Stevens cat

Sweetly-observed coming-of-age drama; Plus director Q&A and trailer!

Icy, glamorous synth popsters transform themselves into pastoral folkies

Triumphant soundtrack of covers continues autumnal 'Bobfest'

I was maybe halfway through the entirely improvised new live album by Ghost, when it occurred to me that I might have been fixating on the new psych/folk/freak jams a bit much this past week or so. It was then that I turned to the new album by Beirut, as I have done for the past two or three weeks when I feel the need for tunes, of all things.

But debate is whether it has made a difference to eco-attitudes

One of the first festivals I covered not long after joining Melody Maker in 1974 was in Buxton, a bleak outpost on the Yorkshire Moors, headlined by Rod Stewart and The Faces, as they were increasingly billed after the departure of Ronnie Lane and not long before Rod himself legged it to LA and a subsequent solo career of great success if variable artistic merit.

Second album of Scando-Americana from Sigur Ros label-mates

The cat’s whiskers! Master craftsman returns to traditional Americana on politicised concept album

Winwood and Weller amongst stars to celebrate the life of Jim Capaldi

Cat’s peace train rides again