New White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia is had a rough first week on the job, stumbling in interviews and struggling to answer questions.

In our wide-ranging interview, guitar supremo Bill Nelson remembers working with Numan, Sylvian, Budd and talks the Guitars of Tomorrow

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Despite band member Dave Ball’s death right before release, Soft Cell’s Danceteria is flush with electricity, nervous energy and thoughtful introspection, thus becoming a fine curtain call for the duo...

The old certainties have gone. We will have to spend whatever it takes to protect ourselves in this new and dangerous world, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

Music-obsessed retired lawyer, sharing a few thoughts on some choice cuts from my obscenely oversized music collection each day.

FC United are hoping for FA Cup success, 21 years after being formed as a supporter-owned club following the Glazer family takeover of Manchester United.

Imagine hearing “Duel” for the first time in 1985. There’s a gorgeous melody, a chorus that belongs on the radio and a female voice that sounds almost impossibly cool. Then you start listening more closely. The synthesizers have sharp edges, the rhythm feels strangely mechanical, and there’s something unsettling beneath all that beauty. It’s a […]

Purple dahlias, a bull terrier, a Napoleonic officer and a Red Queen with a silver teapot. Twelve street artworks in Vol. 94.