Life of the Record

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• The Making of DÉJÀ VU by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - featuring Graham Nash and David Browne

  October 13, 2026 · 1 hr 43 min

  In celebration of the landmark Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young album Déjà Vu, we take a detailed look at how it was made. Crosby, Stills & Nash formed in 1968 in Los Angeles, California by Stephen Stills, David Crosby and Graham Nash. Each of…

• The Making of THE WARNING by Hot Chip - featuring Alexis Taylor and Joe Goddard

  July 28, 2026 · 1 hr 43 min

  For the 20th anniversary of the second Hot Chip album, The Warning, we take a detailed look at how it was made. Joe Goddard and Alexis Taylor initially connected as young teenagers in secondary school in southwest London in the early 90s…

• The Making of SPIDERLAND by Slint - feat. Brian McMahan, Britt Walford, David Pajo and Todd Brashear

  June 3, 2026 · 2 hr 29 min

  For the 35th anniversary of Slint’s landmark second album, Spiderland, we take a detailed look at how it was made. Brian McMahan and Britt Walford first connected over a shared love of punk rock, growing up in Louisville, Kentucky in the…

• The Making of UNDERWATER MOONLIGHT by The Soft Boys - featuring Robyn Hitchcock

  March 18, 2026 · 1 hr 21 min

  For the 45th anniversary of The Soft Boys’ influential second album, Underwater Moonlight, we take a detailed look at how it was made. When Robyn Hitchcock first started a band in Cambridge, England under the name Dennis and the Experts…

• The Making of FUR AND GOLD by Bat for Lashes - featuring Natasha Khan and David Kosten

  February 13, 2026 · 1 hr 45 min

  In celebration of the 20th anniversary of the debut Bat for Lashes album, Fur and Gold, we take a detailed look at how it was made. Natasha Khan had grown up in Hertfordshire, England and studied art at the University of Brighton. After…

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