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Jens Lekman – review

4481 days ago
Guardian MusicRuby Lounge, ManchesterJens Lekman's life seems to be a succession of romantic disasters. After each rejection, he works out until he can do 100 push-ups ("but I think I could do 200") and then pours it into "miserable" songs. With his funny cap and ... more info

Illegal music filesharing is now mainstream | Lanre Bakare

4483 days ago
Guardian MusicThe Digital Music Index shows just how popular illegal downloading – particularly of Ed Sheeran – has becomeIf you're like me and the vast majority of people in the UK, on Monday morning you discovered many people in your area risked legal action... more info

Samantha Cameron loves rapper Azealia Banks: has she heard the lyrics?

4483 days ago
Guardian MusicThe prime minister's wife apparently told the singer she loves her no-holds-barred song 212, the rudest chart hit in recent memory. Warning: filth aheadIf New York rapper Azealia Banks is to believed, Samantha Cameron potters around No 10 singing the... more info

Tender Trap and the Girl-Group Sound

4487 days ago
Guardian MusicIndie pop might have been melodic, but it was also a real rebellion – against macho rock and the celebrity machine. Now one of its most talented exponents has a new albumIt was easy to mock, and that was one reason we liked it: it was a kind of mus... more info

Russell Simmons Pens Open Letter to Jay-Z

4490 days ago
The Hip Hop ChronicleToday after NY Times journalist Zaldie Smiths feature story on iconic rapper Jay-Z was published. A few comments made by Jay-Z during his sit down with Smith raised eyebrows from fans and critics alike. They concerned the political stance of the Occu... more info

The Independent: Paralympics were a-okay – apart from the Coldplay

4491 days ago
Guardian MusicToday's newsstands are a riot of colour, fireworks and Paralympic euphoria. But the Independent also found room to show its musical sensibilities. Its front page leads with a nod to The Smiths, with the headline: "There is a flame that will never go ... more info

Shorties (Michael Chabon on His New Novel, The New Smiths Biography Reviewed, and more)

4493 days ago
LargeHeartedBoyMichael Chabon talks to the San Francisco Chronicle about his new novel, Telegraph Avenue. "With this book, for the first time, I was able to integrate all of my influences and passions - it's a naturalistic novel, but I'm free... more info

Frank Turner's (a)political stance is part of a post-ideological culture | Billy Bragg

4493 days ago
Guardian MusicWho can blame him? He's a singer-songwriter who came of age in a time when ideology was dumped in favour of triangulation"I thought that if you had an acoustic guitar/Then it meant that you were a protest singer" sang the Smiths in 1985. Lots of peop... more info

Two Door Cinema Club – review

4494 days ago
Guardian MusicShepherd's Bush Empire, LondonThere is, naturally, more than one access point to Ireland's Two Door Cinema Club. To some they're the grassroots, hype-free success rejuvenating guitar music from the wafty jangle up. To others, they're the ubiquitous a... more info

ABSOLUTExclusive: Innards Album Stream

4495 days ago
Chorus.fmIt'll be a glorious day when the word "twinkle" is stricken from the records along with the term "skramz." On *Innards* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/artists/showlink.php?do=showdetails&l=49592) second LP, I've Lost Everything, they've brought the nai... more info

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