Kurt Vile has announced his new album Philadelphia’s been good to me, set for release on 29th May via Verve Records. The American songwriter returns to his roots on the Kurt Vile Philadelphia’s been ...

Before Rumours hit the shelves in 1977, Fleetwood Mac had morphed from a British blues ensemble into a transatlantic rock sensation. This transformation culminated in their iconic 1975 lineup, paving ...

Five of the independent music sector’s most significant label groups have announced a joint recycled vinyl campaign, launching on World Environment Day, 5th June. Secretly Group, Exceleration Music, ...

In February 2023, an exhibition put on sale hundreds of works of art by Charles Bronson (AKA Charles Salvador). His controversial prison artwork raises questions about the relationship between infamy ...

In 1970, the world was changing – and so was Fleetwood Mac. Over the latter half of the preceding decade, the blues-rock outfit had become one of Britain’s best-loved bands, thanks to their refreshing ...

Eli Edwards may be best known as the bassist of Enumclaw, but Casi is a different proposition entirely: noisier, more fractured, and considerably angrier about the state of things. One of the oldest ...

Franz Ferdinand have joined the likes of Yungblud, Green Day and Louis Tomlinson to cancel their shows in Russia, in protest against the country’s invasion of Ukraine. The Glasgow band had gigs ...

For decades, UK rap and rock music have evolved alongside each other, connected by a shared anti-establishment agenda and explosive live energy, but rarely joined together into cohesive and powerful ...

As Sudan become the latest nation to demand repatriation of valuable objects, Alexander Adams looks at some other claims have been made for artefacts in British museums. Sudan has joined the list of ...

Susie Dent has no need to remind anyone there’s little to celebrate at the moment. Which makes little pockets of refuge all the more important, especially those that make her smile. For me, ...

Inspiral Carpets have released ‘Drag The Bag’, their first single in twelve years, out now via Scruff of the Neck Records. The track was recorded at Blueprint Studios in Manchester and arrives ...

Susie Dent on the best German words that we don’t have. What do you call that pleasurable pain when scratching a mosquito bite? Or the embarrassment you feel when a stranger is humiliated? What’s the ...