Video: the kinks all day and all of the night

Filed under: News Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images The chances of a Kinks reunion have increased significantly after Ray Davies revealed he's set to meet his brother next week to discuss the possibility of getting back together. Last month Spinner reported guitarist Dave Davies was open to a reunion but it was ultimately "down to Ray." However, given he also labelled his brother a "vain, egocentric, narcissistic a---hole," it's [...]

"¿Y ese quién era?" "No pues, el bajista de los Kinks ." "¿Y esos quienes eran?" "Mmmmm... Pues los que cantaban la de 'All Day and All of the Night' y 'You Really Got Me'." "Ahhh..." Para quienes no lo sepan, los Kinks fueron una de las mejores bandas inglesas en su época, y Pete Quaife fue miembro de ella desde sus meros inicios. Desde que se llamaban The Ravens. Generalmente los más conocidos son los hermanos Ray y Dave Davies, sin embargo, Pete tuvo [...]

Former Kinks bassist Pete Quaife died today at the age of 66. Quaife, who had long battled kidney-related issues, played with the band in its first five years before leaving in 1969. Among many other hits, he played on the classic awaiting you after the jump.

The riff: is there any sweeter two-word phrase in the rock vocabulary? AJ Ramirez offers his examples of the best riffs via video. I always enjoy it when music critics sit down together -- either literally or metaphorically -- and engage in a lively discourse about an aspect of the medium. And what subject have music journalist Simon Reynolds and Carl of the Impostume decided to exchange sporting back-and-forth Blogspot posts about all this week? Why, nothing less than the topic of the almighty riff. Between the two of them, they've already covered iconic licks by Iron Butterfly,...

Back in the summer of1997, one couldn't walk out of their house without hearing someone humming, blaring, or damning to Hell that juicy nugget of pop rock that was Hanson's "MMMBop". Depending on... Continue reading ""MMMBro": Hanson And Other Rock And Roll Bands Of Brothers" >

Ex-fan des sixties ... il est possible de se réjouir. THE KINKS - un des groupe de rock londonien emblématique des années 60 avec leurs incontournables " You Really Got Me " ou " Sunny Afternoon " - seraient en train de travailler sur un nouvel album, selon BBC NEWS (date de sortie inconnue). Le style "chemises à jabots" sera donc prochainement de retour... [ Download MP3 ] : ••• THE KINKS :: All Day And All Of The Night [YSI] ••• THE KINKS [...]

Download : The Kinks - "20th Century Man" Download : The Kinks - "Complicated Life" 2008 is barely underway, but it would seem that another essential British band who appropriated some aspects of the blues--one that doesn't rhyme with Schmed Schmepplin --will also be reforming and touring. NME is reporting, via the British tabloid Daily Mail , that The Kinks --one of the major players of the 60s British Invasion, though they frequently, and unfairly, take a backseat to The [...]

• The Kinks - 20th Century Man
• The Kinks - Complicated Life