The Best Is Yet To Come... (although 2008 was pretty cool)

10:34am Wednesday 31st December 2008

What a glorious old year it’s been… we’ve been caked in festival mud, doused in sweat and ropy lager at the Academy, and moshed everywhere ‘til it hurt.

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Merry metal

2:12pm Thursday 18th December 2008

Remember when you couldn't go to a Christmas gig without being accosted by the faux-Nordic jangle of sleigh bells, cheap streamers and backing vocals by a saccharine children’s choir?

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It's time to party

2:06pm Thursday 18th December 2008

Tacky, tasteful, noisy and funky. Music Editor Tim Hughes gives you the musical lowdown on where to celebrate the festive season in style. Anyone for Slade?

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Roots Manoeuvre

11:04am Friday 28th November 2008

Jolie Holland’s emotive Texan-infused sound has benefited from a writing retreat in New Zealand.

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Getting Blitzed

10:51am Friday 28th November 2008

There’s nothing fluffy about Oxford band The Half Rabbits, as Tim Hughes discovers.

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Party Time Planner!

11:33am Friday 21st November 2008

* Since forming in March 2007, Twin Atlantic, above, have become underground rock idols. The Glasgow band, who have previously supported The Subways in Oxford, and the likes of The Smashing Pumpkins and Biffy Clyro elsewhere, have been likened to Minus The Bear. So if that's your bag, you're in luck.

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In Their Prime

2:40pm Friday 14th November 2008

Over the course of a staggering 26 years Primal Scream have established themselves as a dynamic ever-moving force for change.

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