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People describe their return to physical media – whether to protect data, support artists, or retain control of one’s choices For some, it is the security of knowing they have a physical copy of their...
(Transgressive)The Maryland singer-songwriter’s third album has an impressive sense of scale compared to last year’s breakout Burnover, but is less immediately appealingGreg Freeman’s third album All...
Docufictional 1981 comedy captures the working-class ska-pop pranksters in their hungry years with an almost Loachian authenticityOpting for the former is the best idea for this unexpectedly revealing...
Returning for a 20th album of sumptuous synthpop, Andy Bell and Clarke open up about difficult recent years, being happily uncool and battling resurgent homophobiaAndy Bell is rabbiting away on multip...
Rock band will still tour the UK, Europe and US over the next year but say decision to ‘fall dormant’ feels ‘liberating’The British rock band Enter Shikari have announced they will go on hiatus at the...
Singer and bassist helped turn Newcastle band into hugely influential force on thrash and black metal subgenresConrad Lant, the British heavy metal musician who fronted Venom and ensured the Newcastle...
Toots and the Maytals bass player whose melodic lines drove some of the biggest reggae hits of the 1960s and 70sThe bass player Jackie Jackson, who has died aged 79, was one of the cornerstones of Jam...
The rapper was arrested in Miami Beach on Thursday, days after an ex-girlfriend accused him of physical abuseRick Ross has been arrested on domestic violence charges in Miami Beach, according to local...
The Celtic punk band’s co-founders Spider Stacy and James Fearnley take your questions about Shane MacGowan, ruffling the feathers of trad musicians and putting Laurence Fox in his placeThe Pogues ear...
(Blue Note)In the jazz-soul singer’s ‘expression of queer liberation’, stars from Chaka Khan to Bill Callahan to Cynthia Erivo duet on equally varied songs from Cher to the Human League and beyondIt’s...
Tapes made in the 90s, including candid conversations between Noel and Liam Gallagher, which were expected to sell for up to £1.6mA collection of unheard Oasis recordings, including 63 live shows, hou...
Slipknot sharing their stage with a man accused of wrongdoing by more than a dozen women is the antithesis of everything the genre should stand for, even if he denies it Continue reading...
Utilita Arena, BirminghamFirst announced in 2019 and now launching with just three of the original lineup, the Dolls whip up a whirlwind of hair-flipping and put on a decent spectacleThe road to the P...
At receptions at Labour conference, Burnham played a series of regionally specific tracks – but did he hit the right notes?Freshly minted as prime minister, Andy Burnham has been holding a series of r...
In 1971, self-appointed mayor Hondo Crouch turned the Texan town into a rural respite for country stars. Soon it was immortalised in chart-topping songs – and became a symbol of a simpler American lif...
As a new book on the Paisley Park polymath is released, author John McKie explains why Prince’s 1987 album is the ultimate showcase of his geniusBy the early 1980s, Prince had cemented his place as a...
Trinidadian singer and songwriter hailed as a living legend and the greatest calypsonian of all timeThe singer and songwriter Mighty Sparrow, who has died aged 91, was quite simply the greatest calyps...
‘The day Saff came into the studio with red hair, I said, “We’re gonna be massive!” It was the missing link’We always had a vision of mixing acid house with indie rock, and we managed to rent a space...
Previously unreleased material comes as Wonder marks 50th anniversary of album with arena tourStevie Wonder has expanded the scope of what was already the most epic studio album in his catalogue, 1976...
The 81-year-old singer will wrap up a touring career that stretches back to his mid-teens in the early 1960s, with dates planned for UK and EuropeRod Stewart has announced that his next tour will be h...