She could shatter glass with her voice, move audiences to tears and still gets honoured on the Google homepage on her birthday, Ella Fitzgerald is arguably the most legendary jazz singer that has ever graced our record players.
It is one of the most influential scenes of all time - and these clips show it at its' boldest and brashest...
The NME recently reported that the Stone Roses are to split up again without releasing any new material. Are they the first band of their kind to protect their musical legacy in this way?
A generation ago, producers like Timbaland and The Neptunes were taking risks and changing the face of popular music. Here are 5 slept-on classics from the era.
The Raving Beauties don't really exist - only, they do. Having just released their debut album and a single ready to soundtrack summer, Jon Wilde spoke to Irish writer/musician Brian Bell to clear up any confusion.
The one they call Tonka goes balls deep into this week's new club tracks. Featuring Visionquest, Krankbrother, David Marston and other heroes.
Hazy days of sixth form cook up a very special sort of memory. Here's the tunes that take me back to when everything and nothing mattered...
Have Glastonbury made a mistake by booking Metallica? And did Metallica make a mistake by saying yes?
Whether it's a perfect bittersweet love song or psychadelic shoegaze, here's the top recent songs you need in your ears...
In the first of a new monthly series, here's a roundup of the latest music from the world of hip-hop. Compliments to Raekwon the Chef...
In the wake of a youtube clip that revealed Noel Gallagher's disdain for all Oasis' music videos, I've decided to g...
37 years into his career and still impossible to pigeonhole, a new greatest hits complilation proves the ever Chang...
Their last record seems like an age away, and EDM has become huge in the interim. Can H.A.L.A banish bad dancefloo...
Following the news that Tupac's former bodyguard Frank Alexander has died, here is an archive interview in which he...
You can always judge a city by its nightlife and as such, New York, from the late seventies till the mid eighties was one big mad bag of, drug-fu...
It's too easy to get bogged down into our pre-conceived notions of what a certain type of music should sound like. A tune from a S.E London base...
Most of us know her for twerking and being a bit of a dick. But dig a littler deeper and there's a quality popstar who's just become a product o...
An oft derided genre has been having a quiet revival of late, from the soft rock of Fleetwood Mac to the swooning haze of Ned Doheny. Get your de...
Is there anyone so well placed to craft this list than the Ruff Sqwad master producer? From Wiley to JME, it's wall to wall bangers...
Having just returned from a North American tour with Erased Tapes labelmate Nils Frahm, the London singer and compo...
An irratating swathe of shit pop and bad feminism, the popstar's third album is both an alienating and infuriating ...
Jay Z can add another problem to his list after this...
Some people went to the Paradise Garage, some went to the Blitz, others went to Shoom. I went to Chan's, a truly un...
The legendary label is about to enjoy another landmark birthday, and ahead of their celeebration at KOKO I caught up with the boss to talk shop.....
Ahead of the release of her debut album the spoken-word chanteuse reveals all about its composition, and how it's forming the base of a novel to ...
He's about to flog Beats for over $3 BILLION, so you can't knock his business sense - but here's why his music doesn't live up to the hip hop leg...
We asked the DJ and producer to choose the best tunes his label have put out. Unsurprisingly he's picked two handfuls that will delight the puri...
The legendary label owner and ex-manager of The Libertines, Primal Scream and Oasis weighs into Cameron's Britain, ...
Ahead of the release of ''Turn Blue', we run down picks from the Akron blues-rockers' first seven albums that prove...
He was apparently shot in a 1996 drive-by in Vegas, but by the looks of things it was a cover-up and instead he's a...
We asked Oscar Thornton, co-organiser of the 5000 person Farr, to name the tracks that most represent the people an...
Our misleadingly titled not-very-weekly profile of a rapper you need to be listening to is back. It was worth the wait.
Live at Leeds has grown into a truly unique festival, showcasing local talent alongside household names. That ethos won't be changing anytime soon...
Wolf Alice drop another blinder while newcomer Sophie Jamieson hints at a vintage, Marling-esque potential in the monthly round-up from our man in the indie trenches...
Fonsworth Bentley, former assistant to P. Diddy and professional pretty boy, had one shining moment in the music in...
For his debut solo album proper, the ex-Blur frontman has delivered a suite of intimate, melancholy songs that show...
Tickets for the Somerset knees-up are like hot cakes, but don't fret - there are plenty of others to choose from...
Forget the UK's rain and shitty burger vans, get yourself on one of these instead...
The government is voluntarily surrendering our place at the top table and the Am...
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...
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