DJ Disasters: Mr Fogg
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 ArticleOnes To Watch -Tribes
This time last year, the intense glare that hovers over the music scene like a frantic prison spotlight during a breakout shone shakily on Tribes, heralding them as the latest group of...
View ArticleNew Noise Live - January
Having spluttered and cursed our way up the A39 for an impatient hour, inches from a bumbling silver Punto, we arrive in Minehead for ATPs Nightmare Before Christmas later than planned. But we remain...
View ArticleShelf Life: Rub A Dub
To outsiders, Glasgow can seem a remarkably unified place. For those who reside within the city, though, nothing could be further from the truth. Glasgow's famous thirst for electronic music has...
View ArticleSwan Song - Evan Dando
How would you spend your last day alive? The Lemonheads’ Evan Dando will be falling out of the sky... Where would you like to wake up? Somewhere I’ve never been before. I’ve never been to Nepal; I’d...
View ArticleKnow The Score - Haywire
A new score from David Holmes, in cinemas January 18th. The David Holmes / Stephen Soderbergh connection continues with this thriller centred on a double-crossed black ops agent. Holmes delivers a...
View ArticleTop Ten: Golden Age Of Hip Hop
Let a man reminisce on a Friday afternoon won't you? Today's Top Ten list attempts to share some of the highlights from the golden age of Hip Hop, generally accepted to run from 1986 to 1992....
View ArticleTheir Library: Craig Finn
A domineering talent in multiple groups for almost two decades, believe it or not Craig Finn has never gone solo. Until now, that is. Drafting new material, the songwriter began to notice that his...
View ArticleThe Final Frontier -DJ Food Interview
Odd things happen to a man after eleven years away. Readjusting back into regular society can be a painful process, but eventually you need to just suck it up, slip off the over-sized helmet and step...
View ArticleSingles Round Up - 16th January
Things are picking up now as the record industry shakes off it's festive hangover and we start getting some prime releases to help us all towards that end of January pay day. This week's batch of...
View ArticleLaura Gibson x Dear Reader
Personality Clash - the place where friendships are fostered, partnerships are launched and collaborations founded. We pit two artists against one another, allowing the creative sparks to fly. This...
View ArticleThe Clash Social Forecast
2011 was clearly bonkers. In 2012 we await the apocalypse, at the very least, as our financial institutions melt away, and many are left without jobs. Here we present a handful of key predictions that...
View ArticleOnes To Watch - Lady Leshurr
Contrary to popular belief, grime is not dead. Although the likes of Dizzee Rascal may have stepped over into the mainstream tabernacle what seems like a digital age ago now, the scene may be whirling...
View ArticleGlobal Playlist: Cuba
Cuba is at once instantly familiar yet frustratingly unknowable. There is a picture postcard image of the island, one carefully fostered by the Communist government. Yet beneath this, the realities of...
View ArticleDefault: Django Django
Egyptian electro pop. Indie dancehall. The real wonder of the internet isn’t the genres it’s spawned but the genres it hasn’t – why, with the wonder at their fingertips, do so many bands make such...
View ArticleA Letter From... Canada #7
Welcome to 2012! Now that the new years parties and holiday dinners are out of the way, it's about time we started to get excited about Canadian music! The year ahead already looks promising! March...
View ArticleCasiokids: Guide To Bergen
Casiokids stick to their guns. The Norwegian group's sound hinges on a beat up old keyboard - hence the name - and despite numerous offers they refuse to replace it. Singing in Norwegian, the joyous...
View ArticleWax Analysis #3
A UK special this one and in the words of one Mark E Smith it's time to leave the capital! ...well not just yet but it must be said its over-rated, expensive and there’s no need to paraphrase Marc...
View Article10 Things You Never Knew About... Chuck Berry
Chuck Berry helped invent rock ‘n’ roll some sixty years ago and has been kicking its behind ever since. It’s not been a smooth ride… 1. Chuck Berry once opened a restaurant called The Southern Air in...
View ArticleEating The Factory: Guided By Voices
Guided By Voices aren't a band to blast into your life. Instead, they're a band to be sipped, savoured, adored. If they were a partner, Guided By Voices would take until the third date to charm you,...
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