Badly Drawn Boy webchat: your questions answered on Springsteen, About a Boy and writing in his sleep
Ahead of his first album in eight years, Banana Skin Shoes, the artist otherwise known as Damon Gough spoke about film soundtracks, ‘the world going crazy’ and giving up alcohol
July 2018
Ranked
Every Mercury prize-winning album – ranked!
Following the announcement of this year’s nominees, we run the rule over the 26 albums that have earned the crown, from Klaxons and James Blake to M People and Talvin Singh
March 2016
New band of the week
New band of the week: Andy Shauf (No 95)
Canadian singer-songwriter whose forthcoming album of lush chamber-pop is full of awkward characters and lovely atmospherics
August 2015
Jazz Summers obituary
The best original photographs from the Observer
Original Observer photography: July 2015
July 2015
Badly Drawn Boy review – returning hero welcomed with kisses
Badly Drawn Boy: ‘Music has saved me in a lot of ways’
April 2015
Badly Drawn Boy's Bewilderbeast tour is cause for genuine celebration
The quite and fame-phobic Damon Gough’s career became overshadowed by his classic seminal album. Now he has a chance to embrace its success
September 2014
Music blog
See me after the show: when pop stars attack their own audiences
From Kanye West’s face-off with a fan over a diamond-encrusted mask to Badly Drawn Boy’s on-stage meltdown, why do so many musicians pick fights with their own crowds?
October 2013
Gomez, Ms Dynamite and M People: how we spent our Mercury prize winnings
Unlike the Brits, a Mercury prize win comes with a fat cheque attached. So who lost theirs, who gave it to charity, and who spent it all on beer
June 2012
Music blog
Why does Bruce Springsteen make middle-aged men behave like teenagers at their first pop show?
Dorian Lynskey: For all the everyman gestures, what the Boss really does is remind his fans how perfect and ridiculous pop can be
August 2011
Magic Loungeabout festival (day 3) – review
Ed Sheeran proved the day's big draw in an expensive, posh pop-festival experience, writes Dave Simpson
April 2011
Music blog
New music exclusive: Badly Drawn Boy – Is There Nothing We Could Do?
Michael Cragg: To promote the Manchester Aid to Kosovo charity album, Badly Drawn Boy performs this elegiac acoustic track
December 2010
Badly Drawn Boy apologises for onstage meltdown
Badly Drawn Boy has onstage meltdown in LA
October 2010
Badly Drawn Boy - review
If he carries on like this, Damon Gough will one day put on a show devoid of bumbling and quirks, and where's the fun in that, writes Caroline Sullivan
September 2010
Badly Drawn Boy: It's What I'm Thinking: Part 1 - Photographing Snowflakes
Damon Gough has rediscovered the qualities that made him such a prospect a decade ago, says a delighted Dave Simpson
December 2009
Badly Drawn Boy: Is There Nothing We Could Do?
After a break of three years, Badly Drawn Boy brings us a delightful collection inspired by Caroline Aherne's new film, writes Luke Bainbridge
November 2009
Paul Morley's showing off ...
Badly Drawn Boy performs The Shining
Paul Morley's showing off ...
Badly Drawn Boy performs Is There Nothing We Could Do?