Wham, Mariah and Rudolph the shi*ting reindeer. Every year they come and every year they make me want to dropkick the turkey and fast forward to NYE...
Because every day's a school day...
With a Swedish five piece, Brazilian electro-funk singer and the new band of the guitarist from Snow Patrol, it's an eclectic mix of top songs released over the last month...
With a certain world-beating Montreal band playing London this week as The Reflektors, it got me thinking about the other bands who operated under different names...
No Nik Naks, Chipsticks or Space Raiders, but TWO flavours of Walkers?! The top 10 crisp flavours. Let the debate begin...
Saint Etienne member and journalist Bob Stanley picks his top 50 tracks, from Pink Floyd to 3 Of A Kind via Barbara Mason.
How did they seriously expect to run a country with names like these...
Forget the Doritos adverts. Here's the top acts you need to know if you ever want to move to Mexico...
Can one truly leave Facebook in the modern world? Er, no. However, to ensure social media survival, adhere to these ten invaluable Facebook comma...
The electro pioneer moved to LA in 2012. From his family to rain, via fish and chips, here's the things he just can't get Stateside...
From terrible blow jobs to the sand in your lady bits, music can be a confusing guide to the language of shag. Here...
I've never been one for numbers but chats with my seven-year-old have made me think about them in a different light...
All the Twitter talk might be about the nominations coming out this evening, but check out these tips for the best ...
The singer songwriter has just dropped his debut E.P and looks set on the road to success. Here he takes us throug...
Yeah yeah yeah, we all like Cohen, Dylan and the rest, but when it comes down to it it's all about a big f*ck-off singalong...
35 years on from 'Teenage Kicks', the band give us the rundown on the best exponents of a genre they helped create...
WIth hundreds of the best new bands and a whole seaside to splash about in, it's not suprising that the Brighton festival has become the unoffici...
Speculation is surrounding Parma's young striker, Ishak Belfodil, linking him with several English clubs with Liverpool as the front runner - her...
From Jacques Brel to Cilla Black, via Iggy, the British icon proves herself a woman of impeccable taste...
The Silver Linings Playbook star has gone stratospheric since her Oscar win, and her down-to-earth attitude ensured...
They've got a new album produced by Nile Rodgers coming up, so there's no better time to look back over a career of...
With over a decade in the music industry and loads of great tracks, he should be considered a true British great. ...
The thought of camping bring you out in a cold sweat? Fear not; here's my guide to the best innercity musical mash...
There's nothing like going absolutely mental at a rock festival, especially when you're up to your knees in mud... Ready, set, MOSH!
Council tax, Daily commutes, accepting the fact you'll never become an astronaut and the emotional minefield that is relationships. Being a grown...
Aretha, Donna, Prince and Aphex are all good friends that have saved my bacon over the years...
The days of the simple, straight clothes catalogue are over. Below are the worst offending pushers of cringeworthy pseudo-art...
Tom Waits, The National and Bat For Lashes have all had me bawling over the years...
They're heavy metal legends and still going strong. Here's why are better than ever...
Oxfordshire's finest were made worldwide superstars by their earnest miserablism - only when they left that behind ...
Sit back and leather up for the Welsh rocker's top tunes to get you moving, No DJ Sammy here...
Sod the Mayans, the good apocalypse stuff is coming to our cinema screens in 2013. Here's list of the best films to come out this year about the end of the world.
From 'Bigger Boys And Stolen Sweethearts to 'Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?' Here's the highlights of the stellar career of my fellow county-men...
2013 will see a clutch of ladies rising to the fore. Here's the five that'll have you tripping over your Red Stripe...
Running a parody account on Twitter is fraught with virtual danger. These tips won't stop you being a knob, but the...
He's got a back catalogue of songs to compare with almost any living musician; here's the best of a brilliant bunch...
From Cohen to Eno, via Gun Club, the James frontman proves he is a man of impeccable taste...
Retweeting compliments, boring inane chat about your significant other and more. If you're guilty of anything on th...
Currently undergoing harrowing political instability, Toby L goes in search of r...
Ever had your house party rudely interrupted by three angry Ukrainians in balacl...
Overly long, needlessly confusing and all in all, pretty frustrating. Greatest f...
Omanis aren’t ones for pretending: they like drinking, whoring and shooting po...
In life we often take things such as "it is dangerous to wake a sleepwalker" as ...
He might have had the world purring with Yeezus, but increasingly average gigs a...
25 years ago, NME had the bright idea of knocking out tapes via mail order and i...
The best Tumblr of the week...
"OMG David.....I think I'm in The Matrix"
Two international trade agreements are currently being negotiated which, if rati...
In the first of what will probably be a pretty irregular feature, we have a look...
It's 36 years since Georgi Markov died from poisoning in London, and his assassi...
Italians aren't always known for their street style, but the Paninaro boys of '8...
You wouldn't get that at Stoke on a wet Tuesday night...
The Wu-Tang don tells us why he might just quit rap to go feed "poor people and ...
Bizarre cults have practised strange rituals and dangerous teachings since time ...