Say goodbye to summer and hello to another good week of new releases. This time I review Nine Inch Nails‘ soundtrack for Tron: Ares, plus new albums from Nation of Language, Four Tet’s Kieran Hebden & ...

It’s mostly business as usual on Biffy Clyro’s latest album, although there are a few new ideas thrown into the mix, writes Fiona Shepherd Biffy Clyro: Futique (Warner Records) ★★★ The Divine Comedy: ...

Adam Buxton, Jens Lekman and a host of other sharp-witted writers are showing that comedy really does belong in music.

Deep breath. And in we go. October is a big month for live music in Scotland. Veterans from the 1960s and 1970s, eighties nostalgia, ...

AFI Fest is unique in the festival ecosystem for not being tied quite as directly into the awards season conversation as ...

“Woo-hoo!” Blur were one of the top Brit-pop bands of the ‘90s, but livened things up considerably with their hard-driving ...

Clearly not full of the hormonal rush traditionally associated with classic rock and pop, it is an album that is literate (with nods to both Patrick Shaw-Stewart and Machiavelli, among others) and ...

While the politeness of a venue like the Philharmonic doesn’t lend itself to much bodily movement, Hannon was able to cut ...

These one-hit wonder songs from the 1990s are amazing tunes, but good luck trying to cover them properly... or better.

These three hit songs by 1990s artists are fairly overrated, but they had great songs that could and should have replaced ...

Facelift, in 1990, was the first grunge album to leave an impression on the charts (thanks to the success of MTV hit Man In ...

Metal's reputation in the 1990s isn't the most robust, but the best song of each year of this decade proves that when it comes to quality, this scene was thriving. While the overall commercial success ...