27 January 2012 12:00 AM
"Maybe the inevitable covers of these songs to come will reveal buried musical charms as rich as the lyrical gems. At the moment, however, they combine for a welcome but somewhat lacklustre encore." wbez.org/blog
27 January 2012 12:00 AM
Vocals - Lux Interior
He was The Cramps' frontman – he died about three years ago. His voice was so spooky and so scary, as if a ghoul or a skeleton could sing. He was really punk rock.
27 January 2012 12:00 AM
Few bands divide opinion like Jim Morrison's seminal Sixties outfit. As a commemorative DVD and album are released, two of our music critics offer opposing views
27 January 2012 12:00 AM
In Twin Hand Movement, the Baltimore band Lower Dens released one of the best albums of 2010; a quietly insinuating art-rock record that only revealed its full charms after several listens, which is perhaps why it didn't get the full attention it deserved.
27 January 2012 12:00 AM
Lucy Rose sells preserves and tea at her gigs. But the lauded singer-songwriter is also bottling music, for her debut album, she tells Alexia Loundras
27 January 2012 12:00 AM
During musical predictions season there is little time to consider the fates of those acts tipped for greatness in previous years. Take indie duo The Big Pink. Three years ago, on the back of one well-received single, they were shortlisted for the BBC's Sound of 2009, then given the NME award for best new act.
27 January 2012 12:00 AM
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25 January 2012 12:00 AM
The Icelandic star wants to educate as well as entertain
21 January 2012 12:00 AM
Back to Roots
20 January 2012 12:00 AM
Adele has led the way – and now a new crop of young artists like Michael Kiwanuka Emeli Sandé and Daley are spearheading the great soul revival
20 January 2012 12:00 AM
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20 January 2012 12:00 AM
As the festival approaches its 20th anniversary next year, it's becoming harder to join the dots between musical strands at Glasgow's celebration of folk, roots and world music, Celtic Connections. There are surely few other festivals around the world which would commission posthumous tributes to both the recently deceased Stealers Wheel singer Gerry Rafferty and the Dust Bowl troubadour, Woody Guthrie, and none which would enlist wildly eclectic line-ups including The Proclaimers, Ron Sexsmith, Cream's Jack Bruce, James Vincent McMorrow, Jay Farrar and Guthrie's granddaughter Sarah Lee Guthrie to perform at them.
20 January 2012 12:00 AM
Sonic Youth delivered a late shock in 2011 when co-founders Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon split up after 27 years of marriage. The band's future remains uncertain, but in the meantime the group's other core members, guitarist Lee Ranaldo (below) and drummer Steve Shelley, are busying themselves with various side projects. In March, Ranaldo will release a solo album, Between the Times & the Tides, and last week he unveiled the first track from the record. The mid-tempo, guitar churning "Off the Wall" is available at ind.pn/ylLKDo. Meanwhile, Shelley has been drumming up noise with Chicago rock band Disappears. "Replicate", the first track of droning garage rock from their upcoming LP, Pre Language, is at ind.pn/zcAL1Y.
20 January 2012 12:00 AM
Since the singer's Video Games became a YouTube hit, her backstory has been the target of endless sniping. Just enjoy the mesmerising music, says Fiona Sturges
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