The indie tastemaker roots down the back of the Union Jack-emblazoned sofa to uncover some of the decade's forgotten classics Steve Lamacq wants to counter the prevailing narrative about ‘90s indie. “It wasn’t all about laddish terrace anthems and Blur versus Oasis,” explains the veteran BBC 6 Music DJ. “There were all these other band...

Right now, a whole lot of bands are mining the late-'80s moment when hardcore and speed metal came together and fused into the beautiful, violent blur of crossover thrash. Plenty of the crossover-revival bands currently walking the earth -- Iron Reagan, Red Death -- are absolutely fucking great. And Oxnard, California's Dead Heat are right&#...

She follows the likes of Elton John, the Spice Girls and the late David Bowie in collecting the honourPinkPink will be honoured at the 2019 BRIT Awards with the Outstanding Contribution to Music Award. The award has not been presented at the BRITs since 2012, when Blur were the recipients. Other previous winners of the prize include Sir Elton J...

“We did a first pass where I was blurting unintelligible words."Karen O and Danger MouseYeah Yeah Yeahs frontwoman Karen O has shared ‘Woman’, the latest single to be taken from her joint album with producer Danger Mouse. The track is the second offering to emerge from ‘Lux Prima’, which is now confirmed...

"Brexit has come to test the patience of the British public"Damon Albarn, liveDamon Albarn has lent his name to the backing of a public-led forum in order to ‘break the Brexit deadlock’. With the government still in disarray as the countdown to Brexit marches on, the Blur and Gorillaz frontman is among the signatories in a ne...