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Add to playlist: the righteous jangle and snaking melodies of Jawdropped and the week’s best new tracks
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Add to playlist: the righteous jangle and snaking melodies of Jawdropped and the week’s best new tracks

The LA-based powerpop project’s triumphant debut is a celebration of low-stakes creativity in the slacker-skater traditionFrom Los AngelesRecommended if you like the Lemonheads, Sugar, the MuffsUp nex...

The Guardian Music1 month ago
Starmer donates biography of himself to Downing Street library
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Starmer donates biography of himself to Downing Street library

The former PM and seven of his ministers have added to the collection, which began in 1931.

BBC Entertainment & Arts1 month ago
Dave Bautista confirmed as new God of War star
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Dave Bautista confirmed as new God of War star

The ex-wrestler replaces Ryan Hurst as Kratos in the upcoming adaptation of the popular PlayStation series.

BBC Entertainment & Arts1 month ago
See the Light: Tracey Emin and Steve McQueen illuminate Durham gallery’s revival
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See the Light: Tracey Emin and Steve McQueen illuminate Durham gallery’s revival

Art of international significance planned for £17m redevelopment of museum whose closure sparked uproarWorks by Tracey Emin, Steve McQueen and Olafur Eliasson have gone on display at a new contemporar...

The Guardian - UK News1 month ago
Gaia Wilmer Large Ensemble: Parabólico review – gorgeous reinvention of Gilberto Gil’s grooves
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Gaia Wilmer Large Ensemble: Parabólico review – gorgeous reinvention of Gilberto Gil’s grooves

(Sunnyside)Saxophonist and composer Wilmer brilliantly transforms Gil tunes, changing tempos and adding breathy melodies, flourishes of horns or undulating rhythms to luscious effectOver the past thre...

The Guardian Music1 month ago
Stella Lefty: Long Way Home review – Boston singer’s debut is bland, boilerplate and beyond banal
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Stella Lefty: Long Way Home review – Boston singer’s debut is bland, boilerplate and beyond banal

(Atlantic Outpost)The breakout 24-year-old country star’s debut is stunningly unremarkable, offering little in the way of artistic identity or her peers’ originalityAnyone railing against nepo babies...

The Guardian Music1 month ago
British rapper Yung Filly to face retrial on rape charges in Australia
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British rapper Yung Filly to face retrial on rape charges in Australia

A jury last month cleared the YouTuber of several sexual assault offences, but it couldn't reach a decision on three others.

BBC Entertainment & Arts1 month ago
What happened to Harry and Meghan's American dream?
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What happened to Harry and Meghan's American dream?

Harry and Meghan enjoyed some showbusiness success, but their Hollywood reign proved short-lived.

BBC Entertainment & Arts1 month ago
Brandon Flowers: Is fame worth it? I'm not sure anymore
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Brandon Flowers: Is fame worth it? I'm not sure anymore

The Killers frontman asks big questions on his third solo album, which takes a detour into country.

BBC Entertainment & Arts1 month ago
BBC DJ Trevor Nelson reveals brain tumour surgery 'went well'
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BBC DJ Trevor Nelson reveals brain tumour surgery 'went well'

The 62-year-old said that his "world was turned upside down" when a brain tumour was discovered.

BBC Entertainment & Arts1 month ago
'This star is for Africa' - Angélique Kidjo on making Hollywood Walk of Fame history
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'This star is for Africa' - Angélique Kidjo on making Hollywood Walk of Fame history

The musical icon from Benin tells the BBC about why Africa and Africans are so important to music.

BBC Entertainment & Arts1 month ago
‘I need to think like a CEO’: Weezer on the shifting sands of success, ugly feelings and the joy of spreadsheets
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‘I need to think like a CEO’: Weezer on the shifting sands of success, ugly feelings and the joy of spreadsheets

As the self-professed geeky rockers release their conceptual 20th album, Rivers Cuomo and Patrick Wilson discuss dodging failure, being saved by fans and their obsessive creativityThe first song River...

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Amy Lee of Evanescence: ‘I could happily do an entire album of nothing but Portishead covers’
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Amy Lee of Evanescence: ‘I could happily do an entire album of nothing but Portishead covers’

As her band hits the road, the metal trailblazer answers your questions on sexualisation in show business, finding inspiration in dreams and Spinal Tap moments on tourYou wrote Bring Me to Life when y...

The Guardian Music1 month ago
Lambchop: Punching the Clown review – spectral, spellbindingly ambiguous stirring of US history
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Lambchop: Punching the Clown review – spectral, spellbindingly ambiguous stirring of US history

(City Slang)Sounding weathered but undimmed, Kurt Wagner feels as if he’s standing right in front of you as he sings superb, choir-swathed songs that invite and unsettleThirty-two years on from their...

The Guardian Music1 month ago
Post your questions for Beck
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Post your questions for Beck

The genre-hopping hitmaker’s new album fingerpicks the same melancholy heartstrings as Sea Change. You can ask him anything in our upcoming reader interviewNews of a Beck album is always cause for cel...

The Guardian Music1 month ago
‘It was a damn unicorn’: the pioneering, divisive power of Paul Simon’s Graceland at 40
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‘It was a damn unicorn’: the pioneering, divisive power of Paul Simon’s Graceland at 40

On its anniversary, the author of a new book about the album explains the complex legacy and masterful musicianship of the 1986 classicIt was the summer of 1984 and things weren’t going well for Paul...

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ADHD charity complains about Channel 4 documentary
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ADHD charity complains about Channel 4 documentary

One newspaper calls Channel 4’s The Great ADHD Myth? "the most controversial show of the year".

BBC Entertainment & Arts1 month ago
Calls to plan ahead for Reading Festival impact
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Calls to plan ahead for Reading Festival impact

The music festival begins on Thursday 27 August and runs until Sunday 30 August.

BBC Entertainment & Arts1 month ago
Monstera magic: Barbican hands out cuttings as ‘green lung of the city’ closes
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Monstera magic: Barbican hands out cuttings as ‘green lung of the city’ closes

Five hundred people turn up to adopt plants from conservatory that will reopen in 2030 after renovation projectAbove the waxy monstera leaves and bright pink hibiscus flowers in the Barbican conservat...

The Guardian - UK News1 month ago
Christian metal band sues Netflix over KPop Demon Hunters name
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Christian metal band sues Netflix over KPop Demon Hunters name

25-year-old band Demon Hunter says name of streamer’s hit movie creates ‘substantial confusion’ among consumersChristian metal band Demon Hunter is suing Netflix, accusing the entertainment giant of t...

The Guardian Music1 month ago