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Pop Group, The, Mark Stewart: Bristol Fashion: Mark Stewart of the Pop Group's 13 Favourite Albums

Interview by Julian Marszalek, The Quietus, 22 March 2012

Julian Marszalek talks to post-punk agitator Mark Stewart about his 13 favourite albums. ...

Damon Albarn, Blur, Bobby Womack: Damon Albarn: "I'm Sort Of English Melancholy"

Interview by Stephen Dalton, The Quietus, 27 March 2012

With an upcoming Blur show and a number of albums set for release in the coming months, Damon Albarn's 2012 looks set to be as ...

Paul Weller mines his hot streak

Report by Jeff Slate, Examiner.com, 30 March 2012

PAUL WELLER has been getting lots of good, but not great, reviews for his latest album, Sonik Kicks. At least Stateside. Ignore them. Sonik Kicks, ...

Andrew Bird, Dirty Three, The: Andrew Bird: Break It Yourself/The Dirty Three: Toward the Low Sun (both Bella Union)

Review by James Medd, The Word, April 2012

AS A RULE, violins have no place in rock. Fairport Convention went wrong at Liege & Lief, ELO were all about the synths and 'Geno' ...

Paul Weller: "Be Mutton Dressed As Ram!"

Interview by Jude Rogers, The Word, April 2012

Curmudgeonly theorist, phone-hacked serial dad, raffish poster-boy for inquisitive middle age — Paul Weller gives himself a good talking-to ...

Paul Weller: Sonik Kicks

Review by Laura Barton, The Word, April 2012

Paul Weller's unchanging image limits our view of him. His third "experimental" record fizzes with aural innovation. ...

Go Kart Mozart, Denim, Felt: "I Want Lou Reed To Kick Me Down The Stairs" — Lawrence Interviewed

Interview by Jude Rogers, The Quietus, 6 April 2012

Indie-pop outsider extraordinaire Lawrence — the Felt/Denim/Go-Kart-Mozart frontman who turned 51 last month — talks to Jude Rogers about sounding like Nicki Minaj and his ...

Martina Topley-Bird, Tricky: Tricky

Interview by Dorian Lynskey, The Guardian, 18 April 2012

Seventeen years ago, Maxinquaye made Tricky an unlikely pop star, and made him angry and unhappy. Now, though, he and Martina Topley-Bird are ready to ...

Yann Tiersen:
 Irving Plaza, New York

Live Review by Carol Cooper, The Village Voice, 30 April 2012

Better than: Most of the Philip Glass and Stephin Merritt music I've heard. ...

Gaz Coombes: The Things I Like

Interview by Rob Hughes, The Word, June 2012

Mutton-chopped Britpop anthem-penner, absurdist and Muppeteer. Sucker for slow, intense camera work. ...

Rufus Wainwright: The MOJO Interview

Interview by Phil Sutcliffe, MOJO, June 2012

WHAT WAS ON Rufus Wainwright's mind while making his new album, the sparkly, pop-ish, Mark Ronson-produced Out Of The Game? Only this. ...

Alejandro Escovedo: Big Station

Review by Holly Gleason, Paste, 6 June 2012

WITH A BRAZEN SWAGGER drawn from Alejandro Escovedo's punk roots, the 61-year-old songwriter/yowler declares, "I can take a punch, I can take a swing…" on ...

Go Kart Mozart: Go-Kart Mozart: On the Hot Dog Streets

Review by Martin Aston, bbc.co.uk, 25 June 2012

There is only one Lawrence, this is his gospel, and roll on the next chapter. ...

Go-Kart Mozart: On the Hot Dog Streets

Review by Martin Aston, bbc.co.uk, 25 June 2012

There is only one Lawrence, this is his gospel, and roll on the next chapter. ...

Human League, The: The Things That Dreams Are Made Of

Retrospective and Interview by Neil Mason, electronic, July 2012

Studios with leaking roofs, trips to new romantic clubs in a little Hillman Imp, and a heavy metal single recorded between sessions. They're all part ...

Joe Bonamassa

Interview by Ted Drozdowski, Guitar World, July 2012

IT'S SATURDAY NIGHT in Cleveland… April 14, specifically, and blues guitar legend Freddie King has just been inducted by Z.Z. Top into the Rock 'n' ...

Alice Cooper: Vinyl: Love It To Death + Killer + School's Out + Billion Dollar Babies

Retrospective by Paul Gorman, Paul Gorman Is, 23 July 2012

THE FOUR ALBUMS released by Alice Cooper between 1971 and 1973 propelled the band's international ascendance and its frontman into enduring superstardom. ...

Blur: Blur 21 – The Box

Review by Andy Gill, The Independent, 28 July 2012

Blur are marking 21 years, and possibly their final days, by re-releasing almost everything they have ever recorded. Andy Gill discovers a host of unheard ...

Antony & the Johnsons: "Women have suffered for so long" says Antony Hegarty. "And we need to support each other"

Interview by Kate Mossman, The Word, August 2012

ANTONY HEGARTY is a very persuasive man. He rarely smiles, he doesn't crack jokes, but there's something about that whisper, which at first sounds cool ...

Blur: Maida Vale Studios, London

Live Review by Jude Rogers, The Observer, 5 August 2012

AFTER BLUR'S 6 Music gig – the first of two shows they're playing for BBC radio tonight, to begin what they have suggested may be ...