Music review - The Noisettes

On the ubiquitous critics' lists of über-cool pop babes destined to hit the big time this year – see La Roux, Little Boots, Lady Gaga – one name was conspicuous by its absence.
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Music review - Elbow

"You need forgiveness when you've been in a band this long," says Elbow's Guy Garvey, squinting into the lights. Forgiveness for what, you wonder?
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Music review - Emmy the Great

It's a bold and, some might say, foolish singer that pronounces herself great before she's got her career off the ground.
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Heaven knows I'm happy now - Top Of The Pops returns

The year was 1984. It was a damp Thursday night, and I was a moody 11-year-old marooned on the sofa in a dark corner of the West Country watching Top of the Pops.
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Music review - Kings of Leon

They're hard workers, I'll give them that. Ever since they first appeared in 2003, the Kings of Leon have toured relentlessly, criss-crossing the globe and – if you believe the stories – leaving a trail of ravished maidens and STDs in their wake.
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Music review - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

The last time I saw Nick Cave he was shopping for groceries in Marks & Spencer. It's not a sight you expect to see – the latter-day harbinger of the apocalypse clutching a wire basket and scanning the ready-meal section.
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Music review - Ida Maria, Komedia, Brighton

'I'm sorry I haven't broken a rib yet," remarks Ida Maria, the Riot Grrl-esque punk-pop diva and, if you're seduced by the hype, Scandinavia's hottest new export.
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Guns 'n' Roses and the lost album

It's taken 14 years, but Guns N' Roses finally release their sixth album tomorrow. Will it be worth the wait? Late, says Fiona Sturges, doesn't always mean great
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Indie icon required

There's a vacancy for a feisty female to represent the current musical scene, says Fiona Sturges. And, with the demise of The Long Blondes this week, their lead singer Kate Jackson could be just the woman for the job
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Sarah Silverman: Woman on the edge

When Sarah Silverman performs her first British stand-up show tonight, no taboo will go unbroken. But is she merely a pretty girl with a filthy mouth, or is there more to her comedy than equal-opportunities offensiveness? By Fiona Sturges
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Dark Star

Twenty years after her death, Nico – actress, singer, model and muse – is more revered than ever, says Fiona Sturges
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Memphis Belle

Fiona Sturges meets Amy LaVere, the multi-talented singer and actress
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Philip Glass: Confessions of a chameleon

He's worked with everyone from Scorsese to Bowie to Doris Lessing. On the eve of a major retrospective, the composer Philip Glass spills his session-room secrets
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Music review - The Gutter Twins, Komedia, Brighton

They could be secondary schoolteachers. If you saw them setting up for an afternoon's busking you would probably hold on to your change, assuming a dreary MOR rock band.
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Music review - White Denim

"More cowbell!" cries a man in a severe state of excitement. It's not necessarily what you expect to hear at a gig from one of the most hotly tipped garage rock bands of the year, but then White Denim don't do things by the book.
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