands who followed the DIY route pioneered by ...

While turning to the late- 70s/early- 80s seems to be all the rage to inspire new bands these days, it s almost stupefying that no one seems to have namedropped Swell Maps as an influence, or even ...

Sadly passing away this past March unexpectedly at the age of 49, Nikki Sudden was a legend in his own right that was still making relevant music up until his death. With a catalogue of nearly 30 ...

Graffiti is seen variably as art or menace, a sign of activism or of delinquency. But Ben Durham, whose drawings are presently on view at Reynolds Gallery, understands graffiti to be an exploration of ...

Jackson Albracht — guitarist, vocalist, and primary songwriter for San Antonio’s Cartographers — explains how “Aldon,” a lyrically abstract and musically complex standout track on the band’s ...