Distancing himself even further from the intense Nick Drake-esque folk troubadour he presented himself as on 2002 debut The Creek Drank the Cradle, South Carolina singer-songwriter Samuel Beam, aka Iron and Wine, has decided to […]
Brad Paisley has always prided himself on his ability to throw the odd curveball into his mainstream Nashville sound, particularly on his last album, 2011’s This Is Country Music, which roped in guest artists as […]
Despite being busted for coke possession at the beginning of his chart-dominating reign, Bruno Mars is still pretty much regarded as the kind of wholesome soul boy crooner you could take home to your parents […]
One of the few acts to actively embrace the trailer trash culture, valley girl Ke$ha arrived on the pop scene in 2009 with an image that appeared to have been modelled on the ‘intergalactic hooker’ […]
Ever since Irish comedian Ed Byrne mercilessly tore “Ironic” apart to reveal, ironically, just how much it had failed to grasp the concept of irony, it’s become difficult to take Alanis Morissette’s 1996 signature hit […]
Conceived after her marriage to producer Swizz Beats and the birth of her son, Egypt, Alicia Keys has claimed that her fifth studio album, Girl On Fire, shows how she now sees the world with […]
Music critics are as capable of kneejerk reactions and second-guessing public opinion as much as anyone. Who can forget the flurry of five stars that Oasis’ hugely bloated Be Here Now was showered with by journalists terrified […]
It seems fair to say that Rihanna has gained something of a troubled reputation over 2012, what with the incriminating Coachella photos, her increasingly hedonistic lifestyle and the soap opera that is her association with […]
Virtually inescapable during 2012, One Direction have capitalised on the power of social media to become the UK’s biggest teen-pop export since the Spice Girls despite possessing little in the way of star quality, personality or […]
Almost making Guns N’ Roses‘ work-rate appear prolific, Aerosmith’s 15th studio album, Music From Another Dimension!, has reportedly been in production since 2006. But thanks to a series of distractions ranging from on-stage injuries to stints […]
