For your entertainment, Music Weekly serves up two artists at opposite ends of the musical spectrum. First up is John Power, one time bassist with the Las and lead singer of Cast. The Scouser went from one of the most influential bands of his generation to one of the most commercially successful (though he lost the critics along the way) and with his third solo album, Stormbreaker, he continues a journey into grassroots music a world away from Britpop. Power joined Paul in the studio to talk about retreating from modern culture and looking for the good life.
On the flipside, mash-up artiste Santogold chats with Rosie direct from her bed in Brooklyn, New York. She talks about working with Mark Ronson and how she copes with being compared to MIA when, to her mind, she's really a little more Bad Brains.
And then there's the Dongle reviews: with help from GU Music's Kelly Nestruck, we get stuck into Hot Chip's Ready for the Floor, Kanye West's Homecoming (with help from Chris Martin) and some folk-balladeering from London outfit Noah and the Whale.
