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Music Weekly

Summary: The Guardian's head rock and pop critic Alexis Petridis takes the helm for a new-look Music Weekly. Joined by music writer Rosie Swash and a roster of top Guardian and Observer critics, Alexis introduces an eclectic range of interviews and live tracks from new and established artists. Plus, don't miss Singles Club, our review of the best new releases. Available to download every Friday.

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Podcasts:

 Music Weekly podcast: a matter of life and death with the Invisible | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:48:43

Peaking Lights get illuminated, Cat Power and why the Invisible are lucky to be alive. Plus We Were Evergreen live

 Music Weekly Extra: Gilles Peterson's guide to Dutch music | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:07:06

Continuing our Sounds of Europe series, Gilles Peterson presents a whistle-stop tour of the Netherlands

 Music Weekly podcast: Tom Bromley is Wired for Sound; and Jessie Ware | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:39:18

Tom Bromley on the rise and fall of 80s music; Jessie Ware on her chameleon voice; and some fine vocoding in Singles Club

 Music Weekly podcast: Teenage Fanclub's Gerry Love and Soundway Records | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:43:58

Bassist Gerry Love on his solo outing, stunning beats from Africa and a Singles Club with a twist

 Music Weekly Extra: Gilles Peterson's guide to French music | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:07:42

Continuing our Sounds of Europe season, Music Weekly special guest Gilles Peterson presents a short history of French music in three tracks

 Music Weekly podcast: Sixty years of singles charts and Cheryl Cole's garage | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:44:14

A brief history of the charts, 2:54 (that's a band) in conversation and Cheryl Cole gets mixed up in Singles Club

 Music Weekly podcast: Gravenhurst's favourite folk – and a fistful of festivals | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:46:08

A sneak preview of the Guide's festival special, plus Nick Talbot of Gravenhurst on his favourite English music

 Music Weekly podcast: how to survive being in the Pogues | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:48:19

Accordion player James Fearnley on Shane MacGowan's toothless genius; Willy Moon synthesises the 1950s; and Richard Burton debuts on our Singles Club

 Music Weekly podcast: Great Escape festival special | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:34:23

We take a trip to the coast and talk to festival acts Django Django and AlunaGeorge

 Music Weekly podcast: The Rolling Stones and the Beach Boys | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:47:09

Biographer Stanley Booth on the Stones, Hells Angels and hanging with Otis Redding. Plus the Beach Boys and Louise Distras

 Music Weekly podcast: the Rudimental truth – plus author Richard King | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:42:10

Richard King on the madmen and mavericks who made independent music. Plus a visit from Rudimental

 Music Weekly podcast: the 1961 British Hit Parade comes back from the grave | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:38:44

What music does anyone want to remember from 1961? We've got 325 tracks to choose from. Plus: Hot Chip and BigKids

 Music Weekly podcast: Mark Stewart and Butterz | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:51:20

Alexis tries to keep up with the Pop Group's Mark Stewart on his new album The Politics of Envy, while Kieran Yates speaks to the founders of hot UK grime label Butterz

 Music Weekly podcast: Jeremy Deller recording bats and loving glam rock | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:47:18

Turner prizewinner Jeremy Deller reveals his musical loves, and how he managed to get a brass band playing acid house

 Music Weekly podcast: the Civil Wars and the history of the hip-hop mixtape | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:46:24

We talk to the Civil Wars about signing bagels, get the history of hip-hop mixtapes and vote on Jack White in Singles Club

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