Fela Anikulapo-Kuti will always be remembered for how he sought to divorce himself from the corruption within in his motherland by creating his own society focused around beautiful music.

Their youth as problematic as it is beneficial, Sub Pop’s newest acquisition, Avi Buffalo, focuses on the road and, basically, making music.  I got the opportunity to speak to singer/songwriter Avi Zahner-Isenberg at The First Unitarian Church, their Philly stop as openers for Rogue Wave.

 In the last week the BBC announced proposals to close much-loved digital radio station, 6music. Radiohead, Bowie and Lily Allen have already had their say on the matter.

Is it my imagination, or did the Super Bowl ads tell us something scary is afoot in America?

Last month David Coleman headed down to Somerset for three days of miserable weather, unhealthy food and oppressively loud shoegaze music.

How about we stop studying our own entrails and join the party?

In our humble opinion, these twenty five albums represent the best new music that 2009 had to offer.

Forget the best of the decade - 2009 had plenty of great music to call its own and deserves its own party. Here's the first instalment of our Top 50 albums list.

After an extensive jaunt around the US, The Decemberists hopped over the pond for a few dates to promote their stellar album, The Hazards of Love.

Nick Fenn reflects on a golden age of US satire in his fourth TV Magic column.

Sarah Palin - Pop Princess

In the third edition of his television column, Nick Fenn examines the Sopranos and Mad Men as modern existential fables.

Let's just say you should have been there.

Dexter is a forensic expert, a family man, and a murderous psychopath. This, of course, makes for pretty entertaining television.

In his new column, Nick Fenn takes a look at the best and the worst of today's television.