Thesps get in on the video actionYou’ve seen him scraggly bearded and bonding with a football on a desert island, but you've never seen Tom Hanks shimmying his way through a cheesy pop video - until nowSun Mar 15 2015 - 10:00
Courtney Barnett: Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit | Album ReviewThu Mar 12 2015 - 18:00
‘Sleater-Kinney is a band you can’t really do half-heartedly’After an eight-year hiatus, the trio were compelled back into the studio by a ‘mystical’ forceThu Mar 12 2015 - 01:00
If you listen to one thing this week: Madonna's Rebel HeartThe indisputable pop icon is back with a tentative bang after 2012’s dodgy MDNA – an album with plenty of big names attached, but few memorable pop hitsThu Mar 05 2015 - 12:00
The Unthanks: the light and the dark of English folk musicThe group have been singing the canon for a decade – but what happens now that they are making their own music?Mon Mar 02 2015 - 12:00
Noel Gallagher: ‘What we’re left with now is the Arctic Monkeys, tax-dodgers’The charts are a load of boll*cks. Bono goes on a bit. And he would be ‘f**king very, very, very interested’ in collaborating with Damon AlbarnFri Feb 20 2015 - 06:39
José Gonzalez: Vestiges & Claws | Album streamIt's eight years since Jose Gonzalez released a solo album - listen to Vestiges and Claws hereTue Feb 17 2015 - 11:00
Rebel Yell: the Cork renaissance?Cork’s ‘little hum’ of creative confidence is building to a crescendo, its artists sayFri Feb 13 2015 - 00:00
The Decemberists return: expect songs about Sandy Hook and fronting a boybandAfter a hiatus, illness, and, for frontman Colin Meloy, three children’s books, the band are back with an eclectic albumMon Feb 09 2015 - 06:00
From the heart: Father John Misty explores the messed-up, warts-and-all side of loveFor his second album, inspired by his wife Emma Garr, Josh Tillman, aka Father John Misty, had to surrender to love – and a little bit of schmaltzFri Feb 06 2015 - 12:40
Reunions: a whiff of desperation?Some band reunions make complete sense, but The Libertines' attempt seems more sad than anything elseFri Feb 06 2015 - 06:00
This time it’s personal: the Tweedy family albumWilco’s Jeff Tweedy and his drummer son, Spencer, have made an album together. The family matriarch’s battle with cancer was their ‘guiding presence’ in the studioWed Jan 28 2015 - 06:00
No ordinary film: The Doghouse gives audiences a seat at the tableA Danish short film lets the viewer inhabit one of five characters around a dinner table by wearing an Oculus Rift headset. And so this thirtysomething Irish female journalist becomes a middle-aged Danish manThu Jan 15 2015 - 07:00
Thom Yorke’s Bundle of joyDid the Radiohead frontman really make $20 million on his solo LP? And has he fixed the music industry?Fri Jan 09 2015 - 06:08
Mark Lanegan’s own brand of wild successOver a 30-year career, Lanegan has built a keen following if not the level of success of some of his friends. Which suits him fineMon Jan 05 2015 - 06:00
Booker T Jones: ‘Green Onions? I’m still learning about it’Jones played a key role in Memphis’s 1960s soul scene, but his music looks forward, not backMon Jan 05 2015 - 01:00
First Fortnight: The Songs That Save Your LifeWe speak to several musicians playing First Fortnight about the songs that get them through hard timesFri Jan 02 2015 - 00:00
Big ideas for 2015: a famine sitcom, music, running, body painting and foodHow many people manage to stick to their New Year’s resolutions beyond the first week of January? A few determined souls who are going for broke with an idea or a life change in 2015 tell us their ideasTue Dec 30 2014 - 06:00
Exclusive video: The Coronas perform their new single ‘Just Like That’The band have been 11 years on the slow burn of music making – so will new album The Long Way see them make the jump into the premier league chart?Thu Nov 20 2014 - 06:00
Where to get your favourite ‘TV dinners’ close to homeFood Month: It might not be practical to travel to Albuquerque to dine at Los Pollos Hermanos, or to go to, um, Hogwarts for Butterbeer, but we can point you towards similar delicacies hereMon Nov 17 2014 - 01:00
