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Readers recommend: comeback songs

5162 days ago
Guardian MusicLast week was all about heralding the break of day. Now we'd like you to suggest songs that herald an artist's returnFor the first time in years I actually got all the way to last Sunday morning without realising the clocks had gone back. I was delig... more info

Readers recommend songs set at dawn: The results

5163 days ago
Guardian MusicSongs set at dawn – they'd be full of sun-dappled reawakenings and hope for a new day, right? Wrong – it's mostly just a load of drunk people who haven't been to bed yetWhen coming up with this week's theme, I had it in my head that a trawl throu... more info

Ray Davies: See My Friends – review

5168 days ago
Guardian Music(Universal)This album of collaborations came about after Davies recorded a version of "'Til the End of the Day" with the late Alex Chilton of Big Star. There are some good covers here: Mumford & Sons are pleasantly rugged on "Days", which speeds up a... more info

America Years Ago

5169 days ago
Said the GramophoneBig Deal - "13 (Big Star Cover)" When I received a cover of Big Star's "Thirteen" today, I thought, "oh, that's a nice one, plus we have a strong history of posting covers of 'Thirteen'." So I went into... more info

EVENT: Driving the Poem: Hettie Jones with Dr. Guy's Musiqology

5179 days ago
All About JazzPoetry and jazz is about one+one=one, the spoken word as instrument, its meaning become tone and tempo, another voice in the band. "Driving the Poem" takes its cue from Hettie Jones's first poetry collection, Drive, plus the complementary pulse of th... more info

5 Bands You Must See At In The City

5185 days ago
Abeano For the first time in a while, Manchester’s annual industry showcase In The City starts tonight, with a degree of excitement in the air. For the first time in maybe 5 years, there’s a few bands who seem to be on the verge of something. Below... more info

Big Deal - 13

5197 days ago
Abeano Massive move naming your band Big Deal. London duo kc Underwood and Alice Costelloe have just done that and may just have the goods to back it up. Forthcoming single ‘Homework’ and it’s b-side below – a cover of Big Star’s ‘13’ are... more info

tuesday morning updates

5200 days ago
Totally Fuzzy-nits- said... el debarge-heart, mind & soul (1994) per request from 1 of my readers, i'm adding el debarge's 'heart, mind & soul' from 1994. el is featured in the october issue of ebony magazine and he has quite a story to tell: prison, heavy drug u... more info

EVENT: Auction to Benefit Alex Chilton Family

5204 days ago
All About JazzBid on Autographed St. Blues Guitar From the Big Star Concert and Tribute to the Late Alex Chilton On a beautiful night this past Spring in Memphis, many friends, family, and fans gathered for the season opening of Memphis' historic Overton Park She... more info

Ray Davies reveals details of collaboration album featuring Metallica, Mumford & Sons, Pixies

5205 days ago
NME'See My Friends' also includes songs with Billy Corgan, Bruce Springsteen and the late Alex Chilton more info

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