With a setlist creator and larger performance troupe, Beach House’s Ritz performance was certainly considerable in atmosphere and sound than years gone by

Tai Kolade speaks to Armand van Helden about Manchester, vinyl, and the 1990’s revival

The eclectic mix of styles in Real Lies’ debut album creates the perfect soundtrack for a Friday night

A lively opening doesn’t stop The Soft Moon’s show from becoming repetitive and rather boring

Exiled from a country where music was outlawed, Helena Maxwell-Jackson chats to Songhoy Blues, a unique new band soon to feature in a documentary about Mali

Rudimental’s new LP will likely smash the charts and fuel many a pissed-up raver, but does little to excite the sober ear

A live show beamed in from another world, Metric pulled out enough sartorial and musical class to leave us wondering if we still inhabited Earth

Is this apathy or ecstasy? Who can tell. Either way, it’s pure melody. Henry Scanlan reports on Alex G, live at Night & Day

Robin Davies reckons Neon Indian’s frenetic new record to be their best to date.

Sounds Of The Near Future sits in unique spot between atmospheric bliss and earth shattering bass

Jacob Bernard-Banton looks back on MGMT’s indie smash-hit debut and reflects that it’s all just tie-dye headbands and glitter

Kode9’s new LP is a hell of a ride

Legendary songwriter, activist and radio DJ Tom Robinson talks about gay rights, the Iraq war, and the ideal person to portray him on Life on Mars

Like the chicken and the egg, the music and the misery continue their endless cycle. Alex Daniel thinks it’s time for change

After the recent launch of the official prog chart, Joe Connell examines the place that an often caricatured genre has in music today

Cassie Hyde felt like stirring the waters, so we sent her three classic prog rock albums by Yes, King Crimson and Rush. Here’s what she made of them

This band are destined to be bombarded with comparisons, but no one in the room seemed to be taking this as a negative

Zakk Brown questions whether the change in Viet Cong’s band name affected their artistic direction

After seven releases in five years, Alex G’s flame is burning out a little

Cassie Hyde pontificates on a recent slew of “rock ‘n’ roll suicide” documentaries