Music Features

10 February 2009

Blossom Dearie Obituary: 1926 - 2009

Dearie, a singer, pianist and songwriter, died of natural causes in her sleep on Saturday at her Manhattan, New York apartment, her manager and representative Donald Schaffer has confirmed. Dearie was ...

9 February 2009

Whatever Happened To... Damage?

Any self-respecting nineties kid must remember R & B band Damage who somehow managed to tally up eleven hit singles - including four Top 10's - throughout the 1990's.The band ...

9 February 2009

Grammy Awards 2009 - The Winners

The most surprising news from the awards has to be the unrivalled success of Led Zeppilin frontman Robert Plant who bagged five gongs with a little help from Country singer ...

9 February 2009

Best Ever Mash-up Tracks

Mash-up tracks are just what you need to brighten up an otherwise dull track. Sometimes, in fact scrap that most of the time when someone attempts to mash up two ...

6 February 2009

Song Of The Week: Kelly Clarkson - My Life Would Suck Without You

You know what day it is…. Friday! Woo! So that also means you have a few spare pound coins in your purse (unless you’re like me and lost your purse ...

5 February 2009

Chat to Howling Bells

Chat date: Friday 6th February Chat time: 2pmWe all love the rush of being the first to hear the 'next big thing' - how many times have you one of your ...

5 February 2009

Introducing: The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band

Bands don't come much more honest than The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band.  At a risk of being too blues for Nashville and too country for the Mississippi Delta, they have built ...

5 February 2009

Introducing: Stórsveit Nix Noltes

Founded in the autumn of 2004 by nine musicians living in Reykjavik, Iceland, Stórsveit Nix Noltes (Stórsveit meaning ‘Big Band’) are a hugely talented and creative collective united through a ...

4 February 2009

Genre Of The Month: Punk Rock

The genre of music developed between 1974 and 1976 across the US, UK and Australia.. It was originally deeply rooted in garage rock as well as other forms of what ...

4 February 2009

Introducing: Vagabond

With roots in Uruguay, Denmark, East London and Huddersfield, we should be grateful for this twist of fate. Fronted by the irrepressible Alex Vargas and with a soulful, bluesy pop ...

3 February 2009

Six Months of Festivals: March-August

It may only be february but we're already gearing up for the festival season this summer. Although if you can't wait for sunshine then we have the ultimate guide of ...

3 February 2009

Introducing: We Know Mason

‘We Know Mason’, a new indie band from Barry, South Wales (home of Gavin & Stacey), are taking on the giants of the music industry. Their debut single, ‘The Country’, ...

3 February 2009

The Music of Skins

Since teen dram Skins hit our screens in 2007 it's been known for it's fashion, it's wild story lines and more importantly for it's music.The programme has gotten a reputation ...

2 February 2009

Whatever happened to...Steps?

Those who have been caught up in the New Year's fitness DVD frenzy may have seen a familiar face in the shape of Claire Richards, or as she's known to ...

2 February 2009

One To Watch: Jon Hopkins

Jon Hopkins is a musical shapeshifter: a composer, pianist and a self-taught studio wizard. He makes affecting, bold electronic music using walls of synths, lustrous melodies and amorphous bass rumbles. ...

2 February 2009

Introducing: Shontelle

Shontelle, aka 'the new Rhianna', or more accurately, 'the female answer to Ne-Yo', is the brightest spark to emerge on the urban music scene for a long while in more ...

30 January 2009

Song Of The Week: Alesha Dixon - Breathe Slow

Got a bit of spare cash on you and want to give your ears a bit of musical loving this weekend? Well obviously we wouldn’t want you looking like a ...

30 January 2009

One To Watch: Lonely Dear

Loney Dear is the disguise of multi-instrumentalist and ex-pro cyclist Emil Svanängen. Born on March 26, 1979 in Jönköping, Sweden, Emil absorbed many of his key musical influences in early ...

30 January 2009

Billy Powell Obituary: 1952 – 2009

The musical great, who had a history of heart problems, called police from his Florida home saying he was having trouble breathing, but emergency services were unable to resuscitate him ...

30 January 2009

Just Who Are Blatta & Inesha?

The imitable Hell Yeah Recordings kick start the new year with a brand new remix series aptly titled, ‘Confuzed 90’s: Blatta & Inesha - Switched On Ramirez’. Rising stars of ...

29 January 2009

One To Watch: Tyler Rix

London schoolboy Tyler Rix has swapped the football pitch for the recording studio when he scored a £1 million, four-album record deal with Universal Music, the largest record company in ...

29 January 2009

Introducing: Brakes

Brighton’s Brakes precede their first full-length album for FatCat (April 2009’s ‘Touchdown’) with this, a spiky, unashamedly rocking 7” entitled ‘Hey Hey’, recorded – along with the rest of ‘Touchdown’ ...

29 January 2009

One To Watch: Tilly And The Wall

Having conquered the UK airwaves with the electro-pop fizz of Beat Control, Tilly And The Wall follow up their Radio 1 playlisted single with the release of Pot Kettle Black, ...

28 January 2009

Our NME Awards Winners

Is it just me, or do you always like to look through award nominations and pick who you think should win in each category, then circle them and cheer your ...