To mark the diamond jubilee, wed like to hear your thoughts on the Sex Pistols and the spirit of 77What better time than the diamond jubilee to reflect on the achievements of the Sex Pistols?Thirty-f...
They may be fans of creative spatial choreography, but this Nottingham band are a lot more fun than they seemNottingham-based five-piece Swimming dont do normal gigs. Well, Im sure they do from time ...
Every David Bowie album from the 70s has a Desert Island track – this is the one from Space OddityDavid Bowie recorded a fair amount of bland pop in his time. And Im not just talking about Absolute B...
Neil Young is back with Crazy Horse for an album of US folk songs – plus his take on the British national anthemWith the Queens diamond jubilee upon us, theres no more fitting way to celebrate than b...
Five years in the making, the Hives are back with yet more loud garage rock … but has it been worth the wait?Lex Hives is the Swedish bands fifth album, and marks a diversion into the world of tender...
Twice a week we invite independent music writers and bloggers to tell us about what they do. Today: a site in the business of slaying sacred cows and praising musical geniusWho are you and whats your...
Dionne Warwick, Coldplay and Kyla La Grange are among the shows our writers will be reviewing this week. Take a look at the full list and tell us about live music youve seen recentlyEach week we publ...
This 1966 novelty single neatly satirised confusions over gender roles with rough and ready charmPassions ran high when men starting growing their hair longer in the 60s. Looking back at the Beatles ...
A spectacular electro ballad that could only come from SwedenWhen Faye Hamlin was nine years old she used to pretend she was Geri from the Spice Girls, recreating the bands videos with her friends. T...
As video games outsell CDs, artists such as the National and Paul McCartney are queueing up to compose for themIm here to talk about video games. Not the Lana Del Rey song but actual video games; or,...
The suns finally out, and there are anxious stories surfacing about the number of soiled tents that will be thoughtlessly discarded over the summer. It must be festival season. Joining Alexis and Kie...
It takes a while to get to grips with Randy Newman – the lovely music is tempered by the singers vile narrators I have a complicated relationship with Marie. Randy Newman is a really interesting arti...
Saint Saviour has come marching back in with this heavenly slice of fan-funded popWhen we first wrote about Becky Jones, aka Saint Saviour, last March she was fresh from touring with Groove Armada (h...
A grab bag of things to read, watch and listen toGuardianmusic.tumblr.com is the place where our writers post songs, videos, pictures and other music-related odds and ends they come across during the...
Send us your favourite primate-related popMonkeys are our nearest relatives in the animal world. Theyre intelligent, and have some of their features in a similar place to humans. Apes are a different...
Incredibly, the collision of Liars and Matmos doesnt leave a pretentious mess all over the roadWhat do you get when you take Liars (a band who in the past have called their songs things such as Scare...
The hard rocker has handpicked a veteran Dutch post-punk group to open for him at Hammersmith. Is this the strangest support choice ever?Sometimes, even in music, its wiser to go with your head than ...
Twice a week we invite independent music writers and bloggers to tell us about what they do. Today, a site aiming to spark a passion and love for music in its readersWho are you and whats your blog c...
The Swedes are poppy, the Danes are laid back – but Norwegian musicians embrace the darknessAnyone who became hooked on Danish-Swedish crime series The Bridge knows its theme tune set a perfect mood ...
Fans tweeted their reactions, and pictures, during and after Wednesday nights surprise free show at Warrington Parr Hall. Heres a few of the highlights@guardianmusic It was brilliant. The summer gigs...
On this song – which was never recorded in the studio – Laura Nyro captured a side of America worth celebratingThere are some artists that only come to you when youre ready. People had been talking t...
Every week we invite a reader to share with us some of the songs theyve been listening to recently. This week, a selection of music from Sydney-based artistsEach week, we invite someone to share a pl...
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Scratch any literate songwriter – Win Butler, David Bowie, PJ Harvey – and beneath the surface you will find a debt to TS EliotThe New Yorker critic Louis Menand, reflecting on TS Eliots transition f...
Its her first single as Alis, but you might already have heard Sabina Plamenova in another guiseAlis? Who the fuck is Alis? Well, for a little while she was Subeena, a dubstep producer who released r...
Neil Young isnt saying women should be skivvies – hes revealing his own inadequacies in this lamentNeil Young is an amazingly intuitive songwriter: he just seems to follow his subconscious. And for m...
Be among the first to hear new music from Saint Etienne, and let us know what you think in the comments below Its already won four stars from Alexis Petridis, and now you too can swoon at the pop joy...
The famous blind couple of Mali are playing a very special gig in London which you can watch live on this site on 23 MayIt was in west Africa that Amadou and Mariam first became known as "the bli...
Its time to celebrate everything gothic by adding to our playlist ...As you will already know, theres nothing goths like more than a day of competitions, free gifts and general good vibes (they also ...
Martin Kettles pick of the great baritones recorded output1. Schutz ariasReissued from 1950s in 2009, these are compelling recordings of what was then quite obscure repertoire. The young Dietrich Fis...
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