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Sound check: We're going into Meltdown

11.06.10
Folk legend Richard Thompson takes over the South Bank tonight — and he’s chosen a typically eclectic line-up.... more

Robert Plant is moving away from the mothership

26.02.10
Robert Plant wrapped his still mighty vocals around the gorgeous South Seas lullaby I Bid You Goodnight.... more

Best of British for Mercury Prize

10.07.09
As it's nearly time for the annual UK album contest that is the Mercury Prize, David Smyth names his 12 favourites of the year.... more

Complex visions from Bat for Lashes

20.04.09
It was hard to tear your eyes from Bat for Lashes's silver star, bringing her complex vision so vividly to life.... more

Off the record

21.11.08
From modified toys to souped-up Hoovers and dead pigs, some bands are now looking way beyond traditional instruments to make music.... more

Songs of Scott Walker mix horror with absurdity

14.11.08
A night of Scott Walker’s music featuring Jarvis Cocker, Damon Albarn and Gavin Friday was disturbing, confusing, horrific and downright ridiculous.... more

Radiohead lead the pack as Mercury Music Prize nominations announced

22.07.08
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

Best of the fests

23.05.08
Festival season is here but this summer, instead of trogging to the countryside, check out the capital's coolest parties.... more

There will be blood

28.04.08
The Minotaur is the operatic equivalent of Joy Division or Scott Walker at their bleakest, says Richard Godwin.... more

CDs of the week

25.04.08
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

CDs of the week

18.04.08
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

DVDs of the week

04.09.07
The week's top DVDs are led by an example of British film at its best in This Is England.... more

Jarvis goes into Meltdown

12.06.07
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

No ordinary Joe

17.05.07
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

A solitary Walker

26.04.07
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

Rocking in a jazz world

27.11.06
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

I've toured the world more than Captain Cook

14.11.06
Richard Hawley has worked with Pulp, Nancy Sinatra and turned down Robbie. Now, pop's reluctant hero is selling out gigs of his own.... more

Britpopper's late bloom

07.08.06
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. ... more


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