Music Features

15 January 2009

American Idol Is Back!

The eighth series of American Idol kicked off in the US last night with the infamous audition stages and some of the weirdest and most shocking auditions ever seen on ...

15 January 2009

Behind The Scenes With Daniel Merriweather

If Amy Winehouse, Nas and Adele were asked who we should watch out for in 2009, one name they would all agree on is 27 year old singer songwriter Daniel ...

15 January 2009

Imagine Led Zeppelin playing with Incubus, Janis Joplin singing with Audioslave, The Black Crowes drinking with Guns'N'Roses and you’ll have, Remedy - Energetic, attitude-fuelled, passion-driven music.Created out of a love ...

15 January 2009

One To Watch: Oh Atoms

Described as “the folk-pop Ting Tings” by the Guardian-online, Oh, Atoms are multi-instrumentalists and vocalists Gwen Cheeseman (violin, keyboards, mandolin, melodica, vocals) and Marc Withecomb (guitar, banjo, lapsteel, ukulele, theremin, ...

15 January 2009

Introducing: Looks To Make History

Capturing the spirit-raising energy of the bands they grew up listening to and incorporating a fresh heartfelt vocal style, Looks To Make History write and play the music they love: ...

14 January 2009

R.I.P The London Astoria

A legendary venue "Nooooo" has been the general reaction to the sad sad news last summer, announcing that the Astoria will be no more. Although a petition was signed against the ...

14 January 2009

Rock Star Wives

Everyone is more than familiar with the WAGs that shop till they drop, but who are the rock star wives?The saying goes that 'every good man needs a good woman ...

14 January 2009

Introducing: Silver Medal Massacre

The boys are a five peice alternative/hardcore band who throw an eclectic mix of fast punky riffs, big dirty breakdowns and all the energy of the fiery young passionate people ...

13 January 2009

One To Watch: Souls Beyond

If you love thrash-metal, and you want to be ahead of the pack when it comes to getting your grubby little mitts on the best new music exploding onto the ...

13 January 2009

Understanding: Franz Ferdinand (plus video)

It’s music of the night: to fling yourself around your room to as you psyche yourself for an evening of hedonism, for the dance-floor, flirtation, for your desolate heart-stop, for ...

13 January 2009

The Thermals re-introduce themselves!

Hi, we're The Thermals. We're a three-piece alternative/indie/punk band. We live in Portland, Oregon. You know, the place all your friends are moving. So they can ...

12 January 2009

Worst Cover Versions Of All Time

We all know that taking on a cover version of a classic hit can always be a bit of a daring task, so those lovely folk over at Churchill Insurance ...

12 January 2009

One To Watch: Jersey Budd

Standing on the shoulders of his musical heroes Dylan, Springsteen and Cat Stevens, 24-year old singer, songwriter and guitarist Jersey Budd arrives February 16th with stunning debut album ‘Wonderlands’. Available ...

12 January 2009

Introducing: Delta Spirit

California five-piece Delta Spirit made a name for themselves opening sold-out US tours for Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Cold War Kids, and Dr. Dog. Now, after a show-stopping performance ...

12 January 2009

Dave Dee Obituary: 1941 - 2009

According to a spokeswoman, Dave Dee died in Kingston Hospital, south-west London on Friday morning following "a long and courageous battle" with cancer. The singer was a member of ...

9 January 2009

One To Watch: Naturally 7

Released on 26th January 2009, ‘Wall Of Sound’ is the brand new album from US phenomenon Naturally 7 who return to the UK in December with an exclusive appearance on ...

9 January 2009

Orange Unsigned Act with Sony Ericsson - Get your Wildcard votes in!

There isn’t long until the wildcard place is announced for this year’s Orange Unsigned Act with Sony Ericsson competition. And if you’ve got any sense in your musical big toe, ...

9 January 2009

One To Watch: Daniel Merriweather

If Amy Winehouse, Nas and Adele were asked who we should watch out for in 2009, one name they would all agree on is 27 year old singer songwriter Daniel ...

9 January 2009

Introducing: Zarif

The child of a Scottish father and Iranian Jewish mother, the 23-year-old Londoner has crammed a lot into a short space of time, making her name in an underground London ...

8 January 2009

Introducing: Vistoso Bosses

“Blood couldn’t make us any closer,” replies 17-year-old Taylor Parker, one-half of the eccentric teenage music duo known as Vistoso Bosses. She refers to her counterpart, Kelci Ferguson, 16, who ...

7 January 2009

Most Desired Pop Reunions

Take That, Led Zeppelin and The Police have already done it with great success and next year Blur, The Specials and Cliff and The Shadows are set to join them. ...

7 January 2009

Whatever happened to….A1?

As Ben ‘from A1’ Adams spends his days swanning around the Celebrity Big Brother house - still looking every bit as gorgeous as when he had floppy curtains and was ...

5 January 2009

Orange unsigned Act with Sony Erisson - The Wildcards

As the final draws ever closer for the final four acts - Bo Bruce, Toby Sebastian, Tommy Reilly and the incredible Hip Parade - they are set to become a ...

4 January 2009

Indie Bands that flopped in 2008.

2008 has been an amazing year in indie music, but with the good has to come the bad and there has been plenty of that.With our proverbial finger always on ...