Having come first in DJMag’s Poll for ‘Best DJ’ 3 times, and also having never been out of the top ten in all the years he has been nominated, we jumped at the opportunity to interview the man himself.

He is currently embarking on a massive world tour, taking in some of the greatest venues and [...]

Dance giants Orbital have spoken about their triumphant return, and their eagerly anticipated Glastonbury performance.
Inspired by the white heat of Acid House, Orbital became one of the most respected dance groups to emerge from Britain. Their live shows eschewed programmed beats in favour of something a little more improvised, giving them a visceral thrill which [...]

The Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan has launched open auditions to find a new bassist and keyboard player to replace Ginger Pooley after she quit the band last week.
The auditions aren’t the first Corgan has held - last year they replaced drummer Jimmy Chamberlin, the same way.
“We were lucky enough to find drummer Mike Byrne [...]

Franz Ferdinand frontman Alex Kapranos has said he wants to write a musical.
The singer, who is on tour with his band in Australia at present, told radio station Triple J that he’s had an idea about a musical for some time now, though he hasn’t got round to writing it yet.
“I did have this amazing [...]

British rapper Dizzee Rascal has confirmed plans to publish his autobiography later this year.
Real name Dylan Mills, Dizzee Rascal has dominated British music almost since the moment he first picked up a mic. With a distinctly British style the rapper became a pioneer in what would become known as grime.
Now one of the biggest pop [...]

Alt rock dons Pavement have spoken about their extensive rehearsals for their re-union tour.
Splitting up after a London show in 1999, Pavement left behind them a powerful legacy. The band’s fame has only grown over the past decade, with the San Francisco group recently bowing to the inevitable.
The group’s re-union tour is set to kick [...]

Arctic Monkeys have joked that rapper P. Diddy is teaching them “hip-hop ways”.
The rap mogul, who struck up an unlikey friendship with the Sheffield group last year, is meeting with the band when they tour the US next month.
“We speak to him at least three times a week,” drummer Matt Helders wryly told The Mirror [...]

Rapper Guru is reported to be in a coma after suffering a heart attack yesterday (Sunday 28 February). The 43-year-old is set to undergo surgery today at a hospital in New York.
The rapper’s condition was confirmed by DJ Premier, his partner in the seminal hip-hop group Gang Starr, in a phonecall to radio show Hip [...]

Scroobius Pip has announced that he is releasing a poetry book.
Called Poetry In (E) Motion, the project started back in 2008, when Scroobius Pip asked fans over Myspace to help him illustrate a series of poems that he’d written.
“It was in equal parts torturous and joyous,” Pip says on his MySpace blog. “Realising that such [...]

Writer-director of the Oscar nominated, The Messenger, Oren Moverman is in talks to direct Universal/Working Title’s as yet untitled Kurt Cobain biopic. Invariably this will be exciting news to some, for others a grimace inducing prospect.
After an extensive three years of gestation, David Benioff has adapted Charles R. Cross’ controversial book, ‘Heavier Than Heaven: A [...]