Hard Working Class Heroes 2014: How to get ahead in rock’n’rollCalling all Hard Working Class Heroes - here’s the expert lowdown on how to approach music as a careerThu Oct 02 2014 - 17:00
Welcome to Night Vale: a weird town where every conspiracy theory is trueOne of the world’s most popular podcasts mixes NPR, Twin Peaks and The Onion. Co-creator Jeffrey Cranor explains why they’re taking it on the roadTue Sept 23 2014 - 01:00
Sticking with their ScriptFor six years, Danny O’Donoghue and his bandmates have relied on an ethos of plain talk, hard work and ambition – 10 million albums later, it’s workedSat Sept 13 2014 - 01:00
Banks: "I remember feeling that I was just this little grain in a box"Jillian Banks is accumulating fans and topping Next Big Thing polls worldwide with her brand of late-night electro-pop. The LA native discusses how her psychology degree feeds into her intimate musicFri Sept 05 2014 - 00:00
Basement Jaxx: Getting it togetherThe electronic/dance duo accentuate the positive on their new albumFri Aug 29 2014 - 00:00
Ryan Adams: ‘I can’t remember the guy I was in my late 20s’Things went very bad for Adams, once alt-country’s poster boy, when label problems, addiction and internet leaks of his albums very nearly did for his career. But now he’s back, happy and more prolific than everMon Aug 25 2014 - 01:00
Magic Numbers: And for their next trick...Life took over for The Magic Numbers, but the band are back after a hiatus, and embracing a darker, heavier sound, says Romeo StodartFri Aug 22 2014 - 00:00
Simple Minds: don’t you forget about themSimple Minds, alive and kicking after 37 years, are preparing to release their 16th album and appear at next month’s Electric Picnic. As frontman Jim Kerr explains, they like to go forward, not backFri Aug 15 2014 - 00:00
La Roux: ‘I knew I was a one-hit wonder. It’s not a secret’Five years after her world-beating debut, synth-pop sensation Elly Jackson is back with a tremendous follow-up, despite splitting with her writing partner and temporarily losing her voiceFri Jul 25 2014 - 01:00
Cher Lloyd: ‘I’m not the kind of girl to be falling out of taxis drunk and getting my bits out’The straight-talking X-Factor alumnus tells about finding success Stateside and returning just in time with her new albumFri Jul 25 2014 - 00:00
Conor Oberst: ‘I never felt that young to begin with, and now I feel like I’m 150’The Longitude headliner tells about going it alone for his new album, collaborating with First Aid Kit and writing a sci-fi screenplay for Monsters of FolkFri Jul 18 2014 - 00:00
Sheffield's Arctic Monkeys get Dublin crowd a hollerin’Travel problems persist for some of 32,000 Marlay Park puntersSun Jul 13 2014 - 12:18
A fictional band that owes a lot to Belle and SebastianIn the film God Help the Girl, three teenage misfits cross paths in Glasgow, agree that music is their salvation and form a band. So far, so Stuart Murdoch, who took a break from his real-life band to make his directorial debutThu Jul 10 2014 - 01:00
Foals: ‘It feels like we’ve entered this new, scary realm’Foals are part of a dying breed of guitar bands. And it’s working for them, as they make the leap to being festival headlinersTue Jul 08 2014 - 01:00
Dawn French talks 30 million miles a minuteShe might have been a mainstay of British comedy for the past 30 years, but Dawn French has never done a solo show – until nowSat Jul 05 2014 - 01:00
Review: EelsMark Oliver Everett might have a dour image, but here he is handing out the hugsThu Jul 03 2014 - 18:28
Paul Heaton: "Lovable grouch? Yeah, that’ll do. A lovable grouch"He may have reunited with former Beautiful South bandmate Jacqui Abbot for a new album and tour, but Paul Heaton will never, ever, get the band back together. "My only pang of regret was that I didn’t disband it early enough"Fri Jun 27 2014 - 01:02
Serious about prog: Matt Berry turns it on againBerry’s fifth album pays homage to Tubular Bells and other prog-rock classics. People are slowly accepting him as being more than an actor and comedian, he saysMon Jun 23 2014 - 01:00
Tom Odell is playing for keepsTom Odell is a hard one to pin down – the newest pop kid on the block, with an Ivor Novello award in his back pocket and the musical world at his feet but with little interest in the impending stardom. Ahead of his Dublin gig, the Songwriter of the Year talks Elton John, Lily Allen and Leo TolstoyFri Jun 20 2014 - 01:00
