Features

Hip-hop's Lady Gaga leads a new generation

Friday, 8 October 2010

The rising stars of rap are consigning bling, booty and drive-bys to the history books. Gillian Orr finds new reason in the rhymes.

Fran Healy: From Britpop to the Brandenburg Gate

Friday, 8 October 2010

The Travis frontman has found a new lease of life in Berlin - and the incentive to record his debut solo album. Chris Mugan talks to him about a heartfelt hiatus.

Indy Choice: Best of the new music

Friday, 8 October 2010

Ease your ears into the weekend with a selection of tasty new albums.

Caught in the net: Don your app the Mancunian way

Friday, 8 October 2010

The novelty of repeating the mantra "There's an app for that!" to each other in constant mumbling recognition of Apple's dominance over the mobile phone market may have worn off, but don't tell the organisers of the In the City festival in Manchester, who've developed their own iPhone offering for this year's event.

My fantasy band: Tinie Tempah

Friday, 8 October 2010

The Barometer: 08/10/10; Sufjan Stevens; Alpines; Mona

Friday, 8 October 2010

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New life for Nick Garrie, a Sixties rarity

Friday, 8 October 2010

Back in 1969, Nick Garrie was a gamin English graduate who chose to travel through France, playing in bars and restaurants, and sleeping on St Tropez beaches. Somehow he built up a wide enough following to entice Lucien Morisse, the mercurial label boss who had discovered Gallic artist Michel Polnareff and made Petula Clark a star in France.

Luke Lewis: Moe Tucker, the Tea Party, and why right-wing rockers are more common than you think

Thursday, 7 October 2010

Does it matter that Moe Tucker - formerly the ultra-hip stand-up drummer with counter-culture legends The Velvet Underground - is now a supporter of shrill right-wing agitators The Tea Party? Is it sh ...

A new stage: When sportsmen venture into the recording studio

Wednesday, 6 October 2010

Andrew Sheridan, the Sale and England loose-head prop, quietly fancies himself as a self-accompanying crooner of gentle country and western-style love songs.

Small is still beautiful for the folk-rockers

Tuesday, 5 October 2010

There could be a downside to Mumford & Sons and other folk bands playing stadium-sized arenas, warns Elisa Bray