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Janelle Monáe: A New Pioneer Of Afrofuturism

Comment by John Calvert, The Quietus, 2 September 2010

Against a pop climate beset by fraudulent marketing plans on two shiny legs, John Calvert argues that Janelle Monáe brandishes the acetylene torch for radical ...

Kraftwerk: Tour de Force

Retrospective by David Hemingway, Record Collector, October 2003

Kraftwerk regularly appear in lists of the most influential artists of all time. David Hemingway takes the digital pulse to find out exactly why. ...

Elvis Costello, Roots, The: Elvis Costello and Questlove

Interview by Dorian Lynskey, MOJO, September 2013

Forged in the unlikely surroundings of an American late-night TV show, the transatlantic union between Elvis Costello and The Roots' drummer and co-frontman Questlove has ...

Beck: "I miss people. I have a longing for connection and human contact": Life on Planet Beck

Profile and Interview by Kate Mossman, New Statesman, 30 January 2018

THE CHILSTON PARK Hotel in Lenham, Kent, was once owned by Judith and Martin Miller, the antiques stars of the '80s who wrote the Miller's ...

Chemical Brothers, The: The Chemical Brothers: Who, Us?

Interview by Eric Weisbard, Spin, June 1997

The world wonders: Can a shlumpy pair of English breakbeat obsessives rescue rock music from its current doldrums? Ugh, groan the Chemical Brothers. Ugh, seconds ...

Basement Jaxx: The House that Jaxx Built

Report and Interview by Emma Warren, Jockey Slut, April 1999

HAVING JUST COMPLETED THE ALBUM OF THE YEAR SO FAR, BASEMENT JAXX ARE ABOUT TO KICK HOUSE MUSIC INTO THE NEXT CENTURY: NOT BEFORE SHOWING ...

Tori Amos, Armand Van Helden: Armand Van Helden: Widow shopping

Interview by Calvin Bush, Muzik, June 1997

"It's gotta be big" sang Tori Amos. And lo, it was! ARMAND VAN HELDEN's remix of the petite songstress put him right up there in ...

Tool: Lateralus

Review by Ned Raggett, Freaky Trigger, 22 July 2001

… and Willful Withdrawal in a New Summer of Love ...

Pet Shop Boys: Steve Pafford does lunch with the Pet Shop Boys

Interview by Steve Pafford, GAY TIMES, June 2002

"IS THE OTHER half of the group coming?" queries a Cappuccino-consuming Neil Tennant. ...

Dig This!

Review by Barney Hoskyns, Rock's Backpages, January 2004

Barney Hoskyns takes stock of 2003 – from André 3000 to Warren Zevon ...

Deadmau5, Skrillex: EDM: How Rave Music Conquered America

Profile by Simon Reynolds, The Guardian, 2 August 2012

After 20 years, electronic dance music has made it big in the US. And big means big. With Las Vegas's Electric Daisy Carnival grossing $40m, ...

Dom Phillips: An Interview

Interview by Bill Brewster, unpublished, 25 May 1999

NOTE: This interview with the former Mixmag editor, murdered in the Amazon in June 2022 with his friend and activist Bruno Pereira, was conducted as ...

Patrick Adams: A Celebration of Patrick Adams

Retrospective and Interview by Jason King, Red Bull Academy Magazine, 8 May 2017

Exploring the back catalogue of the black musical genius whose work defined '70s and '80s soul, funk, disco and post-disco ...

Dido: She's Cracked It!

Interview by Adrian Deevoy, Q, August 2001

Dido Florian Cloud de Bounevialle Armstrong left home at 15, reckons she's "worth 15 billion pounds", guzzles painkillers and measures hotel swimming pools before she ...

Robbie Williams: Maximum Bob

Interview by Adrian Deevoy, Q, August 2000

He's hard. He's funny. He flirts dramatically with mental illness and he's back with the best pop music of his life. No argument: the Ferrari ...

KROQ: Breaking the Airwaves

Report and Interview by David A. Keeps, Details, July 1997

MTV listens to them, so does your local DJ. From the Go-Go's to Beck, KROQ has always played tomorrow's hits today. David A. Keeps goes ...

Chrissie Hynde: Talker Of The Town: Chrissie Hynde

Interview by Simon Price, The Quietus, 10 June 2014

Chrissie Hynde is releasing her first-ever solo album. But never mind that. Just let her talk. Because the legendary Pretenders leader can talk for London, ...

10cc, Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias, Beatles, The, Bongwater, Bonzo Dog Band, David Bowie, Darkness, The, Flying Lizards, The, Gary Glitter, Nick Lowe, Mothers Of Invention, The, Move, The, John Oswald, Redd Kross, Residents, The, Roxy Music, Todd Rundgren, Rutles, The, Spinal Tap, Alvin Stardust, Tubes, The, Turtles, The, Utopia, Wizzard, Weird Al Yankovic, Zodiac Mindwarp & The Love Reaction, Laibach, Dukes of Stratosphear, The, First Class, The, Detergents, The, Morgan Fisher, Shockabilly, Culturcide, James Ferraro, Little Pain, Hannah Diamond, QT: Killer Riffs: A Guide to Parody in Popular Music

Essay by Simon Reynolds, Pitchfork, 19 October 2016

From the Residents' freakish Beatles sendups, to Spinal Tap's meta-metal escapades, to the gastronomic goofs of "Weird Al", a chronicle of those who have turned ...

Cher, Bon Iver, Jay-Z, Ke$ha, Britney Spears, Kanye West, Migos, T-Pain, Travis Scott: How Auto-Tune Revolutionized the Sound of Popular Music

Essay by Simon Reynolds, Pitchfork, 17 September 2018

An in-depth history of the most important pop innovation of the last 20 years, from Cher's 'Believe' to Kanye West to Migos ...


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