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Author: Anna Doble

Journalist, writer and DJ. Currently doing digital things at BBC World Service.

Careless tweets cost raves

Allow me to time travel to a field in Bedfordshire, around a decade ago. It is busy with arrivals. Like … More

Facebook, Instagram, Northern Soul, Rave culture, Social media, Twitter, Vine, Youth culture, YouTube

Use your head – invest in vinyl?

From the collapse of HMV to anti-Thatcher chartjacking, we hear a lot about the death of physical music and the … More

Record Store Day, Vinyl

My night with Morrissey’s quiff

(Pictured above, L-R: Jude Stewart, Anna Doble) The tang of hairspray in the air, crushed daffodils underfoot, and the offer … More

Morrissey, The Smiths

Kraftwerk’s Kinderspiel

  Kraftwerk – The Catalogue 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Tate Modern Kraftwerk are serious. Serious music … More

Kraftwerk, Tate Modern

Swamptronica & collage rock – the music I listened to in 2012

Some albums I bought and enjoyed this year, in no particular order. I’ve picked out one track from each LP … More

Albums 2012, Blondes, Cat Power, Chromatics, Dan Deacon, Django Django, Hot Chip, John Talabot, Matthew Dear, Porcelain Raft, Saint Etienne, Twin Shadow, Wild Nothing

In the beginning there was music, then came auto-tune

I bet Nick Clegg never imagined the music of Cher would impact upon his political career. But like a crazed … More

Auto-tune, autotune, Cat Power, Cher, Kanye West, Nick Clegg, Sufjan Stevens

Different decade, same class wars

Why does the British music scene oscillate wildly between posh and common? Since my birth as a music fan in … More

Boris Johnson, Common People, Posh, Prince Harry, Stone Roses

The end of Blur (maybe)

It was all meant to be so poignant. Back in the nineties, Blur were the band who rescued the “Brit” … More

Blur, Hyde Park, Olympics

He hates it when our team become successful

He says Britain is “foul with patriotism” and the royals have “hijacked the Olympics”. Just another day for Morrissey’s big … More

Morrissey

Stone Roses reunite for generation game

As the Stone Roses return to play the fastest-selling gigs in UK history, Anna Doble writes for Channel 4 News … More

Heaton Park, Stone Roses

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