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.
Don't watch the viewing figures! BBC boss's plea as £20m Saturday showpiece prepares to launch
Monday 12 March 2012
Danny Cohen betrays his nerves as ITV reschedules Britain’s Got Talent to drown out The Voice
Radio warned to mind language
Wednesday 21 December 2011
Ofcom, the media regulator, yesterday issued fresh guidance to radio broadcasters in relation to offensive language after a series of incidents in which listeners were subjected to obscene lyrics and commentary.
Is the financial crisis leading to more divorces?
Tuesday 13 December 2011
The relationship between love and money is a little bit more complicated than that
The dance messiah: How David Guetta became the world’s biggest DJ
Sunday 28 August 2011
Wireless Festival, Hyde Park, London
Wednesday 06 July 2011
Over three days, Hyde Park became a sunny mass of music lovers, as a variety of genres and names took to the stage.
What's so great about the outdoors?
Monday 13 June 2011
Music & Me: When Saints Go Machine
Wednesday 18 May 2011
When Saints Go Machine produce ice-cool shimmering pop that belies their tongue- in-cheek moniker. Signed to hip dance label !K7 records, expect to hear a lot more of the Danish foursome’s stunning songs this summer. Nikolaj Manuel Vonsild took time out to answer our questions.
Picture of the Day: Dancing in the dark
Tuesday 08 February 2011
On Super Bowl Sunday, it takes something spectacular to steal the show. A blooper will do it, of course. In 2009 we had Bruce Springsteen knee-sliding across the stage and, groin-first, into a TV camera. In 2004 it was Janet Jackson's "wardrobe malfunction".
Album: Black Eyed Peas, The Beginning (Interscope)
Sunday 28 November 2010
Album: Black Eyed Peas, The Beginning (Interscope/Polydor)
Friday 26 November 2010
Having expressed his disgruntlement, on last year's The E.N.D., that "there is no album anymore" when "you can put 12 songs on iTunes and people can pick at it like scabs", Black Eyed Peas mainman will.i.am wheels out his favoured rescue strategy with The Beginning, on which all the tracks are seamlessly segued into one long flow.
A gay icon on Sesame Street? Bert comes out of the closet after 31 years
Tuesday 26 October 2010
The clues were always there. Bert and Ernie have been living together for 31 years. They like to wear flamboyant "his & his" pyjamas. And (here's the clincher) they tuck themselves up together each night in the same bed.
Britain notches up 500 millionth digital download
Friday 17 September 2010
Britain recently passed the 500-million mark for digital music downloads, and figures out this year suggest another record total in 2010, according to the Official Charts Company (OCC).








