Courses and circles for aspiring songwriters are becoming popular, but do they help? We check out a workshop in Bristol...
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Time to look back at the great songs and songwriters of the past 12 months. But which were the greatest?...
Mazzy Star-like vocals decorate this release by New York shoegazers Widowspeak, who rise to the occasion for album number two...
The velvet-voiced songstress prepares to return with a sophomore album that’s been four years in the making. So what happened?...
This electro-rock trio may look like they’re all about style, but there’s plenty of substance to their songwriting as well...
Newcastle natives The Narrators make an artform out of dissonance, with their combination of smokey vocals and bristling blues rock...
Spanish five-piece Stand Up Against Heart Crime make a stand against the empty imitators that clutter up the musical landscape...
Dutch Uncles join the celebrated company of Grizzly Bear and Everything Everything, with an album of studious indie pop craft...
The times may be a changing but these revivalists are unwilling to countenance an age outside of the swinging sixties...
Though it may seem to defy musical logic, chorus rhythms are usually longer than verse rhythms. Gary Ewer explains why…...
Nude Beach make their play to join the pantheon of great rock trios with their aptly named, sophomore release ‘II’...
The Blind Dead McJones Band are a real-life incarnation of that blues-rock bar band you secretly wish you were in...
How I wrote 'Mad World' by Tears For Fears' Roland Orzabal
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How we wrote Michael Jackson's 'Man In The Mirror' by Glen Ballard
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How I wrote 'Turning Japanese' by The Vapors' David Fenton
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How I wrote 'Zombie' by The Cranberries' Dolores O'Riordan
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Interview: Mark Owen
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How we wrote ‘Big In Japan’ by Alphaville
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