Jumbled pebbles of sound

I used to write pretty lists and carefully crafted summaries at the end of each year, imagining myself into a … More

The beautiful Caribou circle

“They’re like the band we’d create for ourselves,” we say. “They’re the band that seem to have got inside our … More

Lockdown LPs – Let’s play all our records!

Right. I’m going to do something I’ve always wanted to do: A near-300 LP DJ set over several months. The … More

Kate Bush: We need to check that you are human

From Cloudbusting to Captcha crunching: how the chase for Kate Bush tickets made us pine for days spent queuing in … More

Kraftwerk’s Kinderspiel

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

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

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

Maus trap?

Who is John Maus? And who does he think he is? In the coming weeks his name will doubtless become … More

Child-friendly festivals are the trippiest

London is smouldering on the edges of anarchy, Tottenham is in tatters, there is a bad feeling outside Foot Locker. … More

Do you remember the second time?

At the start of 2011, I took a bin bag full of old T-shirts down to my local charity shop. … More