Charles Ubaghs

A Is For Alienation: Jason Lytle Of Grandaddy Interviewed

Jason Lytle of psychedelic rural rockers Grandaddy talks to Belgian American Milk Tray Man, Mr Charles Ubaghs

A Spoon Baker’s Dozen: The Texan Connections Of Julian Cope

As Spoon hit the UK their vocalist and founder Britt Daniel guides Charles Ubaghs through his 13 favourite albums, from Public Enemy to Miles Davis, the raw emotion of Cat Power and strange idol Julian Cope

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

Phoenix

Bankrupt

Give Us Your Eyes: 2012 Content Wars & The Attention Economy

In a follow-up to last year's Wreath Lecture, Charles Ubaghs examines how our attention spans became 2012's most precious online commodity, and looks at the fierce battles being fought to capture them

Social Media Myth: Why Facebook Hasn’t Stolen Your Friends

Over the past few months, Facebook has been heaving under panic postings from bands and so on claiming that their posts were being hidden in a Zuckerberg quest for cash. Not so, says Charles Ubaghs, head of social media for a major radio group

Grizzly Bear

Shields

A Year In Digital: The Great Content Wars Of 2011

High Priest Of Smoothness Charles Ubaghs tells us where the battle lines have been drawn in the content wars. It may help to imagine that Barry White is reading this feature to you

Sincerely Ambient: An Interview With The War On Drugs

Charles Ubaghs speaks to The War On Drugs' Adam Granduciel about his band's latest album Slave Ambient, musical lineages and why the new record might or might not be a 'drugs record'

Beyonce

Thurston Moore

Demolished Thoughts

Jamie Woon

Mirrorwriting

Nicolas Jaar

Space Is Only Noise

Family Fodder

Classical Music

Janelle Monae

The ArchAndroid (Suites II & III)

Audio Foie Gras: The Summer Of Smooth

They don't come much smoother than Charles Ubaghs, which is exactly why we asked him to investigate why 2010 has seen the return of smooth...

Hear It In The Electricity: Pantha Du Prince Interviewed

Charles Ubaghs talks to Hendrick Weber about his new album _Black Noise_, his friendship with Animal Collective and his grandmother's musical taste

All The Vulgar Dudes: A Conversation With Spoon

Charles Ubaghs asks US critical darlings Spoon if they read their own press cuttings and if they're too American for British audiences

Liars

Sisterworld

Archie Bronson Outfit

Coconut

Pantha Du Prince

Black Noise

Spoon

Transference

Kings Of Convenience

Declaration Of Dependence

Post-Punk Distilled: The Raincoats’ Debut Album 30 Years On

Charles Ubaghs claims that it was Gina Birch and Ana Da Silva who truly embodied the spirit of post-punk

Flora, Fauna And Fractals: Green Man Review And Gallery

Le Homme Du Belgium/America Charles Ubaghs descends on idyllic Welsh festival Le Homme Vert and likes what he sees. All pictures courtesy of Shot2bits.net

Mi Ami – Punching Through Skulls With Sound

Are they dancey punks or punky dancers? Goddamn suave gent Charles Ubaghs gets to the bottom of it all . . .

Florence And The Machine

Lungs

Deerhunter

Rainwater Cassette Exchange

Wavves

Wavves

The Junior Boys Interviewed – It’s All About The Soft Beat

Our dapper gent Charles Ubaghs talks to the Canadian synth house romantics Junior Boys about Norman McClaren and cock rock

Grizzly Bear

Veckatimest

Phoenix

Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix