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Monday, December 05, 2016

Unfolding magazines: Paste is coming back

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It's six years since Paste abandoned its print edition and became web-only. Next year, though, crowdfunding permitting , it's comi...
Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Beverley Martyn's having a tough time

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A couple of years back, things were going quite well for Beverley Martyn - The Guardian caught up with her and celebrating her survival aft...

Kate Bush: the darling's bad; for May

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Kate Bush doesn't give a lot of interviews. After the last twenty-four hours, she might figure she'll do rather fewer in future. A...
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Monday, November 07, 2016

Twittergem: Unimpressed by Arcade Fire

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Arcade Fire do Bruce Spingsteen: Watch Arcade Fire's Win Butler cover Bruce Springsteen's 'Born In The USA' at US election ...
Tuesday, November 01, 2016

Songwriterobit: Curly Putman

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Curly Putman, songwriter, has died at the age of 85. Yes, Green Green Grass of Home. Yes, DIVORCE. But, mostly, this is his masterwork: ...
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Monday, October 24, 2016

Obitornotobit: Pete Burns

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It looks pretty official, sadly: Hi guys, it's Kyle here. Was asked to send out this tweet on behalf of Steve, Lynn & Michael. #rip...
Sunday, October 23, 2016

It's important to remember that Morrissey isn't racist

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There have been few things more divisive in British public life this century than Brexit. And you know who can't hear the word "div...
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Monday, October 03, 2016

Radio 1: Still a country for old men

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The Guardian has a fairly in-depth interview with Radio 1 controller Ben Cooper this morning , with a couple of interesting headlines. The...
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Sunday, October 02, 2016

Liam Gallagher calls for "mischief"

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Liam Gallagher - or, since David Cameron's resignation honours, Baron Gallagher of Burnage - has called for more "mischief" fr...
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Producerobit: Kashif Saleem

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The R&B producer Kashif Saleem has died . Kashif was a multi-instrumentalist. He was a singer. He was a producer. And he was responsib...
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Avril Lavigne is her generation's Paul McCartney

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You know there are too many conspiracy theories when people are reduced to claiming that Avril Lavigne died and was replaced by an imposter ...

This week just gone

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Most-read September stories: 1. 1Xtra's ticket sales fall apart 2. The Wolfhounds would like their publishing back 3. Pre-Coil Zos K...
Friday, September 30, 2016

Turn your roaming on: LoneLady & the LRM have hidden treasures

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What could be better than a treasure hunt that doesn't involve you having to fight a pirate to get a map, or spend hours in a field with...
Thursday, September 29, 2016

The Wolfhounds would like their publishing back

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Back in 1987, young, fresh-faced band The Wolfhounds signed a deal with Working Music for their publishing. What happened next is a common s...
Monday, September 26, 2016

Zos Kia: Pre-Coil uncoiled

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You might have thought that everything that could have been re-released has already been re-released, and that we're now in an era where...
Sunday, September 25, 2016

This week just gone

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We've been on holiday - these were the recommendations before we went: Slow Club - One Day All Of This Won't Matter Download One ...
Saturday, September 24, 2016

They've been torn since Bros was cool

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Your first instinct on hearing that Bros are reforming for a ten million quid tour is "ten million? Is it buggery going to be a ten mi...

Iron Maiden dump paper tickets

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Iron Maiden have announced that their forthcoming tour is going to be "paperless": Iron Maiden have announced their new UK tour w...

Puff drops a million to his alma mater

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Puff Daddy has given a million dollars to the University he went to: Puff Daddy has donated $1 million to the Howard University in Washing...
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Nick Jonas is doing it for the art

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Nick Jonas. He's had sex you know . "Any time I approach writing a song I think about the fact that since I started having sex my ...
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Other careers: One Direction to 18 holes

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Niall Horan has branched out since One Direction. Into, erm, golf : The 1D star, who runs a golf talent agency, is off to Minnesota next we...
Monday, September 05, 2016

1Xtra ticket sale falls apart

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You would have hoped that the BBC would have enough tech savvy to avoid a 'ticket sale fail', but... Two hours ago they put their ...
Tuesday, August 30, 2016

Jeremy Corbyn is taking on Napster

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Today was Jeremy Corbyn's big digital plans launch. If we boil it down to 'I don't really understand this sort of thing but it...
Monday, August 29, 2016

The X Factor - it's like a total amateur contest

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The X-Factor. It's back, apparently. And busily giving a leg-up to acts who wouldn't stand a chance going through normal channels. ...
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Sunday, August 28, 2016

Jaime Harding goes inside

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Sad to hear that Jaime Harding has been sent to prison - sad to hear that his life, which he had got back on track, has fallen apart again. ...

This week just gone

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The most popular search terms so far this year: 1. No rock and roll fun 2. Is kt tunstall gay 3. Noel gallagher gay 4. Das psycho range...
Saturday, August 27, 2016

Eurovision 2017: Already falling to pieces

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To think we were all alarmed when Ukraine won Eurovision this year - would it make things tricky having them host? We were worrying over n...
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Everytime I turned on the radio, there was somebody else, singing a song about the two of us

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Courtney Love believes that most of the songs written in the 1990s were about Courtney Love : “I remember I used to date this movie star in...

Standon update

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If you read the piece last week about how Standon Calling has somehow hit difficulties in returning money locked into its cashless wristband...

Labour: I pity the Foos

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The Labour Party - increasingly the Freddie And The Dreamers of British politics - is having a torrid time of it at the moment, as it strugg...
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