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CDs of the week

09.10.09
Brilliant but bonkers: Shakira releases her third album, She Wolf, and its a lyrical treasure trove.... more

Pirate music website founders jailed

17.04.09
The men behind one of the world’s largest illegal downloading sites have been found guilty of breaking copyright law... more

AC/DC rock your PC with a spreadsheet

02.04.09
A spreadsheet recreating an AC/DC video has won an online award after being viewed more than two million times... more

Hallelujah takes glory as year's biggest single

29.12.08
Duffy and X Factor winner Alexandra Burke were named as this year's music champions as the full-year charts were announced.... more

Off the record

03.10.08
A rash of concert films and some weird rock features are set to brighten up our days. David Smyth fills us in.... more

Warner Bros British MD goes

03.10.08
Media: Warner Brothers, Britain's third-biggest record label, is parting ways with its managing director... more

Dannii's boy: X Factor winner is a mummy's boy who yearns to be a grown-up sex symbol

15.08.08
He's got Dannii Minogue's number and he gets mobbed in Tesco. But what teenage X Factor winner Leon Jackson really wants is for girls to take him seriously.... more

Top Ten Downloads

04.07.08
1 Viva La Vida Coldplay (EMI Music) ... more

Singing dentist is all smiles after landing £1m record deal

03.07.08
He is more used to filling cavities but now hopes to fill the Royal Albert Hall.... more

Off the record

13.06.08
Indie record labels keep the new ideas coming and rightly deserve their own 4 July celebrations, says David Smyth. ... more

Top ten downloads

12.06.08
Top ten downloads... more

Top ten downloads

06.06.08
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Top ten downloads

30.05.08
The Ting Tings have this week's number 1 download song ... more

Top ten downloads

23.05.08
This week's top music downloads.... more

Off the record

11.01.08
David Smyth talks ticket touting, has an early listen to the new Hot Chip album and check's out what's new on the net.... more

CDs of the week

14.12.07
A bumper collection from Simon and Garfunkel and some prog rock from Pink Floyd are among the CDs of the week.... more

CDs and DVDs of the week

07.12.07
This week's top music releases include a DVD from Amy Winehouse, plenty of pop from Justin Timberlake and moving world music from one of Nigeria's most uncompromising artists.... more

CDs of the week

23.11.07
Kylie Minogue returns with her usual quality pop, Wyclef Jean continues to flourish and leading saxophonist Tineke Postma all feature in this week's top CDs.... more

CDs of the week

02.11.07
This weeks new CD releases include Leona Lewis, quirky icelandic band Sigur Ross and The Raveonettes.... more

Prince hits a purple patch

02.08.07
Prince is king of London for 21 nights over the next two months, and he commenced his reign with over two dazzling hours of hits and more.... more

Little genius Prince has put the real value back into music

23.07.07
Paul Connolly argues that Prince's decision to give his new album away put real value back into music.... more

CDs of the week

13.07.07
Cherry Ghost have a Thirst for Romance and TV talent show winner Paul Potts releases his album in this week's CD offerings... more

CDs of the week

20.04.07
The return of the Arctic Monkeys, some Joni Mitchell Covers and the righteous Mavis Staples are some of this weeks CD release highlights.... more

A Radiohead riddle

13.04.07
Radiohead drop hints, Tarantino has killer taste, Natasha Bedingfield is back, and podcasts are soon to contain music. It's all happening, says David Smyth.... more

More than just ginger dreadlocks

05.04.07
Apart from his magnificent ginger dreadlocks, Newton Faulkner's most obvious asset is his prodigious mastery of the guitar.... more

CDs of the week

16.02.07
This week's CD releases include Yoko Ono, post-rockers Explosions in the Sky and a memorial album to the late jazz trumpet virtuoso Maynard Ferguson.... more

CDs of the week

05.01.07
The Frames capture their live intensity, 13 proves to be a lucky number for Julie Feeney and Gruff Rhys has sweet success with his most eclectic solo project so far.... more

Stand-out CDs of 2006

22.12.06
The music world had something for everyone in 2006. Our pop critic David Smyth reveals the year's stand-out CDs.... more

This week's new CDs

21.08.06
This week's new albums are a real mixed batch including releases from Kasabian, who have produced a 21st-century glam rock feast, Outkast, Ice Cube and no other than IT Girl Paris Hilton.... more

CDs of the week

18.08.06
Outkast get up to mischief on their latest album, Paris Hilton is bad but not quite as bad you might expect, and the Istanbul Oriental Ensemble offer some lively Turkish grooves.... more

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