Beady Eye: Behind The Scenes
When you're doing a cover feature on Beady Eye you don't do it by halves. As such, we asked world renowned…
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Diplo
Diplo punctures any ‘superstar DJ’ preconceptions Diplo, AKA Wesley Pentz, spends his life as an EDM pioneer…
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Musician Muppet Lookalikes
The muppets have a fine musical tradition - who can forget Kermit's heart-rending ballad It's Not Easy Being…
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Hurts
Are Hurts the last truly hedonistic band? ShortList’s Tom Ellen visits Berlin to find out
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Jake Bugg
Twelve months ago, Jake Bugg was just another teenage songwriter. Now, he’s the self-appointed saviour of real…
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Rise of the machines
Ahead of Kraftwerk’s residency at Tate Modern, ShortList’s Mark Beaumont explores the birth of electronica and…
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Bowie: Back to Earth
After 10 years, The Thin White Duke has returned. Bowie biographer Paul Trynka talks the man, the mystery and the…
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Labrinth's Music Style Icons
An interesting fact about singer/producer Labrinth is he once wore a pair of jodhpurs and he wasn't even riding a…
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Bowie Playlist
The ultimate Bowie playlist compiled and written by Bowie biographer Paul Trynka
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Miles Kane Exclusive
If you take a quick look at the news, it's been nothing but horse burgers, blizzards and Pope resignations of…
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Kris Kross Set to Reunite
Unless you've been living a hermetic existence, you'll be aware there's been a recent slew of music comebacks:…
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Shane MacGowan
"If I wasn’t ill, I’d f*cking kick you out right now.” As an opening statement from an interviewee,…
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Robbie Williams
Robbie Williams is going it alone again. Andrew Dickens cornered the refreshingly self-aware pop star to talk…
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Robbie Williams' Guilty Pleasures
What do Carly Rae Jepson, Grease and onesies have in common? While your guess might be every 14-year-old girl in…
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Alternative Music Poster Exhibition
If you like inventive artwork, alternative rock, and – this is the real deal clincher - you happen to be in the…
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The Killers
The Killers are back, and aiming to restore some classic rock‘n’roll to the music scene. ShortList’s Mark…
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Omar's Playlist
Consider Omar Little from The Wire. While he's essentially a homicidal gangster on the mean streets of Baltimore,…
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Graham Coxon
Shoe shopping, clotted cream and sightseeing; Blur’s Graham Coxon talks to ShortList’s Jimi Famurewa about the…
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The Killers favourite things
The Killers have been away for quite some time. So long in fact we'd nearly forgotten what they looked like.…
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Olympics Playlist
While you might find listening to the theme from Chariots of Fire helps you to literally go that extra mile when…
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The Devil’s advocates
Fifty years since they played their first gig, ShortList celebrates The Rolling Stones and asks musicians and…
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Kanye West to make an album of animal noises
After his surprisingly downbeat and self-reflective 2008 album 808s & Heartbreak, it became clear that Kanye…
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Top 10 Olympic Songs
The biggest sporting spectacle on earth deserves an an uplifting, inspirational anthem to match. Unfortunately we…
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The Cure: The Covers
Covers are an essential part of music. For a start they let spotty 15-year-olds dream of rock’n’roll stardom,…
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Paul McCartney
He’s Britain’s greatest musical export, a living legend and, when the Olympics finally arrive, the man who…
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