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The 11 best Primal Scream songs

Why have a Top Ten when you can have one more? We rank the best Primal Scream songs

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Frank Skinner just wants to be a cowboy 

Talking career choices, brown bread and wild swimming with Frank Skinner as he prepares for his latest stand-up tour

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The 11 best Pixies songs

Why have a Top 10 when you can have one more? Here are our 11 favourite Pixies songs, ranked

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Stage Times: The Hives 

The Hives’ lead guitarist Nicholaus Arson talks us through his gig memories, from school talent shows and Swedish punk clubs to Reading & Leeds festival

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Professor Brian Cox vs pop music

The rockstar physicist grades the weirder lyrics of Coldplay, Bon Jovi, Sam Ryder, The Prodigy and more

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Plus One: The 11 best Pulp songs

Why have a Top 10 when you can have one more? Here are our favourite Pulp songs, ranked

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Interview: MELTS

Meet the Dublin post punks who are riding their own wave into the darkest, heaviest corners of the psychedelic art rock scene

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Ash’s Tim Wheeler: “we were far too young to be facing the end of our careers”

As Ash prepare to celebrate 21 years of Free All Angels, Tim Wheeler looks back on the album that saved the band. The group are all set for a live show at Belfast's Ulster Hall this December.

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Getting Into… Bob Dylan

As the original rolling stone prepares to head back on tour, we take a look at the best inroads to take if you want to get more familiar with one of the most influential musical artists of all time

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Getting Into… Vincent Van Gogh

As the Dutch master celebrates his 169th birthday, we look at the exhibitions, experience, books, films and country-folk classics that take you beyond the brushstrokes