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If you're on probation, and have to submit urine samples to convince the court you're keeping to the terms of that probation, handin...

From MTV : Gwyneth Paltrow shared a video of her daughter playing the guitar, proving she's inherited dad Chris Martin's music skil...

While Liam battles on, something of a sign of hope in a miserable world - last night, for the first time in two decades... well, this happen...

It's perhaps inevitable that Liam Gallagher has been involved in an empty spat - he and Nicole Appleton have burned through £800,000 on ...

Only just heard that Kelvin Knight, drummer with the superb Delta 5, died at the start of the month . Perhaps the best telling of the Delt...

Chvrches on Donald Trump: http://spiderliliez.tumblr.com/post/135452455686/not-that-team-the-other-team-lauren-mayberry They're not wr...

Most popular stores with Christmas in their titles: 1. Salford Lads Club want to reunite The Smiths 2. BPI claim dodgy CDs mostly a front...

Rock City - surely the leading light of UK venues which smell of pickled onions - has just turned 35, and to celebrate, the Nottingham Eveni...

The story of Oh My Girl being detained at LAX sounds, at first, like something gone terribly awry: The eight members were travelling to Am...

There's a couple of reasons why Taylor Swift trying to own 1989 is disappointing . First of all: you can't trademark a number. You...

Kathy Iandoli contributes a piece on the lost art of cratedigging, which you can read over at Medium : So what’s the point, right? Well, th...

It's been a grim few months, so it's a lovely change to hear about someone doing something really nice. Bipolar Sunshine got a Bla...

Even if you're in Motorhead, even if you're Lemmy, being asked if you're about to shuffle off the planet must be a downer : ...

Most read this week: 1. Tony Hadley rushed to hospital 2. They're bringing back Top Of The Pops (perhaps) 3. Taylor Swiftonomics 4....

One of the saddest things about music commentary are those deaths where you hear the news, and don't feel even a sliver of surprise. So ...

In aid of the UN Refugee Agency, K Records are offering a pay-what-you-want-sampler. Snaffle it down right now .

Ever wondered what Taylor Swift takes home from a live appearance? Quite a bit : One thing that is clear is that the concert appears to hav...

Just returned from Milton Keynes Theatre District where, as part of the switching on of the Christmas Lights, they had an Olly Murs tribute ...

And so we turn once again to Morrissey, who has somehow managed to turn the murders in Paris into a thing about him. True To You , the fanzi...

The most-read November stories: 1. Mercury Prize 2015 2. RIP: Brandon Carlisle 3. This isn't a post about the Bataclan 4. The ticke...

As has happened probably ever three hours since Top of The Pops was axed, we're going through a 'they're going to bring back Top...

The International Business Times oversells the Minogue duet: I know for a fact they've met up at the odd Christmas, and I'm sure t...

An annual amalgamation of other people's attempts at best-of lists. And, perhaps, the odd worst-of, too. Part of 15 Step Last updated...

It's only a month until Christmas, which means it's time for us to start trying to scrape the year into some sort of shape. The firs...

Martyn Ware out of Heaven 17 et al has been collaborating with The National Trust on a sea-themed artwork. It's easier to explore than e...

Hunters And Collectors heard that their music was being used by racist wank-gerbils Reclaim Australia. Mark Seymour isn't having it : I...

For the best part of a decade, Fox News and the people who watch it as if it was a news channel have done their best to besmirch Barack Obam...

Ooh... there's a new Pins video:

I'm pleased that I've lived long enough to see Clive James write about Chrvches , but I'm delighted that he lived long enough to...

Lil Boosie - who, clearly, was at the back of the queue when hip hop handles were being handed out - has a problem with All The Gays on his ...