In Depth

How **Rufus Wainwright** jumped in at the deep end and wrote an opera about... opera.

There are many ways to introduce you to one of the greatest songwriters of modern times but perhaps the easiest is to listen to [this playlist](htt...

Dammantle & Darwin Deez come in for some fulsome (and some might say turgid) prose praise this week. Also: some 'scatalogical grime' - should you b...

We considered taking the day off and not bothering with this week's content-based [Spotify](http://spotify.com) playlist, what with today being a b...

Guess who just got back today? Those wild-eyed Libertines that had been away. But what brings them back? Money? Ego? Music? Love?

Their origins may be in the still-thriving DIY scene in Brooklyn, but Mary Pearson and Rob Barber of High Places have always had a glassy pop edge...