by Jeremy Lloyd
Interview: Kaiser ChiefsKaiser ChiefsLeeds combo Kaiser Chiefs are hotly tipped in 2005 to “do a Franz” and make the big leap to stardom.Debut album Employment…
by Michael Hubbard
Natacha Atlas is rather good at challenging assumptions. It may help to explain why the belly-dancing multi-lingual singer-songwriter is now a UN Goodwill Ambassador.She’s recorded...
by Michael Hubbard
Pop Idol made stars of Will Young, Gareth Gates and Darius – and now the highest placed girl is set for planet pop.Fourth-placed Zoe Birkett,...
by Vik Bansal
musicOMH is sat inside a West London gig venue that multi-platinum, Aussie retro-rockers Jet played the night before and subsequently partied at.Unsurprisingly they’re late, although...
by Vik Bansal
With albums such as Alive Or Just Breathing and The End Of Heartache, Massachusetts quintet Killswitch Engage have placed themselves at the forefront of a...
by Michael Hubbard
On Melbourne’s vibrant blues scene you’ll find more besides grizzled exponents of traditional blues music.Alongside these virtuosos are exciting artists using their Australian roots and...
by Ian Roullier
‘Pop’: often no more than the sound made by the imploding egos of poor X-Factor wannabes.Their over-hyped, over-marketed, overblown forays into the world of music...
by Matt Dyson
Supporting South Wales’ prime exponents of what’s become known as “nu-emo” amongst those who make up music genres, Funeral For A Friend, Gratitude have much...
by Steve Hands
The dreaded side project. Many natural resources have been squandered servicing the moments when the spiritually unfulfilled members of the rhythm section decide it’s their...
by admin
Paleday seem to have set out to break some moulds by endorsing any they see fit to use.The seven-piece, fronted by writing partners Anthony Stubbs...
by Ben Hogwood
The Stereo MCs have a new album out.In the early to mid 1990sthat statement would have prompted a stampede to the local record shop, butnowadays...
by Talia Soghomonian
Icons of the ’80s Duran Duran have come full circle. From being adored some 20 years ago, they’ve suffered critical ridicule and dwindling record sales...
by Michael Hubbard
For a band whose lyrics have never been in English and whose songs regularly clock in at more than six minutes long, Iceland’s second biggest...
by Johnny Mango
What about this as a recipe for success: A Kylie video where she’s riding a mechanical bull wearing nothing but seductive lingerie and – here...
by Vik Bansal
Midge Ure has had about a dozen careers in one. Frontman of chart-topping ’70s popsters Slik; fill-in guitarist for the legendary Thin Lizzy; brains behind...
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The year 2002 sees the unexpected yet welcomereturn of two legends of contemporary music – Alan Vega and Martin Rev,known better together as Suicide.Part of...
by Jamil Ahmad
Interview: Scissor SistersJake Shears pleasuring a microphone (Photo: Karen McBride)What can we say about the Scissor Sisters that hasn’t been said already?If they had an...
