Wednesday 4 January
Rock’n’roll has always defined itself as the ungovernable voice of opposition to the establishment. Since the first guitar was plugged in, the form has been the primary artistic arena for expressing ideals utopian, outr…
This month's books, music and films.
Rock stars are now essentially CEOs of their own small (and big businesses). Learn how to harness patrons, sponsorship and the digital revolution, and you could soon be selling out, without selling out.
Toss the MP3 player and turn your living room into a sonorific salon with the following hardware.
Other Music, New York.
Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoît Dunckel, aka French ambient electro band Air, talk to Monocle about their working life, from a reluctance to dance on stage and their inner maths geeks to finding studio voodoo power.
Frida Hyvönen is a singer-songwriter with an intimate understanding of the grand piano and the great outdoors. Monocle went backstage with the Swedish chanteuse in Paris as she prepared to play songs from her new record,…
Monocle’s summer catalogue of culture aims to arm even the most outdoorsy with enough books and records, cinematic suggestions and art events to make you pray for rain. Almost.
We kick off the first of our monthly themed rundowns with our take on the perfect Sunday morning: a cycle through Lisbon, our ideal media menu and a brunch prepared by our Aussie friends Wall Two 80.
A band that shares a few of Monocle’s own city-centric obsessions, St Etienne has mined the rainy pavements, smoky cafés and sweaty nightclubs of London to tell cinematic stories of life, love and iconic architecture.…
Friday 11 June
It would not instantly occur to many that country music might be a useful component of an American hearts and minds campaign in the Middle East.
Thursday 27 December
A collection of some of the year’s best records you might have missed, seasonal selections and new sounds to bring in the New Year.
Monocle reports on how Korea's pop music industry is the country's most potent weapon in the global soft power stakes.
In 1997, four former DJs and vinyl enthusiasts managed to get hold of a record pressing machine. Today, small independent studios and big record companies alike are queueing up for Vinylium’s services.
Music festivals have become big business in Japan, whether you want kodo drummers at The Earth Celebration or J-pop at A-Nation. But the one that started the boom is still the biggest and the best: Fuji Rock. We headed to…
Offbeat literary recommendations; *Monocle* music for September; rocking' in Iran and T-shirt devotees get their own glossy title.
Verbal, aka Ryu Yong Gi, is half of m-flo, one of Japan’s biggest hip-hop acts. Verbal and his m-flo partner, Taku Takahashi, have been working together on their “m-flo loves…” collaborations with an array of guest artists…
Cheap and chic bicycle advertising, plus *Monocle*'s music recommendations.
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