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30.10.09

The hairstyles are less voluminous than of yore but in every other respect Bon Jovi are the dependable package.... more

Sound check: Arctic Monkeys are ready to evolve

14.08.09

Sheffield quartet Arctic Monkeys have a challenging new sound for their third album — but by taking risks they could soon be in a league of their own.... more

Agyness Deyn wants to be a true rock chick

09.06.09

Agyness Deyn was getting close to Miles Kane from the Last Shadow Puppets at Punk in Soho.... more

Sound check: Danger Mouse does it again

29.05.09

Danger Mouse's new album with David Lynch is another classic — so why doesn’t EMI want you to hear it?.... more

Are we out of love with Franz Ferdinand?

21.01.09

Franz Ferdinand are back and they've changed, but not too much. It's time to give them another chance, says David Smyth. ... more

Bashful Kings of Leon need more ego

12.12.08

Kings of Leon's songs are big and bold enough for arenas; all that’s left is for the bashful brothers to follow suit.... more

Party like a pop star at Guilty Pleasures

17.10.08

Soft rock, fancy dress and a confession booth at the revamped Guilty Pleasures.... more

Peaches jets ex-flatmate to Big Apple

14.10.08

Peaches Geldof is so homesick in Manhattan that she has taken the drastic step to fly one of her best friends to America to stay with her. ... more

Puppy love for Agness and Albert

13.10.08

Agness Deyn was a picture of happiness in New York with Albert Hammond Jnr of The Strokes.... more

Loved-up Agyness Deyn tries a bowled new hairstyle

29.07.08

Her trademark blonde crop became almost as popular as Jennifer Aniston's 'Rachel'. But after copycats like Pixie Geldof and Kimberly Stewart flocked to look like model Agyness Deyn, 25, she has changed her hairstyle. ... more

Agyness Deyn steals the show both onstage and off at beach bash

20.07.08

Supermodel Agyness Deyn can't seem to do any wrong recently - and yesterday proved no exception. The 25-year-old wowed 45,000 ecstatic fans when she sang with Five O'Clock Heroes at the T4 On The Beach party.... more

So in love: Agyness Deyn can't keep her hands off her new rocker man

04.07.08

Model du jour Agyness Deyn ordered up kisses and hugs during a romantic lunch with her rocker boyfriend Albert Hammond Jr. in New York yesterday.... more

Agyness Deyn cosies up to new rocker boyfriend Albert in New York

23.06.08

Agyness Deyn's romance with The Stroke's guitarist Albert Hammond Jr., appears to be heating up.... more

Big love in the Big Apple: Has party queen Agyness Deyn moved on to a Stroke after split?

20.06.08

Just two weeks after ending her long-term relationship, it appears supermodel Agyness Deyn may have found love already.... more

Off the record: Life in the old records yet

20.06.08

David Smyth enjoys a book devoted to the soon-to-be-extinct hobby of record shopping, discusses Coldplay's copyright troubles and finds Agyness Deyn's singing is less impressive than her looks. ... more

Eclectic musical feast

18.01.08

New York four-piece Vampire Weekend are risking their necks by daring to be different and so far it seems to be paying off.... more

Power of imagination

07.01.08

Offbeat indie quartet British Sea Power had a run-in with the Army while recording their third album in a deserted Cornish fort.... more

This will be the year dance gets us back in the groove

17.12.07

Dance music is set to emerge from the doldrums in 2008 with a slew of new acts ready to go, says Paul Connolly.... more

Preacher's boys are converted to the big time

13.12.07

Kings of Leon proved at Wembley Arena they now have more than enough great numbers to make for a substantial large-scale show.... more

CDs of the week

26.10.07

Britney Spears makes a comeback, Unklejam serve up some Seventies-style electrofunk and jazz man Herbie Hancock all feature in the CDs of the week.... more

A gimmick-free breath of fresh air

16.05.07

It's easy to see why Interpol have been compared to New Order and Joy Division, says Chris Elwell-Sutton. But promising songs at their sold-out Koko gig often petered out into mediocrity.... more

Leon show why they are Kings of London now

19.04.07

Kings of Leon may lack theatricals but the sheer quality of the tunes on display at their rip-roaring Astoria gig was enough to inspire complete and utter devotion from fans.... more

Solo effort could be a master Stroke

01.12.06

Albert Hammond Jr bucks the trend of guitarists releasing appalling solo work. In fact, his first show in London was far better than anything the Strokes have done recently.... more

CDs of the week

03.11.06

The Magic Numbers' second album continues from where last year's debut left off, Joanna Newsom is in a magical universe all her own and Damien Rice releases the brilliant gimmick-free 9.... more

Madonna snubbed and ridiculed at MTV awards

03.11.06

Madonna was mocked on stage at the MTV Europe Music Awards as she failed to take a single prize despite being nominated for three.... more

This week's CD reviews

06.10.06

Fine new releases by Strokes guitarist Albert Hammond, jr, ex-Destiny's Child LaToya, jazz trombonist Dennis Rollins and brash folkies Bellowhead.... more

Arctic Monkeys hit is top student anthem

02.10.06

Arctic Monkeys' I Bet You Look Good on the Dance Floor has been named the favourite student anthem of all time.... more

Great songs but no sparkle

29.09.06

One man band Sparklehorse extinguished any atmosphere created by his sumptuous songs with an aloofness that didn't do him or his music any favours.... more

Downloads of the week

01.09.06

Albert Hammond of The Strokes goes solo with an iTunes exclusive while Jamelia's comeback single gets a first showing at online stores. David Smyth highlights the best music the web has to offer.... more

A triumph that began with hope

24.08.06

Looking like a slightly ravaged mess, Regina Spektor was a breath of fresh air at the Shepherds Bush Empire. Compelling, funny, powerful and compulsively watchable, it was pop at its very best.... more