The Kinks were heading into uncharted territory in the Sixties. The London rockers blew up in the early days of the British invasion, topping the charts with violently rowdy bangers like “You Really ...

On May 5, 1967, the Kinks released “Waterloo Sunset,” which would become one of the most enduring, classic tracks of their entire catalogue. However, the band released the track under a different ...

Shel Talmy in London in 1973. The record producer died Wednesday at 87. (Archive Photos / TPLP via Getty Images) Shel Talmy, the American record producer who helped foment the British Invasion by ...

I love this song because I can just imagine London in the 60's whenever I hear it. It's an era that ended before I was born, but the song paints it rose-coloured for me, and makes me wish that I had ...

They were the band that shaped British rock through distortion, wit, and no small amount of sibling tension. The Kinks stood apart from their 1960s contemporaries by being both aggressively raw and ...

This is the best album the Kinks have yet made, but, paradoxically, may be the last they will release in this country. This is particularly unfortunate, for it shows great improvement in the Kinks’ ...

Shel Talmy, the American record producer who helped foment the British Invasion by capturing the scabrous guitar riff in the Kinks’ “You Really Got Me” and Roger Daltrey’s stuttering vocal line in the ...