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As part of our 20th anniversary coverage we thought it would be interesting to conduct brand new interviews with some of the artists interviewed in our very first issue way back in December 2001.

Radio X picks the best albums to be released in 2020: from the stadium filling sounds of Biffy Clyro and The Killers to great new music from Beabadoobee and DMA's.

One of the most exciting announcements this year centered around the return of Doves and the imminent release of a new album, The Universal Want. The band’s first for 11 years since 2009’s Kingdom of Rust,

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Doves Reschedule Halifax Piece Hall Show To Summer 2022 Monday, 08 March 2021 Doves have rescheduled their Halifax show. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the band will now perform at Piece Hall on June 18, 2022. Original tickets remain valid for the rearranged gig, which will still feature support from Nadine Shah, Pip Blom, and Sfven. In February, Doves moved their first proper album tour in 12 years to 2022 for the same reason. Original tickets will be honoured, and the remainder are...

Doves Reschedule Spring UK and Ireland Tour To 2022 Monday, 08 February 2021 Doves have rescheduled their spring UK and Ireland shows. Due to COVID-19, the band will now embark on their first proper album tour in 12 years in 2022, kicking things off in Cardiff on February 11 and concluding at the O2 Academy Newcastle on March 5. Original tickets will be honoured, and the remainder are on sale. The trio are hitting the road in support of their new album, The Universal Want, which came...

Owing to ongoing coronavirus concerns, Doves have postponed their UK and Ireland tour dates to early in 2022.

Hi folks! Since I have now completed my two countdown radio shows for the Top 50 albums of 2020—see the big takeover “radio” button above to hear one song from each!—here is my complete list of the 180 best albums, 100 best archive/retrospective/reissue releases, and 100 best stand-alone singles and EPs of this previous year—my best bets on another great year for music, old and new. And in one of the worst years of our lifetimes, here’s a small tip of my well-worn ballcap in profoun...

The OCC have today (January 6) published their rundown of the top 40 best-selling vinyl albums in the UK in 2020, with Fleetwood Mac‘s ‘Rumours’ being named as the biggest-selling vinyl album of last year after it shifted 32,500 copies. Advertisement Oasis’ ‘(What’s the Story) Morning Glory?’ and Amy Winehouse‘s ‘Back To Black’ complete the top three. The top-selling vinyl album that was released in 2020 was Kylie Minogue‘s ‘Disco’, which has sold 21,500 copies on vi...

Other Music’s staff tell us their Top 10s of 2020 (listen to the playlist) Weve been asking artists and other industry figures for their Top 10 albums of the 2020, and here we have year-end lists from a bunch of staff members of much-missed NYC record store Other Music, which closed in June of 2016. One of the first things a lot of customers did on walking into Other Music was look up at the giant white board above the counter to see the current staff Top 10 lists, so its a treat to have a v...