Music Magazine Features

Slipped discs

Independent record store owners are getting creative to turn around declining sales. The author of a forthcoming book on the struggling trade, reports

Ones to Watch: Yo Majesty

Hip-hop is a famously male-dominated genre, and one which has a reputation for being unswervingly heterosexual.

Inside Music Magazine Features

Music and Me: Gruff Rhys

Monday, 17 November 2008

The first record I bought was...Father Abraham and The Smurfs Greatest Hits

Day in the Life: Rachel McClelland, label manager at Dirtee Stank Recordings

Monday, 17 November 2008

Rachel dedicates this article to her Dad, Gerald McClelland.

Day in the life: Jazzie B, DJ & Producer

Tuesday, 4 November 2008

'I'm an FA football coach now, so I like to keep fit'

Dance: The underground is alive and kicking

Monday, 3 November 2008

During this year's Frieze Art Fair a panel chaired by the music writer Simon Reynolds asked the question: "Is The Underground Over?" The speakers, who included Cosey Fanni Tutti of Throbbing Gristle and pioneering acid house duo Chris & Cosey, weren't there to discuss electronic music specifically. Instead they focused on "a diverse array of music undergrounds including free folk, noise, extreme metal". But the debate is just as relevant to dance culture in the two decades since acid house first made headlines in the UK.

Music & Me: Mick Jones

Monday, 3 November 2008

The first record I bought was... There were two records I bought with my own money when I was 12 year's old. Jimi Hendrix Experience Smash Hits and Cream Disraeli Gears.

Put your Brahms in the air

Monday, 3 November 2008

Frustrated that classical music has too long been confined to stuffy concert halls, a group of young composers and musicians decided to bring the genre up to date and into their favourite bars. Elisa Bray reports on London's growing band of classical clubbers