We return with our latest round-up, which includes yet another truly sublime Classic of the Week for your lucky selves...
Tag Archives: trip-hop
This hotly tipped new Scottish trio display an eclectic mix of alternative and electronic influences on their superb new single...
As the electro-pop act returns after 19 years, we catch up with a pioneering songwriter still doing his own thing...
In the mood for a folk track that believes there’s more to the genre than just ripping off Laura Marling?...
The Sussex-based artist releases not one but two singles at once – and you can hear them both first here...
Moody duo Living Dead Girl show that trip-hop is alive and kicking, at least when given an injection of synth-pop Portishead...
‘Young Burns’ sees the aptly named Romanian act Fine, It’s Pink engaging in melodic dreaminess that belies their psych-rock tag...
A more leftfield cut this week as siblings Gem And Eye fuse dream pop, trip-hop and Balearica to soul-soothing effect...
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How I wrote 'Zombie' by The Cranberries' Dolores O'Riordan
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Interview: Roxanne de Bastion
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How I wrote ‘Beds Are Burning’ by Midnight Oil’s Rob Hirst
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How I wrote 'Enola Gay' by OMD's Andy McCluskey
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16 song starters
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Enter MusicGurus' songwriting competition with Guy Chambers
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How I wrote 'Turning Japanese' by The Vapors' David Fenton
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How I wrote 'I Alone' by Live's Ed Kowalczyk
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How I wrote 'Food For Thought' by UB40's Robin Campbell
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