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Stones Roses reunion: three baggy playlists

5086 days ago
Guardian MusicPop historian Jon Savage listens to the best of the Stone Roses and their contemporaries – from Baby Ford to the Sabres of Paradise – and creates the perfect set of baggy playlistsQuite apart from the quality of their music, the Stone Roses had a... more info

Now that's what I call a favourite album

5087 days ago
Guardian MusicOur writers have been picking their favourite albums. To end the series, Peter Robinson pines for the pop music of his pastI'm conscious that some readers, blowing into a paper bag in one hand and clutching a copy of Astral Weeks in the other, may th... more info

Band T-shirts: 'I warn you – don't throw them out'

5091 days ago
Guardian MusicThe band T-shirt is a phenomenon that not only gives teenagers a sense of belonging, as Jude Rogers discovered – it's also about adults holding on to the passions of youthMy first was REM. It was white, loose, and had a chequerboard on the front. I... more info

New Look

5098 days ago
The Music FixCapsule Review: Electro duo's debut hits the (pri)mark. Gary K goes in search of retail therapy 2001: the year of the duo. Tragi-disco forefathers Pet Shop Boys gaze on proudly as the electro-wars fizz and burr, and their virtual offspring continue ... more info

Readers recommend: songs about apologies – results

5112 days ago
Guardian MusicWe didn't want remorse or self-pity, just a sincere – or not so sincere – 'sorry'. Here are your favourite pleas for forgivenessLast week I invited suggestions of songs about apologies. Some of you offered songs about feeling remorse, or regret, ... more info

An email from MNEK

5118 days ago
Pop JusticeOn February 5 2009 we received an email from a 14-year-old singer/producer called MNEK. We'd seen him knocking around online before that, but his email was a very good one. "I’m unsigned so there’s none of that press release bullshit," he said.... more info

New band of the day – No 1,090: Fabian

5142 days ago
Guardian MusicFabian Ordorica wasn't born in time to enjoy disco's golden age, but his retro-dance anthems put the 'oh' in Studio 54Hometown: Los Angeles.The lineup: Fabian Ordorica (music, vocals, production).The background: We've always been partial to disco, ev... more info

Will Young: Echoes – review

5147 days ago
Guardian Music(RCA)Incredibly, it's been nearly 10 years since Will Young won Pop Idol, since which he's become a reliable source of decent chart pop. So his decision to enlist producer Richard X and dabble with synths on his fifth album feels like a legitimate mo... more info

My favourite album: Introspective by Pet Shop Boys

5148 days ago
Guardian MusicOur writers are picking their favourite albums ever – with a view that you might do the same. Here, Tom Ewing ponders a pivotal Pet Shop Boys recordAs Neil Tennant has helpfully pointed out, this album is called Introspective because all its songs ... more info

This Is The Balanescu Quartet (Sampler)

5162 days ago
Totally Fuzzy In 1987, Alexander Balanescu left the Arditti Quartet to form his own Balanescu Quartet, which has gone on to acquire a reputation as one of the world’s leading contemporary music groups. Collaborators have included Michael Nyman, Gavin Bryars, Or... more info

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