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Over a decade since their first album, Karen O have emerged as the enduring heroes of the last great music scene...
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The blues-rockers on flashing too much cleavage, Robert Johnson and a true love of knitting...
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Franz Ferdinand excite a sold out crowd with mix of classics and new material at spontaneous hometown show.
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There we were, minding our own business, when it was brought to our attention that Justin Bieber had freestyled ove...
With his second album about to hit the charts, post-dubstep's poster-boy proves he's about to push things forward...
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Tom Waits, The National and Bat For Lashes have all had me bawling over the years...
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This Californian duo have exploded onto the UK scene over the last few months and will soon be joining Mumford & So...
‘If Elvis had been a Marx brother, he would have created Pink Peg Slax’. In their heyday Pink Peg Slax were wer...
The Canadian has been taken to the heart of the music press, but there's still a jury out on whether he's a true or...
I first met Joe Strummer when I was broke and using the payphone of the Pearson Park Hotel blagging my missus for the cash to see him play...
Britain's best loved cartoonist thought he'd take up the 50 songs challenge. He dedicates his list to Kevin Ayers
The Radio 3 Verb presenter gives us his take on The Black Dyke Band and the quality of brass music.
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Synth-pop masters, musical innovators and capable of reinventing their own wheel time and time again. Give it up fo...
It gnawed at me that I'd missed The Pistols in all of their filthy fury, then the Reid Brothers appeared and all wa...
Bjork's 2011 offering is a light in the digital darkness of autotune and overused synth.
It's taken Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr over two and a half decades to release his effort, The Messenger and the re...
Hip Hop may be the world's most polarising style of music. This list bravely attempts to go where no-one has gone before...
There's no debate really, but just for shits and giggles here are 20 reasons why the Man in Black beats The King hands down...
Bombastic, bolshie, but still brilliant, Kanye West played a massively over-priced one-off gig at the Hammersmith and I was there to take in the god-king's "wisdom"...
Does everyone hate singer/rapper Drake because he signed with Lil Wayne's record label? Or is it because he sings a...
Singer-songwriter and activist Billy Bragg speaks about his new tour, Glastonbury and most importantly why music ha...
They've got a reputation for smart pop, so are well placed to comment on the best British centres of learning...
The indie-bop whippersnappers have been hyped to the hills for a while, but unfortunately the album doesn't quite d...
Offerings this week span from glam rock aliens to Dickensian classics, plus the ...
Today's Champions League final is set to be a cracker, grab hold of a few of the...
The mephedrone craze defined a new generation of drug users. The subsequent out...
WIth hundreds of the best new bands and a whole seaside to splash about in, it's...
A tiny fishing village just 40 years ago, it became notorious as destination for...
Big hair, bouffants and the odd right-hander. For a generation of men these sire...
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He might be best known for indie singalongs of the highest order, but the former...
Oh, you're making a joke about gravy miners are you? How very fucking droll...
Spurn Point is a little-known wonder of the British Isles; a slice of paradise t...
Some TV characters are blessed with charm and good looks, some roll off lines of...
This year the White House comes under threat twice. First in Antoine Fuqua’s O...
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American indie supergroup The Postal Service lulled Brixton Academy into an elec...
'Organic' is touted as being better for the environment and your health, but rar...
The former graffiti artist opens Fire Sale this week, an exhibition of his artwo...
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Everyone deserves to watch a grand prix from a private yacht at least once in th...