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Thriving punk culture seen as response to frustrations at unemployment, urban violence, police brutality and deprivationAs black-clad police combatants charged into the hillside favela and opened fire...
With a feral energy and a Liam Gallagher growl, the Dublin band’s beguiling music is a great evolution of a venerable genreFrom DublinRecommended if you like Lankum, the Mary Wallopers, the PoguesUp n...
(Heavenly)With strong words for Keir Starmer, the Irish rave-rap trio remain unbowed by the controversy around them – and yet this is a more ruminative record than you might expectFive tracks into Fen...
Pop psychodrama Mother Mary might look and sound the part but it’s the latest failed attempt to turn the life of an arena-touring singer into a compelling movieFor anyone with even the slightest inter...
(Nyege Nyege Tapes)Reinvigorating the South African mapanta subgenre, producer Serokolo 7 blends folk vocal melodies with seething 180bpm rhythms, creating a barrage of soundSouth Africa pulses with e...
(Lost Highway)After two underwhelming pop-leaning records, the country star gets back to basics on this sparsely produced gem filled with wit and hard-won lessonsKacey Musgraves’ seventh album feels l...
As stalwarts Sub Pop and Rough Trade celebrate big anniversaries, insiders speak candidly about the challenges they face. Can streaming ever ensure their survival?In the late 1980s, the fledgling Seat...
Pop star was arrested in March after she was pulled over for driving erratically on US 101 in CaliforniaSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxBritney Spears was...
As she releases a clubby new album, Sweat, the former Sporty Spice answers your questions on her raver days, scouse cuisine and Sex Pistols coversYour acid remix of Jessie Ware’s Free Yourself was a b...
The musician was known for working-class anthem Take This Job and Shove It as well as hits like The Ride and othersDavid Allan Coe, the country singer-songwriter who wrote the working-class anthem Tak...
A timely exhibit at NYU celebrates the anti-fascist folk artist – despite the university’s recent suppression of campus protestsBea Esteves Mendez knew as much about Woody Guthrie as most people her a...
This entertaining profile of Paul Di’Anno – the heavy metal band’s lead vocalist from 1978 to 1981 – is dragged down by its subject’s irascible natureThis respectful but (to its credit) not entirely r...
New court document made public in case of singer charged with murder and sexual abuse of Celeste Rivas HernandezProsecutors described in a new court document how D4vd, who has been charged with the mu...
In this extract from a new book on Sheffield’s musical history, Monkeys drummer Matt Helders and the cream of the city’s indie scene look back on the febrile mid-00s – from brilliant tunes to ‘brainle...
OVO Hydro, GlasgowFrom So Sick to Smack That, this double-headliner provides major millennial nostalgia – but goes to show how varied their respective careers were at their peakFor pop-R&B leaning mil...
Dan Reed says the film recasts abuse allegations as lies and sidesteps Jackson’s relationships with childrenMichael, the recently released biopic of Michael Jackson, has been severely criticised by th...
Footage from John Lennon’s only full-length performances after the Beatles – at Madison Square Garden, for charity, with the Plastic Ono Band – has been edited and restoredLast year we saw Kevin Macdo...
Companies such as Chaotic Good are confecting social media buzz to promote Geese, Oklou and other indie darlings. Industry insiders reveal how widespread the practice is – even if no-one is sure it ac...
He was the burned-out bigwig who moved to a very big house. Now back with his first music for decades, he talks about signing the Proclaimers, being punched by Julian Cope – and his Scott Walker-inspi...
Delegates at event in Cape Verde highlight opportunities from tech while stressing AI is no replacement for talentLast July, the Nigerian singer-songwriter Fave found herself caught up in a viral mome...