Vamp

March 2013, Richmond, Virginia. Matthew E White's Big Inner album has become a minor word-of-mouth sensation: a country-soul fantasia, saturated with lavish horn and string arrangements, mostly recorded in the attic of his Richmond house (You can read my 2013 interview with Matthew E White here).

2015 has already got off to a good start, with Foxcatcher and Whiplash coming later this month (although I’m afraid I really didn’t like either Birdman or American Sniper).

Folk-rock Von Trapps’ generation game...

“I’m always experimenting… Sometimes you don’t know what you’re looking for until you find it”

As he turns 80, Cohen quietly rages against the world with his darkest record for decades...

Straight outta Memphis: a soul-drenched renaissance...

Kim Gordon will publish her autobiography, Girl In A Band, in February 2015.

Jam - deluxe-packed! The legendary Fillmore stand just got longer...

Petty and band return with their hardest-rocking album in 25 years. Oh yeah, all right!

Third Man maverick shows little sign of mellowing on wild and witty second solo album...