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Corrections and clarifications
Steve Jobs and the term illegitimate daughter | Poland's Donald Tusk and Jaroslaw Kaczynski | Glass Swords by Rustie• An article about the life in technology of Apple's Steve Jobs spoke of an early...
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Best albums of 2011, No 9: Rustie – Glass Swords
Rustie's debut album was a splash of Technicolor, escapist fun that drew on trance, rave and the Seinfield theme. Could it be this generation's Club Tropicana?In a year of riots, disorder and economic...
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Guardian first album award: Rustie
Rustie, the quiet man of maximalist dance music, produced a groundbreaking album that could only have been made in 2011If Russell "Rustie" Whyte was anything like his music, interviewing him would be a...
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The Guard wins Guardian First Film award
'Horribly funny' Irish movie debut by John Michael McDonagh beats Submarine and Attack the BlockA debut film that became the most successful independently funded Irish movie ever has won the Guardian...
View ArticleMusic Weekly podcast: Rustie and Speech Debelle
Fighting off stiff competition from the likes of Anna Calvi and James Blake, Russell "Rustie" Whyte walked away with the Guardian first album award this week for his album Glass Swords. We hear from...
View ArticleMusic Weekly podcast: the gory, glory days of NME
Welcome on board: this week Alexis is joined by Kieran Yates and Alex Needham.We're heading back to the 70s, to a time when you could kick the working day off with a spliff and wander around work with...
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The best tracks of 2012 to date
Listen to a Spotify playlist of the best tunes of the year so far, as picked by the Guardian music teamThe barely scientific exercise that's compiling a list of the 20 best albums of 2012 to date has...
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Rustie – review
Elektrowerkz, LondonWe rarely look to dance music for profundity. The currency of the dance floor is instant gratification, the quick hit, with any greater depth or nuanced musical tropes wantonly...
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Mercury prize 2012: who will be on the shortlist?
The Mercury prize albums of the year will be announced later today. Is it time for Plan B? Did alt-j make your blood flow? Let us know who you'd really like to see make the shortlistIt says here: "The...
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Mercury prize 2012: the shortlist that might have been
This week's Mercury prize nominations were widely judged to be straight and safe. Here our critics suggest 12 records that should have made the listPlayin' Me Cooly G(Hyperdub)It sells itself as...
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Pitchfork Music festival Paris speaks the international language of indie
The music website ran a festival in the French capital – and it was a shock for those more used to mud and intoxicationIn Paris, even the abattoirs are chic. The Grande Halle de la Villette, with its...
View ArticleMeet the new producers bringing underground sounds to Kanye West, Jay Z and J.Lo
A new generation of beatmakers – many from Britain – are breathing new life into pop, hip-hop and R&BFrom Kanye West to Jennifer Lopez, some of the biggest artists in the world are looking to...
View ArticleRustie: Green Language review – brilliantly varied, futuristic electronica
(Warp)Glaswegian producer Russell "Rustie" Whyte has firmly staked his place in the maximalist electronic music world. His debut Glass Swords nabbed the Guardian's first album award in 2012, and on...
View ArticleRustie: Green Language review – techno with a touch of birdsong
(Warp)Rustie's hyper-enjoyable second album derives its title and some odd peacefulness from an unlikely source: birdsong, aka the green language, which was to medieval mystics the perfect mode of...
View ArticleFive albums to try this week: Basement Jaxx, Ty Segall and more
From Opeth’s expressive metal to Rustie’s hyperactive electronica, here are five new releases to consider this weekWhy you should listen: The prolific garage-rocker unleashes an almost hour-long album...
View ArticleThe playlist: hip-hop – Pusha T, Big KRIT and Rustie
Our latest adventure in rap travels everywhere from golden-era soul samples to futurist mania After lending his vocals to Rebel Sound during their winning Red Bull Soundclash in London recently, now...
View ArticleClubs picks of the week
Boxed | Beat BBQ Block Party | Chibuku | Rustie | 21 Years Of House & GarageIt has only been two years since Boxed started up but it feels a lot longer, such is their impact on the grime scene....
View ArticleRustie: Evenifudontbelieve review – instinctive and playful
(Warp)Chucked online with no warning, and accompanied by a low-res selfie press shot, Glaswegian musician Russell “Rustie” Whyte’s third album feels suitably instinctive and playful. Like fellow Scot...
View ArticleFive albums to try this week: Anna von Hausswolff, Jeff Lynne's ELO and more
Stream five new albums out this week, from Rustie’s maximalist electronic music to the Drink’s guitar pop, and let us know what you’ll be playingWhy you should listen: The Swedish singer-songwriter’s...
View ArticleLast trance saloon: why is music's cheesiest genre making a comeback?
Once maligned for its naff image and sugary euphoria, trance is being embraced by DJs such as Evian Christ and Rustie. Time to break out the confetti canons In the fickle world of dance music, trance...
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