From Dave Grohl to Ringo Starr: the secrets of star drummers
You get none of the credit and do a lot of the work: who’d be a drummer? Deirdre O’Callaghan asks some of the best in the world. Introduction by Stella Mozgawa of Warpaint
August 2016
New band of the week
New band of the week: THEY. (No 114) – meditative rock for the Drake generation
MTV Classic: a wallow in 90s nostalgia
June 2016
How to write a banger for Beyoncé
The songwriter behind some of Adele, Leona Lewis and Beyonce’s hits reveals the formula behind creating a timeless knockout of a track
May 2016
'This is the pop culture legacy business': JAM Inc manages artists after death
Jeffrey Jampol has become the go-to guy for managing rock estates, preventing the kind of legal chaos that has paralysed many legends’ fortunes
April 2016
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New band of the week
New band of the week: Weaves (No 99)
How A$AP Rocky, Rihanna and Kanye West reinvented grunge style
Music blog
Why Nirvana's In Bloom is busting out all over
March 2016
Police release pictures of gun Kurt Cobain used to kill himself
It is unclear why photos of a detective holding the former Nirvana singer’s gun are being released to the public
February 2016
Music blog
Those Bowie tributes rated – from the Brits to Springsteen, Madonna to Iggy
Come as you are: Nirvana, Patti Smith and PJ Harvey – in pictures
November 2015
Alexis Petridis's album of the week
Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, The Home Recordings review – truly slim pickings, even for superfans
Shortcuts
Smells like Kurt Cobain: his $137,500 cardigan deconstructed
October 2015
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Readers recommend: songs about scandal – results
Moves like Jagger ... and Kylie ... and Björk: Tony Mott's music legends – in pictures
Listen up
Kurt Cobain's Sappy – listen to a track from Montage of Heck: The Home Recordings
Viral video chart
Viral video: The X-Files, Ronnie Pickering, James Corden, Claire Danes
September 2015
Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck soundtrack to be filled with his home recordings
