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Album: Kanye West, Yeezus (Def Jam)
Saturday 22 June 2013
Kanye's running scared of reviewers. His label didn't send out Yeezus until the day after release, Snakes on a Plane-style.
Album: Suede, Bloodsports (Warner)
Saturday 16 March 2013
Well, what did you expect? A sad attempt to recapture former glories? You were half-right.
One Direction's Comic Relief single on course to top the charts
Tuesday 19 February 2013
One Direction are on course to nab the number one single this weekend with their Comic Relief single storming ahead of rivals.
End of the World Playlist: get into the doomsday groove
Thursday 20 December 2012
Whether tomorrow brings destruction or disappointed speculation, we've got the music to get you through it
Agenda: Hand-printed Bauhaus tights; Queen of Hearts; Cinemagram;
Sunday 20 May 2012
Fashion: Be haus proud
Travel Agenda: Tenerife Rock Coast Festival; Mount Everest treks; Barbados; Museums at Night festival; Monastero Santa Rosa hotel
Friday 11 May 2012
Where to go and what to know
Album: Marilyn Manson, Born Villain (Cooking Vinyl)
Sunday 29 April 2012
On the first listen to Born Villain, you notice references to Shakespeare, Baudelaire and the Greek myths. Say what you like about Marilyn Manson: you don't get that stuff from Slipknot.
Album: Santigold, Master of My Make-Believe (Atlantic)
Friday 20 April 2012
"You can be the widget in my turbo!" offers Santigold on "Go!", the staccato, punchy groove that opens the long-awaited follow-up to her dynamic 2008 debut.
Lady Gaga announces UK gig dates
Wednesday 11 April 2012
Lady Gaga has announced two UK dates - when she will be supported by glam rockers The Darkness - as part of her world tour.
Album: The Futureheads, Rant (Nul)
Friday 30 March 2012
Kudos to The Futureheads for attempting Rant, an entirely a cappella album of R&B covers, traditional folk songs and rearranged morsels from their back catalogue.
Tommy Lee thinks albums make no sense
Wednesday 20 July 2011
Motley Crue's Tommy Lee thinks creating albums "makes no sense".
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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