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The best music apps and musician twitterers

18.09.09
Don’t get left behind by the latest music crazes and gizmos — from tweeting the stars to remixing your voice, there’s more fun to be had than you might think... more

CDs of the week

04.09.09
Jamie T's new album is witty, gritty and well worth the wait and Charlie Wilson is, in many ways, a musical throwback.... more

CDs of the week

28.08.09
7 Worlds Collide's album is a relaxed delight, Noah and the Whale's record is undeniably powerful and Monty Alexander plays it straight.... more

I know this much is true: Eighties studios will be missed

21.08.09
Spandau Ballet member attacked the 'clinical' modern recording process after several London's studios closed down... more

Giant Mike Skinner crop circle welcomes Glastonbury revellers

25.06.09
The music begins at Glastonbury today with revellers arriving in their thousands hopeful showers hold off... more

Sex, soul and sin in Been So Long

18.06.09
Arthur Darvill and Che Walker's musical reworking of the latter's 1998 play, Been So Long, positively bristles with sassy riffs and layered rhythms.... more

The 25 must-see London gigs

15.05.09
From Britney Spears's circus to Jack White's new band, an extraordinary line-up of stars are coming to play in London before the summer festival season. Check out our 25 must sees... more

The Specials are Back in Rude health

08.05.09
They may be weaker of eyesight, thinner of hair and broader of girth, but The Specials' Brixton gig was still Geezer Central.... more

Off the record: Do try this at home, kids

17.04.09
Roll over Barney the Dinosaur and tell Big Bird the news — in Ziggy Marley, the under-fives have a new kind of musical idol.... more

I can’t see a Ting

09.03.09
Thousands of fans of The Ting Tings were turned away at the door after a power cut caused the band’s sell-out gig to be cancelled... more

Basement Jaxx top Wireless bill

17.02.09
Basement Jaxx are set to headline this year's Wireless Festival with The Streets and Dizzee Rascal also ready to perform.... more

Awards are in a Brit of a jam over Weller

16.02.09
Bookmakers have stopped taking bets on this week's Brit Awards amid fears one of this year's winners may have been leaked.... more

High ideals and hi-de-hi stagecraft from The Streets

24.10.08
Mike Skinner’s first London show to promote his fourth Streets album featured an orchestra and gospel choir as the pioneer of geezer-hop set his sights on higher things.... more

CDs of the week

12.09.08
Mike Skinner is becoming one of our most poetic chroniclers of urban life, Jonas Brothers are a more wholesome McFly and David Sanborn is back.... more

Party boys have the X(fm) Factor

10.12.07
Xfm's Christmas party at the Brixton Academy featured Kate Nash and Supergrass but the night really belonged to south London's Bloc Party.... more

CDs of the week

03.08.07
This week's CD releases include The Coral, Molly Johnson and cockney-voiced artist Kate Nash, Lilly Allen's hottest competitor.... more

On Kate's own terms

30.07.07
As one of Britain's hottest young singer/songwriters, Kate Nash says she won't let her meteoric rise go to her head.... more

Let us tell you a story

18.06.07
Art Brut's simple, defiantly English songs have proved popular around the world, and as John Lewis discovers, with a number of celebrities... more

Metro Weekender is Streets ahead

02.04.07
Some of the biggest names in music are to appear at the Metro Weekender, a two-day extravaganza held in London and Cardiff in August.... more

CDs of the week

26.01.07
We take a look at some of the hottest albums released this week including the latest offerings from Norah Jones, the Klaxons and Miles Davis.... more

Jamie suits fans to a T

18.01.07
Charming Jamie T is not particularly indie, or folk, or reggae, or hip hop. But he is all talent and the crowd loved him, says Marcus Folley. ... more

Starz in his eyes

12.01.07
There's more than a touch of Mike Skinner in Just Jack's genre-twisting grooves. But jazz, funk and electro influences are there too, says Martha de Lacey.... more

London's coolest bars and clubs

13.12.06
London has been shaken and stirred. A new wave of intimate and sophisticated bars and clubs now rule the night scene. As the season gets into full swing, we tell you where to party.... more

Downloads of the week

22.09.06
One-man-band Ciaran McFeely has released a hazy ballad, Belle and Sebastian are set to make long car journeys with small children more bearable and Mike Skinner goes on record with Pete Doherty.... more

Just a regular guy...

20.09.06
Fresh-faced, sharp-witted Just Jack is a 24-year-old Londoner whose music merges soul, hip hop and house styles, doused with cartoonish fantasies. ... more

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