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Soundcheck: Tomorrow's party people

16.10.09
After a decade of embracing the weird and wonderful, the rock festival at Butlins has now got The Simpsons involved... more

The bookshop band Mumford & Sons

11.09.09
Mumford & Sons are leading lights in the new literary London folk scene that everyone wants to join. Singer Marcus Mumford talks Steinbeck and Shakespeare... more

Sound check: rock, the new rapper's delight

04.09.09
Jay-Z and Beyoncé were unlikely faces in the crowd at a gig of psychedelic rockers Grizzly Bear this week — now the rap king is spreading the word about indie music... more

CDs of the week

19.06.09
Gossip get funky, God Help the Girl tell a wonderful tale and Jack Peñate makes a career-saving left turn... more

Fact is the new fiction in film

18.05.09
Their films cost a pittance but can earn millions – no wonder documentary-makers are on a roll.... more

Sound check: David Byrne plays a building

15.05.09
A wacky sound installation created by the Talking Heads frontman David Byrne will turn the Roundhouse into an instrument that anyone can play.... more

Gutter Twins are brothers in arms

14.08.08
Mark Lanegan and Greg Dulli's voices wrapped around each other as they added layers of intensity to their uplifting album Saturnalia.... more

Free runner goes for gold

08.04.08
A college student is bidding to win gold for Britain in the urban sport of parkour... more

Critic's choice: Top five gigs

27.07.07
Basement Jaxx warm-up for the imminent V Festival and the Scissor Sisters play two giant Dockland shows this weekend.... more

Get the feeling

30.05.07
Brixton's monthly club night How Does It Feel To Be Loved? offers '80s indiepop such as The Smiths and classic '60s soul. But no punk, grunge or hip-hop.... more

CDs of the week

23.02.07
The Kaiser Chiefs' second album, cult figure Patrick Wolf, a star-studded children's album, and a gipsy clarinetist are among the CDs of the week.... more

Odd couple is a match made in heaven

24.01.07
The musical marriage of former Belle And Sebastian leader Isobel Campbell and ex-Screaming Trees frontman Mark Lanegan works a treat, says John Aizlewood.... 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

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

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