Even before the Sex Pistols imploded, the punk rock formula was already being spliced and dissected up North, re-imagined as something less merchandise-minded.

From Poco to Eno, Caravan to Creedence, 15 extraordinary 1970s albums that, undeservedly, have slipped through the net ...

Our resident metalhead Robin Askew ranks the greatest heavy metal LPs ever committed to vinyl Well, this was a tough one.

In June, Ian is to release his latest album, No Names, which will in turn be followed by a full band tour with dates in Todmorden and Southport before ending the year at the famous 100 Club in London.

Barry Sutton first picked up a guitar as a teenager and hasn't looked back since ...

Queen’s second album, Queen II, home to the single “Seven Seas of Rhye” and Mick Rock’s iconic cover shot, will be expanded into a lavish box set this spring with the addition of previously unreleased ...

Mumford & Sons have just released their second album in under a year and are getting their heads around being top of the ...

COMMENT: The powerhouse indie singer refused to go on with the charade of an arena full of fans filming on their phones, and released an ecstatic energy with her demand to ‘be present’, writes ...

The October 15, 1981 edition of Top of the Pops, presented by David ‘Kid’ Jensen, had its usual diverse line-up: BA Robertson and Maggie Bell, Squeeze, Altered Images, Dave Stewart and Barbara Gaskin, ...

Florence Welch is one of the UK’s best live acts – and a moment of magic at her O2 gig sealed it - COMMENT: The powerhouse indie singer refused to go on with the charade of an arena full of fans ...

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms' (AKOTSK), with its grounded, "small-scale" approach, has managed to heal the "fantasy fatigue ...

Ahead of World Book Day on Thursday, Guardian music writers pick out the musicians whose literary references illuminated them – from Adam Ant on Joe Orton to the National on Grace Paley ...