Alex Denney

PJ Harvey’s Let England Shake: Track-By-Track Review

A second straight masterpiece for PJ Harvey, following the sublime White Chalk? Alex Denney reckons so as he delivers the verdict on Let England Shake

(Arcade) Fire Sermon: Win Butler & Fellow Clergy Preach To The O2

As crowds leave singing their glorious hymns, Al Denney says that the Arcade Fire have a unique and important quasi-religious place in the culture of late 2010

Girls

Broken Dreams Club

Performance Breakdown: Of Montreal’s Kevin Barnes Interviewed

As Of Montreal hit the UK, Al Denney talks to Kevin Barnes about the influence of Parliament on _False Priest_ and the history of 'The Past Is A Grotesque Animal', one of our favourite songs of the last decade

Women

Public Strain

Manic Street Preachers: Soulboys In Hammersmith. Plus Photos From The Band

Manic Street Preachers last week launched new album _Postcards From A Young Man_ at the Hammersmith Working Men's Club. Al Denney explains why they're as relevant now as in his days of teenage fandom. PLUS the Manics have given us a gallery of photographs taken during the day.

The Power Of Disguise: Gazelle Twin Interviewed

Al Denney talks to the fantastic Elizabeth Walling - the brains behind Gazelle Twin - about image, art and ghosts

Ariel Pink

Before Today

Holy Fuck

Latin

The National

High Violet

Hot Dayte: Sex, Friends & Keeping It 69 Smooth – A Gayngs Interview

Al Denney slips on something more comfortable to talk to Ryan Olson about why his Gayngs project is far from ironically smooth, and why getting the likes of Bon Iver to contribute to an album of the music they all jerk off to was no sweat

On The Hour: Parting The Beef Curtains Of News

Recently Al Denney spoke to Armando Iannucci, Stewart Lee, David Quantick and the much missed Swells about Radio 4's comedic high watermark, _On The Hour_

Here We Go Magic

Here We Go Magic

Tortoise

Beacons Of Ancestorship

Say Hello, Wavves Goodbye: Nathan Williams Interviewed

Days before Nathan Williams' onstage game of silly buggers at Primavera, Al Denney caught up with the petulant Wavves mainman

Iggy Pop

Preliminaires

Baltimore Tykes Ponytail Get Juvenile

Al Denney talks to the hyper foursome about pop, T.I's babes and babies

David Sitek: Has The Producer’s Profligacy Outstripped His Talent?

Let's be honest, Dear Science wasn't all it was cracked up to be. But, asks Al Denney, is the reason because David Sitek isn't the producer that he's cracked up to be?

Micachu & The Shapes

Jewellery

Lithops

Ye Viols

These Are Powers On Bringing The Noise & Not Being A Rock Band

Former members of Liars and sundry American noise talk to Alex Denney about the genesis of pan-American trio These Are Powers

Women

Women

Kid Sister To Do Bad Thing With Usher

Myspace Bard In Coke U-Turn Shocker

You won't see Lily 'Smile' through gritted teeth - because she's totally not into coke, m'kay?

Ronson, Eno Up For Production Prize

Bernard Butler and Steve Mac also among hopefuls for London bash

Tanlines: Ex Don Caballero And Professor Murder Boys Make Music For Web 3.0

Global mutant pop versus postmodern culture and its attendant dogs of unreality. Ruff!

Hack White: ‘Stripes Star Interviews Blanchett

Jackie Dubya shoots the shit with Aussie actress

Estelle Slams Paxman For Dizzee Affront

Rascal taken for an "idiot" by _Newsnight_ presenter, says r 'n' b star

Mozzer’s Years Of Refusal Track Listing

Add 'When Last I Spoke to Carol' to your list of 'priceless' Morrissey song titles

Eno To Soundtrack Peter Jackson’s New Film

Er... Needles In The Camel's Eye Of Sauron? Not really, no.

Rakes To Drop A Klanger

London-based post-punkers relocate to Berlin - a bit like the Bad Seeds, then

Drop It Like It’s Potted: Snoop Sells Shed

Doggfather puts Dogghouse on ebay