Jeremy Allen

Laughing In The Face Of Death: On Paris & The Charlie Hebdo Attack

Reporting back from last night's vigil for the victims of yesterday's atrocity, our Paris correspondent Jeremy Allen asks how it will affect French society and, optimistically, if it will galvanise the nation's left

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Opal Collection

Things Learned At: Transmusicales

Jeremy Allen reports from Rennes, on performances from Kate Tempest, Islam Chipsy, Curtis Harding and more

Benjamin Schoos

Beau Futur

Swan Songs: Baxter Dury Interviewed

Jeremy Allen speaks to Baxter Dury about his popularity in France, latest album It's a Pleasure, and following in his father's footsteps

LIVE REPORT: Jesus And Mary Chain

Jeremy Allen witnesses Jesus And Mary Chain for the first time at La Cigale in Paris

Dance Slow Decades: Angel Olsen Interviewed

After a year of intense touring, Angel Olsen sits down with Jeremy Allen in Rouen, France to discuss vocal techniques, her 2014 album Burn Your Fire For No Witness and where she's heading next

Doin’ It For The Kids: Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Mothers Milk Revisited

Jeremy Allen tries to look beyond his mortification at having been a teenage RHCP fan and judge if Mother's Milk was any cop or not

Things Learned At: Rock En Seine

Europe Is Our Playground: An Interview With Huoratron

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The arch-perfectionist, "wolf in wolf's clothing" Finnish techno producer sits down with Jeremy Allen to talk about his new EP, Acid Reign, EDM and why all music is political

The Soft Close-Ups

City Air

Proper Job! What National Minority Status Means To The Cornish

Cornish lad Jeremy Allen looks at what the recent decision to grant the county national minority status means to its residents. Photo from Shutterstock

Europe Is Our Playground: An Interview With Stromae

Jeremy Allen travels to the Netherlands to talk identity, language and storytelling with Stromae, the quietly uncompromising and unique musician who is currently, and deservedly, Europe's biggest popstar

Mick Harvey

Intoxicated Man / Pink Elephants (Reissues)

Long Distance Communication: An Interview With Sabina

Jeremy Allen meets up with the musical polyglot and Brazilian Girls frontwoman to discuss her debut solo album, Toujours

The Seven Ages Of The World Cup Song

With this weekend seeing Gary Barlow and Gary Lineker unveiling the latest stirring anthem to inspire the national XI to success in Brazil, Jeremy Allen looks back at the world cup songs of yesteryear and finds them to be surprisingly telling signs of the times

LIVE REPORT: St. Vincent

Cornishman in Paris Jeremy Allen heads to La Cigale to see St Vincent reinvent herself yet again with a phenomenal set from her new album

Europe Is Our Playground: Americans In Paris – A Special Relationship?

Jeremy Allen examines the US's ongoing love affair with Paris, and the disconnect between the city's romanticised reputation and the day-to-day reality for artists in the French capital

LIVE REPORT: Jacco Gardner

The nascent psychedelic Dutch master takes Jeremy Allen from a former leather factory to astral mansions over the course of his recent Paris show

A Second Chance: The Limiñanas Interviewed

French duo The Limiñanas speak with Jeremy Allen about latest album Costa Blanca, and how a trip to Haiti to adopt their son inspired them to make music

‘A 21st Century Nightmare’: Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus & Media Misogyny

The media's contrasting representations of Justin Bieber and Miley Cyrus are symptoms of an age-old misogyny that continues to underpin societal portrayals of men and women, argues Jeremy Allen

Things Learned At: Transmusicales

Jeremy Allen visits Renne to attend 'a big bête of a fête', otherwise known as Transmusicales.

Reverential Whispers: Darran Anderson’s Histoire De Melody Nelson

Jeremy Allen delves in to Darran Anderson's musical meta-history of Serge Gainsbourg's cult classic

Europe Is Our Playground: The Declining Power Of Edith Piaf

Jeremy Allen marks the 50th anniversary of the passing of The Little Sparrow and asks contemporary artists about her significance

LIVE REPORT: Sébastien Tellier

Jeremy Allen attends a rare appearance from the singer-songwriter at the Festival d’Ile de France

Coming Twice: Why Do Artists Feel Compelled To Reenact Past Events?

Jeremy Allen investigates the current vogue for artistic reenactments of concerts and tours, from Genesis' The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway to The Cramps and Einsturzende Neubauten making a racket at the ICA. Featuring interviews with Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard, Jo Mitchell, Vivienne Gaskin, Jeremy Deller Mike Rutherford impersonator Sébastien Lamothe

Franz Ferdinand

Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action

Europe Is Our Playground: Meeting The Voina Group At Roskilde

Jeremy Allen meets the direct action, politically charged performance art group that gave birth to Pussy Riot. Photos - Alexey Plutser-Sarno & Yana Sarnа / Voina Group

Luke Haines

Rock And Roll Animals

Things Learned At: Slottsfjell Festival

Jeremy Allen heads to the Norwegian festival to worship at the thrones of Dan Deacon and Kendrick Lamar (and feel a little ashamed about The Wombats). Photograph courtesy of Jonas Brathen

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The Lighthouse Project

Things Learned At: Roskilde 2013

Jeremy Allen heads to Denmark's mammoth eight-dayer and stops by Metallica, Savages, Azealia Banks, Mykki Blanco and a perfectly punctual Kraftwerk