A music prize for everybody in the audienceNew Northern Ireland music prize makes its debutFri Nov 01 2013 - 08:45
Goulding and Clyro get lucky, but where were Bowie and Daft Punk?Q magazine award winners raise a cynical eyebrowFri Oct 25 2013 - 00:00
The achetypal smug leftie comedian? Moi? Stewart Lee comes cleanStewart Lee, the “conscience of stand-up”, on his new BBC show, his “attack” on Michael McIntyre and why playing the 02 is a bit like the Nuremberg RallyFri Oct 18 2013 - 00:00
“Cristal, Maybach, diamonds on your timepiece” – Is Lorde’s Royals a racist diatribe?Non-stories about pop’s brightest star aside, in a race row there’s only one winner – Kanye WestThu Oct 17 2013 - 16:32
Morrissey settles a few scores with his book, AutobiographyAccount of growing up in Manchester is beautiful, but real focus will be on relationship with manThu Oct 17 2013 - 08:40
Heaven knows he’s still miserable now: Morrissey publishing shock (not)Regarding Mozzer memoirs, don’t begrudge a book by its coverFri Oct 11 2013 - 11:14
Pogues guitarist Philip Chevron dies after long illnessFounder of The Radiators from Space passed away this morningTue Oct 08 2013 - 17:59
Fancy a flutter on the Man Booker? Or a punt on the Mercury music prize?Gambling on culture is big business – and there’s an extra incentive for manipulating the oddsSat Oct 05 2013 - 01:00
Breaking Bad has broken good for Macca’s favouritesCan ‘Baby Blue’ do for rock veterans Badfinger what ‘Don’t Stop Believin’ did for Journey?Fri Oct 04 2013 - 00:00
They’ll never sing alone again at Manchester UnitedOld Trafford adopts the rhythm methodFri Sept 27 2013 - 00:00
A YouTube-only record label? You just gotta love those blurred linesWith the video-sharing site now more powerful than radio or record labels, everyone wants to upload the next Gangnam Style or Thrift ShopThu Sept 19 2013 - 12:08
10 years of Irish Googling: what we searched forDeath, sex and a bargain. That’s the world around us pretty much wrapped up, don’t you think?Fri Sept 13 2013 - 13:53
Tapeheads triumphant: lowly cassette is making a comebackSmall bands don’t have the resources for vinyl, but they can release boxes of tapes for next to nothing.Fri Sept 13 2013 - 10:04
25 years in the funny businessIt’s a small, dark place, with no microphone and it’s not even in a basement – so what’s the secret to the Comedy Cellar’s success?Thu Sept 12 2013 - 01:00
Irish band Villagers get second Mercury nominationStiff competition for overall prize from nominees David Bowie and Arctic MonkeysWed Sept 11 2013 - 19:20
‘Be My Baby’ forever: The eternal sunshine of pop’s peerless songThe Ronettes’ classic teenage anthem, produced by Phil Spector, is 50 years young. It’s still a thrillFri Sept 06 2013 - 10:34
I once was lost at Electric Picnic but now I am foundYour phone, your money, your mind – don’t lose the run of yourself at EPThu Aug 29 2013 - 14:00
Sony Xperia gives Bowie’s white-powder blues a new lease of advertising lifeA ‘demix’ of David Bowie’s classic cocaine withdrawal anthem Sound & Vision will highlight the backing vocals of one Mary HopkinFri Aug 23 2013 - 00:00
‘Internal discord’? Read ‘hostile cessation’ for Americana duo The Civil WarsIt’s a sad end to a great musical partnership, but though Joy Williams and John Paul White are no longer on speaking terms, their brilliant new album speaks volumesFri Aug 16 2013 - 00:00
When’s that change gonna come?PJ Harvey champions Gitmo prisoner and resuscitates the protest songFri Aug 09 2013 - 00:00
Sing out sistersAprès Glasto, Swedes’ soaring sales leave Stones scratching their headsFri Aug 02 2013 - 00:00
Hypocritical outrage at Spotify has man of the people seeing redThom Yorke’s attack on the legal streaming service damages him, music and common senseFri Jul 26 2013 - 00:00
My wife and my comedy life: John Bishop opens upAs a stellar line-up begins gathering for next weekend’s Vodafone comedy festival in Dublin’s Iveagh Gardens, Brian Boyd hears how headliner John Bishop’s failing marriage inspired his stand-up career and how his wife eventually found him funny againFri Jul 19 2013 - 00:00
Thing is, it doesn’t seem like a year has passed since I broke my noseMisheard lyrics are often a lot better than the real thingFri Jul 19 2013 - 00:00
Indie Taliban should think twice before mouthing off at MumfordEnglish quartet far removed from their hayseed folkie imageFri Jul 12 2013 - 00:00
We can always get what we want, the Stones tell Glasto organisersBBC rolls over on band’s demandsFri Jul 05 2013 - 00:00
Mark Mulcahy: Return of the great unknownMark Mulcahy’s fanbase may be stellar but it is painfully small. Undaunted, the cult hero is back for another shot at fame. Plus, a who’s who of ‘who?’ – our top five cult actsWed Jul 03 2013 - 01:00
“It’s not going to change me”: what to do with your lottery millionsThe anoymous Irish winner of €94 million lottery prize has some big, if enviable, decisions to makeSat Jun 29 2013 - 01:00
Oh dear, Odell: when critics attackDad’s defence fans flames as cranky NME takes a popFri Jun 28 2013 - 00:00
Samsung gets The Holy Grail from Jay-Z – and at $25 million, it’s a real snipThe collaboration will annoy some fans, but it’s part of a global expansion pictureFri Jun 21 2013 - 00:00
Someone tell the BBC Glastonbury’s over the hillGlastonbury: the greatest rock festival ever, or the most over-subscribed cultural event in the world?Thu Jun 20 2013 - 01:00
The song remains the same – no matter how it’s writtenShould Ivor Novello winner Calvin Harris be burned at the stake by “real” musicians? Strap in, folks, things could get bumpyFri Jun 14 2013 - 00:00
BBC signs up Dublin comic Jason Byrne for prime-time sitcomIrish comedy in demand after success of ‘Mrs Browns Boys’Tue Jun 11 2013 - 01:00
Alt, Nu, Funk, Rap: there are many colours in the heavy metal rainbowMetal sub-genres span the world with Iran and China the big growth marketsFri Jun 07 2013 - 00:00
Laughing all the way to Kilkenny comedy festivalRevamped Cat Laughs festival includes Chris O’Dowd, Dylan Moran and David O’DohertySat Jun 01 2013 - 01:00
Tramps like us: baby we were born to seek truth, passion and the BossNew documentary sends out a positve message about Springsteen fandomFri May 31 2013 - 01:00
The real Rod Stewart stands upGone are the leopard-skin leggings and the tartan scarves as the real Rod finally reemergesFri May 24 2013 - 01:00
Haim: Sisters with attitudeAs the children of wannabe rock-stars, Haim were always destined to make music – “Our parents didn’t wave us off to college; they waved us off to a rock band”Fri May 24 2013 - 01:00
We don’t need no high-cost, high-brow, heavy metal educationIs a degree in heavy metal music rifftastic or a rip-off?Fri May 17 2013 - 01:00
Concept songs beat battery pop by going in for the long haultThanks to the likes of Daft Punk, Justin Timberlake and Frank Ocean, the six-minute pop song is making its markFri May 10 2013 - 01:00
The price is rightiTunes figures show it don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that cheap swingFri May 03 2013 - 01:00
After 25 years, has Prozac outlived its usefulness?Despite celebrating its 25th anniversary, Prozac still divides opinionsTue Apr 30 2013 - 06:00
