The Kinks recently reissued their 1970 album Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, which includes their hits “Lola” and “Apeman,” as a deluxe 50th anniversary box set which was overseen by Ray ...

The Kinks played a leading part of the British Invasion of America. With Ray Davies' incredible song-writing talent at the helm, they soon became one of popular music's most significant bands, ...

The Kinks sandwiched a swinging guitar-driven and harmonica-tinged blues number, “Long Tall Shorty” – perhaps showing the spiritual roots of hard-rocking originals like “You Really Got Me” – in the ...

As they went to work on "Muswell Hillbillies," the Kinks were riding high on 1970's career-reviving "Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One," a satirical concept album whose success was ...

After releasing a handful of classic singles and two LPs by mid-1965, Ray Davies of the Kinks truly started to come into his own as a songwriter. His next album arrived on Nov. 26, 1965 as a huge step ...

Primer is The A.V. Club‘s ongoing series of beginners’ guides to pop culture’s most notable subjects: filmmakers, music styles, literary genres, and whatever else interests us—and hopefully you. This ...