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A flip of the Coyne: The Flaming Lips singer and 'nicest man in rock' shows his dark, difficult side
While others have self-destructed or fallen by the wayside, psychedelic pop visionaries the Flaming Lips are still going strong after 25 years. Their frontman Wayne Coyne tells Craig McLean why, if his band stick to natural highs, toys and fancy-dress costumes, they'll never turn into 'assholes' like Arcade Fire
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Haunting: ENO revive 'The Turn of the Screw'
Friday, 16 October 2009
A revival of Benjamin Britten's spine-chilling adaptation of Henry James's 'The Turn of the Screw', by English National Opera, opens next week. Jessica Duchen is haunted by the power of ghost stories set to music
Caught in the Net: Back to the other Charlotte
Friday, 16 October 2009
As if it wasn't a productive year already for Charlotte Gainsbourg, what with all that genital mutilation in Lars Von Trier's Antichrist, she's also gone back into a recording studio to follow up her excellent 2006 album 5.55. The first song to emerge from it is "IRM", and it's available for free from charlottegainsbourg.com.
Double-A prospect with XX factor
Friday, 16 October 2009
The young London four-piece with the small name have a similarly minimalist sound. But, says Chris Mugan, after a critically acclaimed album, they are a double-A prospect
Dancehall dreams: The roots of reggae
Friday, 16 October 2009
A new documentary on the emergence of reggae paints a vivid picture of social upheaval and musical brilliance. By Elisa Bray
My Fantasy Band: Tinchy Stryder
Friday, 16 October 2009
The Barometer: Luke Haines; Cant; Cate le Bon; Sufjan Stevens; RJLC; Japandroids
Friday, 16 October 2009
The 25 best music websites
Friday, 16 October 2009
Elisa Bray sifts through the plethora of emerging and established websites
How to get ahead in hip-hop
Wednesday, 14 October 2009
50 Cent's new book is a guide to making millions from music. And UK rappers are learning fast, says Matilda Egere-Cooper
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4 Album: Alexandra Burke, Overcome (Syco/Sony)
5 Indy Choice: Best of the new books
6 Why would any writer make up stories about the Holocaust?
7 Has the original Labyrinth been found?
8 Beyoncé and Lady Gaga unite for 'Video Phone' clip: music news recap
9 Indy Choice: Best of the new films
10 'Every sperm is sacred': Terry Jones' favourite Monty Python sketches
11 Indy Choice: Best of the new music
12 Nudge, nudge: Eric Idle on 40 years of Monty Python
13 The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus, Terry Gilliam, 123 Mins, (12A)
14 A flip of the Coyne: The Flaming Lips singer and 'nicest man in rock' shows his dark, difficult side
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1 The Defence of the Realm, By Christopher Andrew
2 'Every sperm is sacred': Terry Jones' favourite Monty Python sketches
3 Suspect Picasso is dusted for fingerprints
4 The winners of this year's National Poetry Competition
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Last Night's Television: Kimberley: Young Mum Ten Years On
Who Killed The Honey Bee?, BBC4
6 Great rock'n'roll swindle fools the father of Britpop
7 Ox-Tales: Earth, Air, Fire and Water, various authors
9 Christian protests may leave Philip Pullman's trilogy as one of a kind
10 Ordinary people: Extraordinary paintings
11 Seun Kuti: 'I'm crazy. My father was, too'
12 Terry Jones sheds light on his 'dark suppositions' about Chaucer's death
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1Blair for President? 'Not necessarily a good idea,' says his former adviser
2We asked you: Could you really stomach Tony Blair as EU President? These are your responses
3BNP attacks fellow 'Question Time' panellists
4Leading article: We won't get fooled again
5Royal Mail will hire 30,000 extra workers to beat strike
6The Emperor's New Clothes: We debunk 50 received wisdoms of modern Britain
7Mortgage borrowers face tough new incomes rule
8Festival of light that's heavy on the calories
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