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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

CDs of the week

01.02.08

Hot Chip return with a deliciously giddy new album and sleep inducing stuff from Jack Johnson in this week's top CDs.... more

Cool Cribs can rock the cradle

30.05.07

How do you tell when a band is about to go from cult concern to chart success? Well you could try the Singalong-ometer test, an examination that Cribs pass with flying colours.... more

The boys can still fly high

09.05.07

Three albums and three years after their first release, Mcfly showed there is no doubting their staying power at their Astoria gig.... more

Jazz juggernaut packs a punch

04.01.07

Now in its 43rd year, Bill Ashton's latest National Youth Jazz Orchestra juggernaut sounds sparkier and more loose-limbed than usual.... more

Sound glitch isn't matter of life and death

27.12.06

Nobody rocks quite as hard, and quite as tunefully, as Iron Maiden. But this mighty oak of rock was felled midway through their Earls Court gig when the sound failed.... more

A chance to sit with the stars

19.12.06

Guitarist Jo Caleb and his vocalist wife Lisa run a tight ship at Jazz Talent Jam, which hosts the kind of jam-session you would hear before jazz education became a mass-production line.... more

Bruce: a new folk hero

13.11.06

Bruce Springsteen visibly enjoyed giving his voice a gruff country flavour at Wembley Arena - so much so that the concert resembled a gigantic barn dance.... more

Dolls call in their dues

23.10.06

Few can begrudge the New York Dolls the chance finally to profit from their influence three decades on. And not being the original line-up hasn't damaged their integrity either.... more

This week's CD reviews

13.10.06

New releases by P Diddy, Badly Drawn Boy, an album for Save The Children, a new collaboration for Pat Metheney and some political world music.... more

This weekend's best events

28.09.06

The Absolut Icebar celebrates its first birthday, guitarist Keith James plays Nick Drake songs and Water Rats hosts a kitsch and kinky retro night.... more

Brazil's iron fist in a velvet glove

26.09.06

Back on the road after a four-year break, Marisa Monte, slim and graceful in a black flamenco-style dress and singing only in Portuguese, had the audience in the palm of her hand.... more

The Barbra Streisand of hip hop, Jay Z, returns to the stage at two London shows, volatile rockers The Cult play the Brixton Academy and guitar-wielding pups are gearing up to release their third album.... more

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