If our footballers were as good as our songwriters we'd all still be drunk from the final now...
Despite having enjoyed commercial and critical success, Tammi Terrell's involvement in the story of Motown is often downplayed, but her legacy deserves to endure, 44 years after her troubled and tragic life came to its end....
A musician's background shouldn't limit their choice of genre, but that's not the point...
We talked Arsenal, Joey Badass, Jamaica and the future of UK hip hop with the London Irish singer...
The controversy stirred up by BBC 1xtra's Power List has got people talking about urban music again, which means it's probably a good thing. Here are a few people we think deserve the spotlight.
After 30 years of constant reinvention and hard work in the music business, Weird Al Yankovic is back with a new album. Here are some of his fine...
Fancy winning one of ten pairs of tickets to see Bastille live at London's Scala? Of course you do...
We asked the German nu-disco producer to dig for some disco gems from his part of the world. The results are unsurprisingly sparkling....
1xtra's list is one big middle finger to the people it was created to represent...
With the Inspiral Carpets releasing a new single Spitfire in August and a new album in September, Sabotage Times thought it a good time to catch with the legendary Manchester band and their bassist and all round top bloke Martyn Walsh.
They'll go down in music folklore, and in many cases nearly finished off their creators. These are albums of danger...
Currently undergoing harrowing political instability, Toby L goes in search of real artists in Nigeria in 2014, and...
He might have had the world purring with Yeezus, but increasingly average gigs are putting a previously near-flawle...
25 years ago, NME had the bright idea of knocking out tapes via mail order and it would go on to change indie music...
The Wu-Tang don tells us why he might just quit rap to go feed "poor people and shit".
At the BET awards, Nicki Minaj sent the world abuzz, when she threw the shade of an ancient elm tree Iggy Azelea’s way...
The rapper talks to us about his new album, producing his own beats, and why people don't know shit about Chicago...
Whether it's a Del Ray-esque slice of pop noir or the return of Esben And The Witch, here's the top June picks from our main man at the musical coal face...
Metallica headlined Glastonbury last weekend. Here is why they'd be absolutely nowhere without me. Sort of...
A 20th anniversary re-release proves that Cornell and co's fourth album smashes anything from Nirvana and Pearl Jam...
Songs to be buried to, songs to cook fried bread to, and songs to get those hep cats boppin'...
Bobby is - was - one of our last links to Sam Cooke, Wilson Pickett, Ray Charles, a hugely important era of music t...
The biggest festival in the UK kicks off today. I remember it as a plucky 14 year old in the days before the 'superfence'.
All the chat is about how Serge and Tom aren't enough for Sunday night headliner status. Here's why they will bring it, even if you aren't a mass...
Glastonbury 1997 was great for all sorts of reasons. Radiohead at their peak was something special however...
With steady growth and Outlook-cum-Burning Man vibe, the future's looking good for this Bulgarian-based super party...
Jessie Ware has got new material out, so has Sampha. It's already a beautiful week in music.
There's only a few days 'til the festival, but nevermind that, after 20 years, I know the sort of people you should...
It wouldn't be right to get through a World Cup in Brazil without a rundown of one its most famous musical movement...
Ahead of the release of their new record, the Brooklyn singer discusses Familiars, the vengeance in Hospice and tem...
The grime pioneer dipped his toe into the fashion world this weekend, and it was easily the best thing to happen at LC:M
Like most great bands Smoove & Turrell are adept at mining their influences, for these Geordie boys it's Stax and Philly soul
Yes, McCartney might be guilty of the double peace sign, dodgy waistcoats and the bloody frog song, but his work in The Beatles and as a solo artist pisses all over that of Liam Gallagher's hero...
They're accused of being a one trick pony, but the synth-pop duo aren't letting anyone down tonight...
As Kendrick turns 26, I give my two cents on the man who's revived West Coast hip-hop and made us stop yearning for...
With summer beckoning, we dig through the crates and find some of the lesser-known jams from the sunny West Coast.
From an allergic reaction to weed killer, a crushing by a giant hay bale to choking on a cocktail cherry... just be...
Every now and again we like to remind ourselves of this.
Never crack one of your back teeth again.
One fan's overdue love letter to the only comic to school its readers in Yiddish...
If you want to be THAT guy at the 5-a-side, here's how.
A new documentary about the Clash frontman hits screens this month. Here's why y...
Yep, just 'balls' now.
Guns + Bacon = Internet
On what would have been Brandon Lee’s 47th birthday we pay tribute to his fina...
Hammond and Clarkson are at it in the back of a Renault Twingo and the Stig reve...
John Inverdale has since apologised for his use of the word 'cunted' on the BBC'...
It's getting so bad authorities banned football completely in February.
Get your tissues, lads - we're going cryin'.
Yowsah, yowsah, yowsah, disco's chief raconteur sits down for a chat about Daft ...
"Living on is a prayer"
"I don’t masturbate over leaked sex tapes on moral grounds but I really think ...
Football needed something to make it choke on its prawn sandwiches.
Their new album is fat with tunes, but here's why one of their band members reck...
It started with a growl...
Big news, Pitbull, Tom Cruise, Mumbai
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