Talent 2010

You might think that Coco Sumner – frontwoman of the band I Blame Coco – has an unfair advantage over her indie-pop rivals this year. Coco is the daughter of Sting and Trudie Styler, one of the wealthiest, most famous and eminently slappable celebrity couples on the planet.
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Wilco: Saddled up for the long haul

Fiona Sturges talks to Wilco's Jeff Tweedy about longevity against the odds and a dream comeback
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The grime of his life

Lethal Bizzle's uncompromising, personal, lyrics have put him in the political spotlight and led to racist attacks. With his new album moving up the charts, he tells Fiona Sturges what drives him
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Music review - The xx, Audio, Brighton

In an era where stadium-sized rock bands such as Muse create towering symphonies and sing in a register of permanent panic, the south-west London four-piece the xx trade refreshingly in subtlety and understatement...
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The boy in the corner

On 'Pop Idol', he fought Simon Cowell – and won. On the slippery slopes of the record industry, he kept his feet and triumphed with four platinum albums. On stage, he was lauded for playing Coward. On screen, he shone alongside Judi Dench and Bob Hoskins. And on 'Question Time', he dumbfounded the critics to send ratings sky-high. So why, with a greatest-hits album on the way, has Will Young spent the past decade in outright terror? By Fiona Sturges
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Scare tactics

Fiona Sturges on the Hammer horror film posters with real bite
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The return of the concept album

Concept albums used to be the most hideous emblem of conceit in rock bands, so why are they now acceptable? By Fiona Sturges
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Brighton beautiful on the big screen

Armed with a map and an MP3 player, Fiona Sturges takes a new film tour of the Sussex city
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Act of Faith

Burlesque, magic and modelling – Paloma Faith has done it all. Fiona Sturges meets the multi-talented star
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Theatre review - Quadrophenia, Theatre Royal, Brighton

"The battle of Brighton" cried the Argus newspaper in 1964 after the mods and rockers descended on the seaside town for a violent face-off.
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Back to black

Writing his first novel almost killed Nick Cave, the rock'n'roller says. He is in a better place now: Hove. But that has only served to make his work darker.
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The Stone Roses - a 'classic' that is nothing but fool's gold

The Stone Roses may have been the most overrated band ever, claims Fiona Sturges. So why are people getting excited about the re-release of their self-titled debut album?
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Moby: 'To my shame, I liked the attention'

Since 'Play' carried him into the homes of millions – and into countless adverts – 10 years ago, the famously outspoken Moby has mellowed somewhat. Maybe there's an art to it, writes Fiona Sturges
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Away with the fairies

Natasha Khan, aka Bat for Lashes, sings of a hippy-dippy universe of woodlands and wizards. Fiona Sturges enters her world
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Refugee from Soviet Kitsch

Regina Spektor's family fled Moscow for the United States but, she tells Fiona Sturges, it was a conversation on an Israeli mountain that began her transition to New York alt-folk darling
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