As the Beeb celebrates its centenary, we take a look at its most memorable pop moments, from the birth of grime to the first sightings of Bob Dylan and Bob Marley, plus TOTP goes Madchester and countless classic Peel sessions
July 2022
‘An old strain of English magic had returned’: stars on why they fell in love with Kate Bush
As a new generation continues to discover her via Running Up That Hill, musicians including Sharon Van Etten and Brian Molko reveal how the singer changed their lives
September 2019
The Futureheads: Powers review – a welcome return
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July 2019
Latitude festival review – stylish, dramatic and surprisingly edgy
It may be the most middle-class of events, but pink sheep, Scottish sarcasm and Stereophonics singalongs notwithstanding, it was still classy
July 2016
Barry Hyde and the Malody Ensemble – a brave and powerful confessional
The Futureheads frontman revisits a decade of mental illness in a haunting, darkly funny and deeply moving set
April 2016
'I got my life backwards': Futurehead Barry Hyde on mental illness and his solo album Malody
Hyde was 19 when he had his first music success – and his first manic episode. He talks about his mental health issues and how his new solo album brought respite
January 2016
New band of the week
New band of the week: Shields (No 85)
Slick, soaring electropop with a candy coating designed to give you a sugar high
June 2013
Rockness – review
The booking and scheduling may have felt patchy, but pinch-yourself beautiful views of Loch Ness, relentless beats and the heavy, heavy monster sound of Madness won over the crowds, writes Malcolm Jack
November 2012
The Northerner
Brighter times ahead for live music in Sunderland?
Wearside music promoter Dan Carson previews Independent 2 and talks to owner Paul Smiles and lead promoter Ben Wall
September 2012
The Northerner
Johnny Lydon is headline act at Sunderland festival
The former Sex Pistols lead singer is bringing his band to the Split Festival to the delight of music fans, new guest blogger James Hunt reports
May 2012
The Northerner
Sunderland and music: the people, the place, the culture.
The Northerner
A football stadium, a mammoth promotions corporation and 'infrastructure' maketh not a music scene
The Northerner
The Sunderland sound - where credit is REALLY due
The Northerner
What lies behind the success of Futureheads, Field Music and the rest of the Wearside Sound?
August 2010
Everything Everything: Man Alive
The Mancunians fill their debut album with ideas – in fact, reckons, Maddy Costa, too many of them for the music's good
June 2010
This week's festival news
Evolution festival
December 2009
The Guardian's Music Podcast
Music Weekly: Noughties review
We look back on the last decade with the people who shaped the sounds of the noughties, including Erol Alkan, Paul Epworth and Wiley
August 2008
Playlist
Playlist: Ross Millard
The Futureheads guitarist is partial to a spot of Tom Waits and Neil Diamond, provided their songs are odes to others and lovers. Here's proof, in his playlist of dedicatory songs
May 2008
Pop, World and Jazz CD releases
The Futureheads - This Is not the World | Martina Topley Bird - The Blue God | The Pigeon Detectives - Emergency | Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Lie Down in the Light | Mick Hucknall - Tribute to Bobby | Tom Richards - Orchestra Smoke and Mirrors
