White Bicycles: Joe Boyd
Relaxing by the pool following a show at Sydney Opera House, Joe Boyd has every reason to look to the future. Yet the producer is Down Under to work on the Nick Drake tribute ‘Way To Blue’, a project...
View ArticleDeath Row : Catalysing Chemicals – Suge and Tupac
Clash presents the further adventures of Nina Bhadreshwar from during her stint working for Death Row Records in Los Angeles in the mid 90s. Today's feature focuses on her friendship with Tupac Shakur...
View ArticleLabel Profile: Memphis Industries
It's a difficult time for independent music. What with the rise of illegal downloading, the problems facing the British high street and, y'know, rioters burning entire back catalogues simply getting...
View ArticleThird Time's A Charm - The Horrors
If we all don’t die Mayan-style come 2012 The Horrors will have a pretty spectacular year to look back on. With third album ‘Skying’ the group have managed to catapult themselves into the mainstream...
View ArticleDJ Disasters: Brodinski
Every DJ has one. A night when everything that can possibly go wrong does - and it does so in spectacular fashion. ClashMusic brings you DJ Disasters, featuring some of the most respected figures in...
View ArticleA Letter From... Scandinavia #5
Norway's hardcore scene has a deep and often undocumented history. The influences from American DIY idealisms reappear in the decade-long Blitz scene, a radical squat in the centre of town, as well as...
View ArticleClash Talks To Carhartt's Philipp Maiburg
Earlier this week Clash caught up with the brains behind the music at streetwear brand Carhartt, Philipp Maiburg, to find out more about their recent collaboration with Modeselektor, their own radio...
View ArticleThe Top 40 Albums Of 2011: 40 - 31
You read the full list of our Top 40 Albums Of 2011, now read why we chose each of the long players beginning today at numbers 40 to 31 with appearances by Danger Mouse's collaborative 'Rome' project,...
View ArticleA Letter From... Wales #1
Sadly the days of SWN festival (http://www.swnfest.com) are a long, hard month behind us now. Yet after those four wonderful days spent in tightly rammed venues across Cardiff listening to new and...
View ArticleTheir Library: Dan Mangan
In his native Canada, Dan Mangan is already a celebrated songwriter. An analytic eye, combined with soothing acoustic textures have brought Dan Mangan across the board acclaim. Nominated for the...
View ArticleThe Top 40 Albums Of 2011: 30 - 21
Clash continues it's in-depth rundown of it's Top 40 Albums of 2011 with Ryan Adams, Matthew Bennett, Florence And The Machine, The Low Anthem, Bon Iver, Explosions In The Sky, Bibio, Wilco, M83 and...
View ArticleGrand Voyagers - The Black Keys Interview
When it comes down to it, very few things in life are constant. Jobs, partners, friends and even cities all come and go as the journey of existence unfolds. However, for the tumultuous life of one of...
View ArticleScottish Winds: Frightened Rabbit
It’s tough being Scottish. Somewhere between a province and a nation, Scotland ticks both boxes but enjoys neither category. Perhaps that’s why the country produces so many earnest, passionate...
View ArticleThe Top 40 Albums Of 2011: 20 - 11
Clash continues it's in-depth rundown of it's Top 40 Albums of 2011 with DJ Shadow, Lykke Li, Gruff Rhys, Planningtorock, Beastie Boys, Wild Beasts, King Creosote and Jon Hopkins, Fleet Foxes, Bjork...
View ArticleRapture & Verse #5
Hip-hop in 2011...hmm. Where former tough guy emcees or rappers of promise were found mostly chatting over Euro-house and eulogising about morning-after apocalypses should anyone not dance the right...
View ArticleAcid Mothers Temple: Tour Diary
More than forty years on from the Summer of Love, some groups are still trying to smash down the doors of perception. Formed in Japan, Acid Mothers Temple are responsible for stretching the psych rock...
View ArticleThe Top 40 Albums Of 2011: 10 - 6
Clash continues it's in-depth rundown of it's Top 40 Albums of 2011 with Zomby, My Morning Jacket, Adele, The Kills and Metronomy. - 10. ZOMBY ‘Dedication’ Snooping around a smoky limbo whilst...
View ArticleA Letter From... Northern Ireland #5
2011 has been an outstanding year for music in Northern Ireland, but that should come as no surprise for a country seeped to the core in musical talent. The last 12 months have had their fair share of...
View ArticleTop Ten: Alternative 60s
For many, the 60s remain the de facto period for pop music. After all, this is the decade which invented the term rock, gave the world Woodstock and spawned the record industry machinery which still...
View ArticleThe Top 40 Albums Of 2011: 5 - 1
Clash concludes it's in-depth rundown of it's Top 40 Albums of 2011 with Radiohead, Battles, PJ Harvey, The Horrors and Modeselektor. - 5. Radiohead ‘The King Of Limbs’ Subversive and claustrophobic,...
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