Arab Strap's Love Detective pleasantly re-emerged in my head from the blue this week, but is paranoia an underused musical emotion? A ...

The ‘godfather of punk’ Iggy Pop was lauded this week for his beguiling and amusing delivery at the fourth annual John Peel lecture in Sa...

Few things are more enjoyable than trying to fit lots of colourful events into just 150 words, luckily this was what the Independent taske...

Delicate prints and clever handmade oddities dominate Madrid's thriving independent crafty stores. An eagerly consumed tour of the trend...

The thriving zine scene typified by new zines and more zine fairs has surprised even the most ardent zinesters in an internet age dominated ...

Joy Division legend Peter Hook is taking requests It's incredible something with as dreadful a name as Napster had such a revolution...

Record Store Day is a slightly different beast in the capital. There's plenty of queues, exclusive releases and in-store gigs but Soho p...

As podcasting marks its tenth anniversary, it's a useful time to reflect on the unique spoken word episodic medium. A self-confessed add...

Barcelona-based record label head honcho and talented marketer Anders Knight is my latest guest over at sister blog Desert Isolation Discs ....

Over at our sister sister site Desert Isolation Discs we have a very special guest… my mother! She was part of the reason I set up the blog...