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Album review: Kodaline, In a Perfect World (B-Unique)
Friday 14 June 2013
An Irish quartet with sights clearly set on the world's stadiums, Kodaline offer a musical barometer of bankable current rock trends, but display scant originality on this debut album.
Music review: Travis' first British gig in five years is a cosy but bland affair
Friday 14 June 2013
Islington assembly hall, London
Music review: The Stone Roses, Finsbury Park, London
Tuesday 11 June 2013
Fearless, if flawed, second coming for band that defined a generation
Video: Film trailers for the latest releases
Sunday 09 June 2013
Watch the videos below for a selection of trailers for the latest releases:
Video: Film trailers for the latest releases
Friday 07 June 2013
Watch the videos below for a selection of trailers for the latest releases:
Blur at Primavera Sound Festival, Parc del Fòrum, Barcelona
Monday 27 May 2013
“Say ‘hola’ to la luna,” says Damon Albarn, turning thousands of heads towards the full moon that is casting its beautiful glow, adding to a magical atmosphere.
Five-minute memoir: Russ Litten recalls the day he saw his double in Prague
Saturday 18 May 2013
I know nobody in Prague, not a soul, which is one of the main reasons I decide to move there. The last person I expect to see is myself. I always thought that the Doppelgänger only existed in Edgar Allen Poe tales. But I see mine in Prague.
Robbie Williams changes direction after rant about Suede frontman
Thursday 21 March 2013
Robbie Williams has changed his tune after an extended rant against Britpop stars Suede and their frontman Brett Anderson - and has admitted he went off "on a tangent".
Album: Suede, Bloodsports (Warner)
Saturday 16 March 2013
Well, what did you expect? A sad attempt to recapture former glories? You were half-right.
Forget Bowie...cult figure Bonehead returns 14 years after quitting Oasis
Wednesday 13 March 2013
His return may not quite match the frenzy which greeted David Bowie’s comeback but 14 years after quitting Oasis, Bonehead, the band’s original guitarist, is to release his first album.
Kevin Cummins and The Smiths: These charming men, captured on film
Friday 08 March 2013
As an exhibition of his photographs of The Smiths and Morrissey opens, rock snapper Kevin Cummins tells Elisa Bray no act ever fascinated him more
Suede, Barfly, London
Tuesday 05 March 2013
It’s probably quite fair to say that, a few years ago, the five members of Suede would not have imagined themselves back onstage together promoting a new album.
Stereophonics, Electric Brixton, London
Tuesday 05 March 2013
This brand of dirge-rock can feel like being drenched in cheap lager at the end of a Rod Stewart tribute night
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- 3 Breaking the Silence: In the reality of occupation, there are no Palestinian civilians – only potential terrorists
- 4 We never knew Nigella Lawson - and we still don’t
- 5 Vice pulls 'breathtakingly tasteless' fashion shoot glorifying the suicides of famous female authors from Sylvia Plath to Virginia Woolf
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