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The Amy Winehouse Foundation, set up following the singer’s tragic death to help disadvantaged young people, has been chosen by the Mayor of Camden as […]

The 12″ record that triggered a wave of speculation in the global easter egg hunt that was Boards of Canada’s promotional campaign for their new […]

The lovingly-crafted sign above is taken from the Music and Video Exchange in Greenwich, where yours truly was working on Record Store Day last Saturday. […]

A Guardian report has revealed that musicians who make dance music are less likely to be paid royalties than their guitar-toting counterparts – and apparently […]

The long-awaited reappearance of Scottish electronica duo Boards of Canada was, bizarrely, initially broken by comedian Peter Serafinowitz, who referenced their return during a radio […]

When we first heard about this case at the beginning of the year, Universal were attempting to use a technicality from 1972 to force Grooveshark […]

Rough Trade may have posted a 25% increase in sales last quarter, but they’re hardly resting on their laurels. The shop’s latest idea is to […]

Excellent news just prior to Record Store Day (and a nice antidote to the HMV palaver): Rough Trade Shops’ sales grew by a sweet quarter […]

Having your music ripped off is bad enough, without the insult of having it ripped off by Will.i.am. So it’s no wonder that Mat Zo, […]

Obviously the news this week has been dominated by the death of Margaret Thatcher, an Iron Lady who should be either resting or rusting in […]