“‘I don’t really listen to lyrics’. I must have heard this statement, or variations on it, hundreds of times, and perhaps the most unnerving element is not that I hear ...
“The first ‘song’ I ever wrote was ‘Baby.’ Inverted commas because a) everyone else does, the fools, and b) it’s got a verse, a chorus, and a second verse and ...
As part of our current Music theme, Marie Gethins recalls the concert that changed her summer.
“More, give us more, we’ll never be satisfied, never stop. We scream and beg, order and demand, plead and grovel over a simple thing, not all too different from you ...
“To the naked eye we were just four fellas sitting around a table, but the naked eye can play tricks. We were magicking ourselves out of this town through the ...
“If I was to produce blues music from this wet-behind-the-ears kid, I’d have to produce the blues. No regrets? Blues is the sound of regret, the song of loss. If ...
To celebrate our Music issue, we’ll be running a series of exclusive online short stories. Today GC Perry sets the needle on the groove, and plays a riff on Neil ...
Featuring new fiction from Rab Ferguson, Sean Beaudoin, Thomas Kearnes and Neil Schiller, an exclusive cartoon by Babak Ganjei, and interviews with Jonathan Coe and George the Poet – guest ...
Dear Readers,
What is there to say about the intangible art that is music? Well according to our trusted Wikipedia, “Music is an art ...
Kele Okereke talks music with the acclaimed novelist and biographer.
Music casts its spell over an old flame.
The seven ages of an aspiring musician.
Babak Ganjei illustrates the ongoing influence of one of the most celebrated rock bands of all time.
Suburban mothers unite against Miley.
A musical discovery reignites memories of the Fatherland.
Ahead of his appearance at the Latitude Festival, Litro talks to one of the hottest names on London’s spoken word scene.
