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Teenage Fanclub - Grand Prix

One For Keeps: Teenage Fanclub – Grand Prix

by Steven Johnson

On its 25th anniversary, Steven Johnson celebrates a glorious, career-defining fifth album


This Music Made Me: Teddy Thompson

by musicOMH
As he releases his new album Heartbreaker Please, a tour through the albums that have influenced him most
This Music Made Me: Teddy Thompson

Jade Hairpins: “It’s bright, happy music, gunning for a residency on the li...

by Sam Shepherd
Fucked Up’s Jonah Falco on laying out a bunch of feel good summer tinged tunes with his new outfit
Jade Hairpins: “It’s bright, happy music, gunning for a residency on the li...

Sparks: “You never know when you’re foretelling the future in a song” ...

by Ben Hogwood
Ron Mael on the brothers’ new album A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip, keeping sane in lockdown and the absolute necessity of music
Sparks: “You never know when you’re foretelling the future in a song” ...

One For Keeps: Pulp – Different Class

by Ross Horton
In the 25th anniversary year of its release, and on the day Common People went on sale, Ross Horton remembers one of the finest British...
One For Keeps: Pulp – Different Class

Tim Burgess: “I just dream, and that’s how songs come now” – Interview

by Ben Hogwood
With his new album I Love The New Sky out this week, the sometime Charlatan talks Twitter, isolation and the post-pandemic world
Tim Burgess: “I just dream, and that’s how songs come now” – Interview

One For Keeps: Sade – Lovers Rock

by Ross Horton
Ross Horton looks at one of the most sensual, delicate albums of 2000, and pledges allegiance to the queen of R&B
One For Keeps: Sade – Lovers Rock

This Music Made Me: Sleaford Mods

by musicOMH
Lyricist and front man Jason Williamson trawls through the music that influenced him most, as the duo release retrospective All That Glue
This Music Made Me: Sleaford Mods

One For Keeps: Black Sabbath – Technical Ecstasy

by Ross Horton
On the 50th anniversary of their debut album’s release, Ross Horton highlights a diverse, endlessly entertaining yet unfairly neglected work
One For Keeps: Black Sabbath – Technical Ecstasy

DELANILA: “There’s a lot of stuff thrown at us at all times. It gets overwhelmi...

by Ben Hogwood
Danielle Schwob on her alter ego’s electronic album, working with Jóhann Jóhannsson, Sir David Attenborough and Ben Folds, and lockdown life
DELANILA: “There’s a lot of stuff thrown at us at all times. It gets overwhelmi...

Imperial legacy: Kraftwerk’s Florian Schneider remembered

by Ross Horton
Examining the Germans’ classic phase, without which entire genres of music would not have existed
Imperial legacy: Kraftwerk’s Florian Schneider remembered

One For Keeps: a-ha – Hunting High And Low

by Ross Horton
A debut work that made a pin-up star of Morten Harket, gave its creators their only UK Number 1 single, and changed music video history
One For Keeps: a-ha – Hunting High And Low

Bandcamp in the time of Corona: a beginner’s guide

by Ben Hogwood
The user-friendly resource, waiving its fees again, is used by small-scale music makers and larger record labels alike. Where to begin?
Bandcamp in the time of Corona: a beginner’s guide

One for Keeps: Bob Dylan – Self Portrait

by Ross Horton
Ross Horton urges you to take another look at a lost classic, one mistakenly disliked only because of context
One for Keeps: Bob Dylan – Self Portrait

One For Keeps: Grace Jones – Warm Leatherette

by Ross Horton
Ross Horton attempts to do some measure of justice to a 40-year-old brooding post-funk masterpiece
One For Keeps: Grace Jones – Warm Leatherette

This Music Made Me: Ane Brun

by musicOMH
The Norwegian songwriter and label founder mines her music memory for the albums that have influenced her most
This Music Made Me: Ane Brun

This Music Made Me: M Ward

by musicOMH
Ahead of She & Him star’s 10th solo album Migration Stories, the LPs that influenced him most
This Music Made Me: M Ward

This Music Made Me: Melt Yourself Down

by musicOMH
Melt Yourself Down‘s third album 100% YES is an epic, exciting joyride which sets saxophone genius Pete Wareham and front man Kush Gaya at the...
This Music Made Me: Melt Yourself Down

The Gipsy Kings: “To us it’s just our music, and it feels good” – Q...

by Alan Ashton-Smith
Lead guitarist Tonino Baliardo on the Bamboleo stars’ 40 years in business
The Gipsy Kings: “To us it’s just our music, and it feels good” – Q...

This Music Made Me: Cornershop

by musicOMH
Cornershop return with a new album England Is A Garden, their 10th, just ahead of the band’s 30th anniversary of existence, and four years since...
This Music Made Me: Cornershop

Preview: BBC Radio 6 Music Festival 2020

by Steven Johnson
After previously visiting the likes of Manchester, Tyneside, Bristol, Glasgow and Liverpool the BBC Radio 6 Music Festival is headed for Camden this year and...
Preview: BBC Radio 6 Music Festival 2020
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