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Best of British for Mercury Prize

2009-07-10T10:25:30Z

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.

Complex visions from Bat for Lashes

2009-04-19T23:00:00Z

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

Off the record

2008-11-21T11:24:57Z

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

Songs of Scott Walker mix horror with absurdity

2008-11-14T00:00:00Z

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

Radiohead lead the pack as Mercury Music Prize nominations announced

2008-07-22T14:31:23Z

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.

Best of the fests

2008-05-23T14:21:29Z

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

There will be blood

2008-04-27T23:00:00Z

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

CDs of the week

2008-04-25T10:32:57Z

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.

CDs of the week

2008-04-17T23:00:00Z

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.

DVDs of the week

2007-09-03T23:00:00Z

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

Jarvis goes into Meltdown

2007-06-12T11:51:35Z

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.

No ordinary Joe

2007-05-16T23:00:00Z

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.

A solitary Walker

2007-04-25T23:00:00Z

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.

Rocking in a jazz world

2006-11-27T15:33:02Z

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.

I've toured the world more than Captain Cook

2006-11-14T12:07:38Z

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

Britpopper's late bloom

2006-08-06T23:00:00Z

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.