This week’s reader has listened – and listened again – to your suggestions to produce a list including Cocteau Twins, Queen and Tom Petty
June 2017
Readers recommend
Readers recommend playlist: songs that say what love is
A reader goes through your nominations seeking the meaning of love, with Roxy Music, New Order, Madness and Sade among those offering answers
February 2017
My first love song: musicians remember the soundtracks to their teenage crushes
A shaggy Texan, a firebreathing dancer, Liz Taylor … stars relive their first loves – and the tunes that bring them back
January 2017
Pills, thrill and maracas … Bez and the great dancing mascots of pop explain their craft
When Bez started bouncing around with Happy Mondays, no one could believe their eyes. But is there more to it than popping pills and shaking a tambourine? Three legendary dancers reveal all
December 2016
Best music of 2016
REM, Christine and the Queens, Marilyn and more – our favourite interviews of 2016
Madness review – Nutty Boys have bounce in them yet
November 2016
Christmas culture 2016
The best pop and rock gigs of Christmas 2016 – from Madness to Fatboy Slim
The Nutty Boys and the oldest ravers in town pull out all the stops for a seasonal smackdown
October 2016
Madness: Can’t Touch Us Now review – ska-pop legends as entertaining as ever
Madness: ‘We dressed as coppers and raided the Clash. They didn’t speak to us for five years’
September 2016
Madness pay tribute to Prince Buster – 'A huge impact on everything we did'
Group dedicate their performance of The Prince at BBC festival to the late ska legend
August 2016
Julien Temple to direct film musical of Suggs' My Life Story
A big-screen adaptation of the Madness singer’s stage autobiography will combine live performance and archive clips with dramatised scenes
