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Music Is My Saviour: Melanie C’s Favourite Albums

Melanie C guides Emma Garland through 13 favourite records in Bakers' Dozen stories from being blessed by Keith from the Prodigy to stage invading a Blur gig, with love for Madonna, Oasis, Fiona Apple and much more along the way

New Air Record Coming Soon

_Love 2_ due later this year

Brian Coney On Thee Oh Sees’ An Odd Entrances

In the San Francisco band's eighteenth record — under the third variation of their name — Brian Coney finds an album not lacking in Thee Oh Sees' trademark sound and fury, but benefiting from a newfound sense of restraint

Lil Wayne Postpones Tour Dates

Rapper cancels due to illness

Wreath Lectures 2013: Why You Shouldn’t Feel Guilty for Using Spotify

In our latest Wreath Lecture, Charles Ubaghs uses actual facts and figures to offer you absolution for your streams, as he explains why Thom Yorke, David Byrne and their glum pals are wrong about Spotify

(13 On The) Wheels Of Steel: Biff Byford Of Saxon’s Favourite LPs

Biff Byford guides Michael Hann through the 13 records of riff-heavy magic that shaped Saxon

First Names For The Great Escape 2015

Brighton-held new music showcase returns for its tenth year with a line-up that includes Girl Band, Real Lies, Dutch Uncles and many more

An Exclusive Extract From The Bad Seeds’ Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! Book

Nick Cave has collaborated with artists Sue Webster and Tim Noble to produce Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!, a superb little book of sketches, photographs, and sundry scribbles. In an extract from the book, they explain how it all came together.

The Homesick

The Big Exercise

The first album on Subpop from Dutch underground pop group The Homesick is a rare joy, finds Richard Foster

LISTEN: New Zimpel/Ziołek Track

Instant Classic continue their unbeatable run with a new release from Wacław Zimpel and Kuba Ziołek

Turning Points: Yusuf/Cat Stevens’ 13 Favourite Albums

From Beethoven to The Beach Boys via King Kong: The Musical, these are the 13 pieces of music that shaped Yusuf/Cat Stevens as an artist

The Black Peril & 100 Years Of Race Riot, By Soweto Kinch

100 years ago in 1919 race riots broke out across the world. Writing for The Quietus, Soweto Kinch explores how this forgotten history inspired his new album Black Peril

Irrepressible Discoveries: James Lavelle Of UNKLE’s 13 Favourite Albums

With a new album on the way and a much-anticipated set at Brighton's Attenborough Centre at the ready, James Lavelle, the man behind UNKLE and Mo' Wax, takes Elizabeth Aubrey through the 13 records that shaped him

Thee Hypnotics Announce Reunion Tour

Thee Hypnotics have reformed for a 15-date tour set for March and April

Frankie Goes To Hollywood

Frankie Said

Viv Albertine Announces New Book

Former Slits guitarist's as-yet-untitled second book due next year