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The Primitives: ‘A reviewer said that Crash would finish the band. Then it was in Dumb and Dumber’
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The Primitives: ‘A reviewer said that Crash would finish the band. Then it was in Dumb and Dumber’

‘The label added ukulele and steel guitar without bothering to tell us. We couldn’t complain – it made the song a worldwide hit’The Primitives formed in the summer of 1984 with a singer called Keiron,...

The Guardian Music5 months ago
Nedra Talley Ross helped make the Ronettes the platonic ideal of a girl group
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Nedra Talley Ross helped make the Ronettes the platonic ideal of a girl group

Even though she was unwell, the last surviving Ronette was full of poignant memories and saucy asides when I met her last year. And she had a rich life after pop success• Nedra Talley Ross dies aged 8...

The Guardian Music5 months ago
Mane character energy: part-nag pop provocateur HorsegiirL on burnout, eco tunes and pompous idiot DJs
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Mane character energy: part-nag pop provocateur HorsegiirL on burnout, eco tunes and pompous idiot DJs

The half-human, half-horse star has bounced back from the brink with a grass-themed album that’s ‘a love letter to Mother Earth’. Is it true she was discovered by Whitney Horseton?‘I’m trilingual beca...

The Guardian Music5 months ago
‘It needs to be loud’: Jozef Van Wissem’s one-man mission to make the lute rock again
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‘It needs to be loud’: Jozef Van Wissem’s one-man mission to make the lute rock again

The Dutch ex-punk and Jim Jarmusch bandmate talks about his passion to free up a hidebound repertoire and make its strings ‘a real pop instrument’Nobody can accuse Jozef Van Wissem of doing things by...

The Guardian Music5 months ago
Nedra Talley Ross, last surviving member of the Ronettes, dies aged 80
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Nedra Talley Ross, last surviving member of the Ronettes, dies aged 80

Singer performed hits including Be My Baby with her cousins Ronnie Spector and Estelle BennettNedra Talley Ross, the last surviving member of the 1960s pop band the Ronettes, has died aged 80.Talley R...

The Guardian Music5 months ago
Michael moonwalks to $217m opening weekend, shattering box office records for a biopic
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Michael moonwalks to $217m opening weekend, shattering box office records for a biopic

Michael Jackson biopic has shrugged off controversy, bad reviews and a troubled production to take $217m worldwide, including $97m in North AmericaMichael, the big-budget Michael Jackson biopic, has s...

The Guardian Music5 months ago
‘I don’t believe in song shaming!’: Jon Batiste’s honest playlist
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‘I don’t believe in song shaming!’: Jon Batiste’s honest playlist

The acclaimed musician and former late night bandleader loves everything from Amyl and the Sniffers to Erykah Badu. So why can’t he stand Steely Dan?The first song I fell in love with I remember hear...

The Guardian Music5 months ago
When did northern soul get so southern?
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When did northern soul get so southern?

Young people are high-kicking to vintage US soul tunes again, but this time London and Bristol are leading the charge. Is the scene losing its working-class heritage?Tom found northern soul by mistake...

The Guardian Music5 months ago
From Michael to Back to Black, authorised music biopics are becoming bland, blatant propaganda. Audiences deserve better | Simran Hans
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From Michael to Back to Black, authorised music biopics are becoming bland, blatant propaganda. Audiences deserve better | Simran Hans

Swerving the child abuse allegations, the new Michael Jackson film is yet another revisionist music movie in a long line. We know what’s in it for their subjects. What about the viewers?As a giant gli...

The Guardian Music5 months ago
Anohni review – masterful songbook reinventions are an out-of-body experience
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Anohni review – masterful songbook reinventions are an out-of-body experience

Barbican, LondonAccompanied by a virtuosic band and powered by her operatic voice, Anohni is as good as Nina Simone at interpreting songs – and her own catalogue proves equally malleable yet strong‘I...

The Guardian Music5 months ago
Add to playlist: the disaster-baiting jazz-rock brinkmanship of Taupe and the week’s best new tracks
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Add to playlist: the disaster-baiting jazz-rock brinkmanship of Taupe and the week’s best new tracks

The trio combine sludgy rock, homemade electronics and squawking into a watertight groove that makes light work of their complex musicianshipFrom Glasgow, ScotlandRecommended if you like Horse Lords,...

The Guardian Music5 months ago
Carla dal Forno: Confession review – spartan, sunlit post-punk strikingly contrasts the desperation of desire
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Carla dal Forno: Confession review – spartan, sunlit post-punk strikingly contrasts the desperation of desire

(Kallista)The Australian songwriter’s fourth album exists in the captivating chasm between the coolness of her music and the unrepentant obsession of the crush it exploresAcross what is now four album...

The Guardian Music5 months ago
Walter Smith III: Twio Vol 2 review – classic jazz is vividly alive in the hands of this incisive saxophonist
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Walter Smith III: Twio Vol 2 review – classic jazz is vividly alive in the hands of this incisive saxophonist

(Blue Note)The redoubtable musician and guests including Branford Marsalis and Ron Carter make standard song-shapes sparkle with focus and rugged phrasingAs the passing of time undoes established norm...

The Guardian Music5 months ago
‘It’s not much but, at the same time, it’s very much’: the enduring impact of Sade’s style
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‘It’s not much but, at the same time, it’s very much’: the enduring impact of Sade’s style

The 1980s band are being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year – but why does singer Sade Adu’s pared-back look still resonate in 2026?Earlier this month it was announced that Sade, t...

The Guardian Music5 months ago
‘I nearly quit to become a fencing teacher’: Iron Maiden on 50 years of heavy metal, hard living – and hopeless communication skills
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‘I nearly quit to become a fencing teacher’: Iron Maiden on 50 years of heavy metal, hard living – and hopeless communication skills

As a career-spanning documentary hits cinemas and the band eye two nights at Knebworth, they revisit their path from pubs to stadiums – but how did they get through their crisis-filled 1990s?When I as...

The Guardian Music5 months ago
Slovenia to air films about Palestine instead of Eurovision song contest
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Slovenia to air films about Palestine instead of Eurovision song contest

Ireland and Spain will also not broadcast Eurovision after decision to boycott live event over Israel’s participationNational broadcasters in Ireland, Spain and Slovenia will not air the Eurovision so...

The Guardian Music5 months ago
Olivia Dean review – soul-pop superstar shimmies into a classy and commanding first arena tour
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Olivia Dean review – soul-pop superstar shimmies into a classy and commanding first arena tour

OVO Hydro, GlasgowThe glam set design, gleaming brass and Motown moves are knowingly retro, but Dean’s performance is immediate, vulnerable and natural – the work of a singular artistWhen the stage’s...

The Guardian Music5 months ago
What’s missing? Everything But the Girl’s 20 greatest songs – ranked!
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What’s missing? Everything But the Girl’s 20 greatest songs – ranked!

With their sublime confection of heartbreak and dancefloor power, Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt have never sounded like anyone else. Thirty years since Walking Wounded, here’s the duo’s very bestReleasing...

The Guardian Music5 months ago
Noah Kahan: The Great Divide review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week
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Noah Kahan: The Great Divide review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week

(Mercury)All but repeating the formula of his breakout album, Kahan seems torn between whether success is sustainable or even repeatable on songs defiantly rooted in small-town lifeLast week, Netflix...

The Guardian Music5 months ago
‘When I finish my classes, I feel sad’: anger builds over gyms swapping pop classics for cheap covers
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‘When I finish my classes, I feel sad’: anger builds over gyms swapping pop classics for cheap covers

The fitness chain Better has replaced real musicians’ tracks with cover versions, causing dismay among punters and instructors who say the change is killing the energy“I want you to make me feel like...

The Guardian Music5 months ago