A night of Scott Walker’s music featuring Jarvis Cocker, Damon Albarn and Gavin Friday was disturbing, confusing, horrific and downright ridiculous.... more
Radiohead, Estelle, Last Shadow Puppets and Adele were today all nominated for this year's Nationwide Mercury Prize. Also up for the gong are Elbow, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, and Neon Neon.... more
Madonna is the most fearless she's been in years, perseverance will be rewarded for the latest Portishead album and it’s a wild ride with Courtney Pine.... more
Alex Turner's side project, The Last Shadow Puppets, is a debut of extraordinary promise, The Accidental could improve with time and Anita Wardell has an impressive go at scat-singing.... more
It's the most unpredictable festival of the year and the best thing about curating it, says Jarvis Cocker, is being able to celebrate the music you're most passionate about. ... more
Julien Temple's imaginative and revealing portrait of Clash singer Joe Strummer documents the punk hero's rise to fame and fortune, then his retreat from it.... more
Stephen Kijak's tribute film contains rare interviews with the modest poet and songwriter Scott Walker, the influential hero of people like Bowie, Radiohead and Brian Eno.... more
With Acoustic Ladyland's new album offering up a post-punk twist on jazz, Pete Wareham talks about how his skater past is influencing the present.... more
Gig review: At 39, success has come late for Yorkshire crooner Richard Hawley. His Sunday lunchtime appearance at the Curzon was part of a series where musicians and artists introduce a favourite film and Hawley picked Zulu, comparing its colonial theme to Iraq.
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