The most illuminating Twitter action from the festival
January 2009
Introducing your new favourite bands
Who will be 2009's MGMT, Ting Tings or Duffy? Caroline Sullivan asks music industry tastemakers who they expect to set the pop world alight in the next 12 months
July 2008
Singles club
Songs that say 'Up yours, Radio 1!'
Pickard of the pops
Sam Sparro - 21st-century Life
June 2008
Sam Sparro gallery
Sam Sparro, one of the stars of the year so far, takes his electro-pop to Bristol for the 02 Wireless Weekender. Our photographer followed him
May 2008
In the news
BBC acknowledges public resentment over Eurovision 'fix'
In the news: It's sour grapes all round today, as a nation licks its wounds over another Eurovision defeat and Sam Sparro is beaten to No 1 by Madonna
This bird can sing
In anticipation of his summer festival appearances, Sam Sparro remembers his first experience at Coachella
Sam Sparro
Free as a bird
Sam Sparro, Sam Sparro
April 2008
CD releases
Sam Sparro | Portishead | Crystal Castles | dEUS | Lonely Drifter Karen | Brad Mehldau Trio
Sam Sparro, Sam Sparro
Peter Robinson praises a crisp dance album whose lead single ponders the existence of God
Singles club
Dance lessons
Black Kids' I'm Not Gonna Teach... survives some over-zealous production, No Age keeps its distinctive and beautifully messed up sound and Sam Sparro does classic and commercial. And that's just for starters
February 2008
New band of the week
No 271: Sam Sparro
Paul Lester, the new-band tester, suggests you should invest your time in this musician who croons like a slightly raspier Stevie Wonder
