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One of the earliest punk tracks, the 1976 song has become a favourite in sporting arenas
The capital’s best places to match the tunes and vibe you’re in the mood for, from intimate subterranean spaces to a stadium — and everywhere in between
It’s pronounced ‘Nuh-wobbum’: Diamond Head and other British bands defined the influential sound in a few heady years in the 1980s
The Brits-nominated singer-songwriter on the grime and glory of London and racism in the record industry
The opener from Abbey Road went on to penetrate the heartlands of American rock
Translated into multiple languages, the singer’s 1959 track has transcended its origins
The singer’s 1977 single helped propel him to global stardom
The band’s main songwriters discuss adding more textures to their furious brand of rock on new album ‘Crawler’
Early last year the British band were little known, now their hit ‘Heat Waves’ has 806m streams on Spotify alone. How did it all happen?
Pop stars such as Dan Gillespie Sells and Jake Shears are stretching their skills by writing hit musicals for stage and screen
Move over, Manhattan — for treasure-trove record shops and up-tempo live venues just head over the river
The four-day festival in England’s West Country served as a reminder of the joys of live music
The singer-songwriter on his Hispanophone reimagining of classic 1978 album This Year’s Model and why it is no exercise in nostalgia
Men Without Hats’ 1982 track has been covered by a staggeringly strange array of artists
Tiny Bradshaw’s 1951 track might have vanished but for a brutal, distorted version by The Rock and Roll Trio
Champion of many musicians who was brought down by his rock and roll lifestyle
The bombastic genre’s heyday was the 1970s but new acts and revived older bands are giving it another lease of life
The track spoke of men and women treating each other well — though many subsequent versions got the lyrics wrong
The London indie band on performing, life off the road and preparing to headline the first major UK rock festival in two years
A hit TV show has focused attention on the wide-ranging bands that electrify the city’s thriving circuit
The ethereal 1959 song’s purity has endured through the decades
Recordings by the ‘Nashville’ and ‘Five Easy Pieces’ star have been unearthed after 50 years and reveal a singular talent
Two books delve into the enigmatic sound-worlds of Nick Cave and The Fall — and ask: how did they do it?
The singer confessed he didn’t know what it was about — but that didn’t prevent it from being widely covered, and sung
The Armed and Chubby and the Gang have emerged into the mainstream music scene as if to meet a public demand for catharsis in a chaotic world
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