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Electronic music duo Fuck Buttons: is this music?

('Aatish Pattni',) — Mon, 03 May 2010 10:00:00 -0000

From Worcester via Bristol to the world, schoolfriends Andrew Hung and Benjamin John Power are fiddling with some old machines across a table in order to make some music. The universal sound goes by ‘drone, pop, noise’

Music in December: Sally Shapiro, Empire of The Sun and Múm

Sun, 20 Dec 2009 18:25:14 -0000

Featuring: album of the month from Polish rock-turned-pop star Agnieszka Chylinska, favourite disc of the month from an Australian award-winning electronica duo and a tracklist from Paris to keep you warm this winter

The Wankin' Noodles, four boys from Rennes who sing about girls

('Nabeelah Shabbir',) — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:09:24 -0000

Romain, Regis, Jean-Sylvain and Guillame went from being graphic design, cinema, information technology and literature students, to being backed by big names as France's latest post-teenage kicks band. Quick catch up with the twelve-eyed foursome at the Transmusicales festival in their hometown

Nostalgia: Sweden's top of the pops in the nineties

('Anj',) — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:00:00 -0000

Swedish hits had the whole world bopping around from 1989 to 1999 thanks to artists such as Neneh Cherry, her brother Eagle Eye, Ace of Base and The Cardigans: a selection of the best Swedish music videos from the end of the 20th century

The Russian music rundown

('Lydia Bigos',) — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:43:37 -0000

As the Eurovision song contest 2009 final takes place in Russia on 16 May, we check out the pop, hip hop and even central Asian choirs marking its music scene today. Music videos

Music editors pick: Mogwai, Disco Drive and Maria Peszek

('Francesca Barca',) — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 12:42:15 -0000

Spanish pop, Scottish post-rock, Franco-American bluegrass, Italian punk experimental and Polish sex scandal songs - the editorial team's soundtrack of 2008

Iva Bittová: ‘Czech politicians only think about becoming famous’

('Kate Martin',) — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 12:17:22 -0000

But the violinist, singer and actress loves Obama. Daughter of a Slovak mother and Moravian father, she recently moved to New York from the Czech Republic. At fifty, she embodies a type of music which is sophisticated, warm and popular

Music in July: Carla Bruni, E-Quad, Ari Koivunen

('mani sharpe',) — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:00:00 -0000

French First Ladies, Dutch idealists, Italian poets-cum-abrasive rockers and Finnish 'Rock Idols' – it's Europe's monthly music picks