Everyone has their favourite Madonna, from the lock-up-your-sons force of nature behind Like a Virgin and Papa Don’t Preach to the shredder of taboos who danced with St Martin de Porres in the video ...

Originally published in Uncut Take 135 (August 2008 issue)... Originally published in Uncut Take 135 (August 2008 issue)… “He was completely whacked,” laughs Chris Stein, talking about Phil Spector, a ...

Is there an LGBTQ sensibility? What was it 50 years ago, before much of today’s language for gender and sexual identities even existed? Or, much more simply: Which songs best evoke the sex, drama, ...

In the summer of 1979, 16-year-old French Canadian singer France Joli stepped onto a stage on Fire Island as a last-minute replacement for Donna Summer. She had no idea what she was walking into. The ...

If pop music has an equivalent of The Velvet Underground or The Smiths, then that title lies with Robin Miriam Carlsson. Robyn has never sold a huge number of records, but her influence is immense. It ...

Every year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences hands out awards to the best and brightest filmmakers, actors, cinematographers, writers, makeup artists, and composers. They don’t always ...

sent out glamorous and sophisticated sounds one after another. On the other hand, the rock scene was also going strong. Van Halen's 'Jump' and Bruce Springsteen's 'Born in the U.S.A.' embodied an ...

The 1927 silent classic got a few technology predictions wrong but was scarily on the mark about workers' rights and out-of-touch industry oligarchs. Reading time 6 minutes Metropolis, directed by ...

The comedian returns with a spin-off of his hit series about evilness – now applied to animals. Plus, Tracy Beaker actor Dani Harmer spills the tea on the magical Jacqueline Wilson “Is this creature a ...