Gig Review: After several weeks of touring the country, Stockwell-based rapper Roots Manuva finally played a home match this weekend, and his pleasure was plain to see, says David Smyth. He proved this local boy done good... read
Gig Review: There was magic and mischief in the air from the start, as Erasure revealed an elaborate stage set, featuring Jack in the Beanstalk-style trees, Chris Elwell-Sutton says. This intensified when Andy Bell pirouetted on to the stage... read
Welsh rockers the Stereophonics announced their comeback yesterday by going straight to the top of the singles chart. The band, whose last major hit was Handbags & Gladrags in 2001, have taken the song Dakota from their new album Language, Sex, Violence, Other... read
Album Reviews: Claire Allfree muses over this week's releases including Rufus Wainwright's passionate Want Two, the cheeky Kaiser Chiefs' debut Employment and 50 Cent's follow-up album The Massacre which, despite the plethora of collaborators, is just that... read
Single Reviews: Nadine McBay mulls over this week's new releases and deicdes that New Order's latest effort won't jumpstart their motor, Nine Black Alps' guitar squall lacks in dynamism, but on the bright side Caribou's Yeti is a kaleidoscopic carousel of fuzzy Mellotron... read
Ministers from 20 churches have joined forces to protest over a concert by rapper Nelly. One of the clergymen, the Rev Adrian Rodgers of the Fullness of Joy Church, said they were alarmed at his 'vile and filthy lyrics'... read
Interview: Rufus Wainwright's elaborate songwriting has wowed Elton John and seduced many critics. But is the flamboyant musician too outlandish for the mainstream, David Smyth asks? Rufus says that he does feel 'like a kept exotic bird who only sings for the emperor'... read
R&B; star Craig David is returning to the UK this April to perform at the Nokia Urban Music Festival with The Prince's Trust, it was announced today. The crooner will be performing alongside Prince's Trust Ambassador Estelle... read
Gig Review: As they rocked around the stage to the delight of their fans, it seemed strange that The Bees have been hailed as one of the hottest new British bands, since their sound is deeply rooted in the past, Chris Elwell-Sutton muses... read