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Raye: This Music May Contain Hope review – a wildly ambitious epic of unbridled self-expression
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Raye: This Music May Contain Hope review – a wildly ambitious epic of unbridled self-expression

(Human Re Sources)Almost overstuffed with musical ideas, the singer’s second studio album can be self-indulgent and messy, but it’s a heartfelt and exuberant grand statement from an artist determined...

The Guardian Music6 months ago
Chappell Roan responds to criticism from footballer Jorginho after incident with security
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Chappell Roan responds to criticism from footballer Jorginho after incident with security

Flamengo player accused singer’s security of aggressive treatment of his wife and stepdaughter at hotel in São PauloThe singer Chappell Roan has responded after the former Chelsea footballer Jorginho...

The Guardian Music6 months ago
FKA twigs review – an Olympian display of pop prowess
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FKA twigs review – an Olympian display of pop prowess

Madison Square Garden, New York CityThe British artist’s brilliantly ambitious first arena show is a breathtaking showcase of her artistic range, with pole dancing, vogue battles and sword fightingFro...

The Guardian Music6 months ago
Geese review – all hail the new saviours of rock’n’roll
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Geese review – all hail the new saviours of rock’n’roll

Prospect Building, BristolSwitching from convulsive rhythmic thrills to shimmering introspection, the Brooklyn indie-rockers’ music defies expectations and is viscerally of the moment‘The last time we...

The Guardian Music6 months ago
‘The lyrics to Lola by the Kinks are gross – I was really taken aback’: Moby’s honest playlist
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‘The lyrics to Lola by the Kinks are gross – I was really taken aback’: Moby’s honest playlist

The DJ and multi-instrumentalist thinks Donna Summer still sounds like the future, but which ‘unevolved’ Kinks staple can he no longer stomach?The first song I fell in love withI would sit by the radi...

The Guardian Music6 months ago
‘So awesome’: BTS fans on K-pop’s biggest comeback
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‘So awesome’: BTS fans on K-pop’s biggest comeback

Tens of thousands gathered in Seoul to show that, after a four-year hiatus, they had still kept a place for the band in a very changed worldThe Zubillaga family had come from Veracruz, Mexico. Julio a...

The Guardian Music6 months ago
BTS review – having lost none of their chemistry, this is a comeback of epic proportions
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BTS review – having lost none of their chemistry, this is a comeback of epic proportions

Gwanghwamun Square, Seoul (via Netflix)In front of 100,000 screaming fans, it barely feels like the eyes of the world are upon them, as the group showcase new album with cool confidence“Annyeong Seoul...

The Guardian Music6 months ago
Post your questions for Halle Bailey
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Post your questions for Halle Bailey

Ahead of the release of her new film You, Me & Tuscany, the singer and actor will be taking your questions on everything from working with Beyoncé to The Little Mermaid backlashYou’ll probably know Ha...

The Guardian Music6 months ago
‘We didn’t want to play the game’: how Ladytron became unlikely pop survivors
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‘We didn’t want to play the game’: how Ladytron became unlikely pop survivors

From electroclash pioneers to dancefloor-fillers via viral TikTok fame thanks to their hit Seventeen, the Liverpool band are back with a new album and another metamorphosisIt was October 2001 in New Y...

The Guardian Music6 months ago
‘She sounded like the cosmos breathing’: David Byrne, Flying Lotus and more on the greatness of Alice Coltrane
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‘She sounded like the cosmos breathing’: David Byrne, Flying Lotus and more on the greatness of Alice Coltrane

The radical work of the musician and composer was dismissed by sexist critics and overshadowed by the legacy of her late husband John. But today, musical stars from Doja Cat to David Byrne all champio...

The Guardian Music6 months ago
BTS: Arirang review – the world’s biggest pop band return with dumb fun and downright weirdness
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BTS: Arirang review – the world’s biggest pop band return with dumb fun and downright weirdness

(Big Hit Music)Ending a hiatus that began in 2022, the septet recapture a distinctiveness that had been threatening to ebb awayThe general consensus seems to be that as BTS’s commercial stock has gone...

The Guardian Music6 months ago
Add to playlist: the sharply observed electro-twee of the Femcels and the week’s best new tracks
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Add to playlist: the sharply observed electro-twee of the Femcels and the week’s best new tracks

Following in the footsteps of Heavenly and Tiger Trap the duo’s high-tempo electroclash-indie-pop deftly explores young womanhood in 2020s LondonFrom LondonRecommended if you like Heavenly, CSS, the T...

The Guardian Music6 months ago
Grace Ives: Girlfriend review – bedroom-pop auteur goes widescreen for a gorgeous sobriety epic
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Grace Ives: Girlfriend review – bedroom-pop auteur goes widescreen for a gorgeous sobriety epic

(True Panther/Capitol)The New Yorker’s third album leaves behind her DIY origins to channel cult pop classics by Lorde and Sky FerreiraNew Yorker Grace Ives broke out as a bedroom pop artist, self-pro...

The Guardian Music6 months ago
Huw Marc Bennett: Heol Las review – exhilarating Welsh folk injected with synths, sitars and surf rock
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Huw Marc Bennett: Heol Las review – exhilarating Welsh folk injected with synths, sitars and surf rock

(Albert’s Favourites)The multi-instrumentalist puts his magical spin on traditional Glamorgan tunes, fusing the past, present and future in a momentous third albumThe traditional music of south Wales...

The Guardian Music6 months ago
‘Validation was an insatiable monster’: Dave Grohl on Foo Fighters’ punk-rock return – and life after his infidelity
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‘Validation was an insatiable monster’: Dave Grohl on Foo Fighters’ punk-rock return – and life after his infidelity

In his first newspaper interview after fathering a child outside his marriage, Grohl discusses his changed outlook, his grief for Taylor Hawkins, and the 430 therapy sessions he’s had‘I’m just going t...

The Guardian Music6 months ago
‘The male ego is even more fragile than it ever was’: Kim Gordon on shyness, AI and Zohran Mamdani’s cool
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‘The male ego is even more fragile than it ever was’: Kim Gordon on shyness, AI and Zohran Mamdani’s cool

As she releases her new solo album, Play Me, the former Sonic Youth star answers your questions on acting for Kristen Stewart, doing Basquiat’s photocopying, and who really invented punk rockDid you p...

The Guardian Music6 months ago
Underscores: U review – ultra-imaginative auteur has pop’s most brilliant brain
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Underscores: U review – ultra-imaginative auteur has pop’s most brilliant brain

(Mom+Pop)Performing, writing and producing everything herself, April Grey pares back her hyperpop electronics for an LP in thrall to 90s pop-R&B, with songs that big stars would die forApril Grey is a...

The Guardian Music6 months ago
‘We keep secrets because we’re scared’: Guvna B on porn addiction and recovery
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‘We keep secrets because we’re scared’: Guvna B on porn addiction and recovery

After writing about a racist attack on his last album, the award-winning musician wanted his new work to be happier. Then life took him down a different path. He discusses stigma, shame and how he got...

The Guardian Music6 months ago
‘I woke up and couldn’t move’: Scottish rockers the Twilight Sad on births, death and breakdown
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‘I woke up and couldn’t move’: Scottish rockers the Twilight Sad on births, death and breakdown

In the seven years since their last album, the Scots have faced down dementia and cancer. Now they’re returning with a visceral new sound – and eager to get back to globetrotting with the CureTo say t...

The Guardian Music6 months ago
Wu-Tang Clan review – still bringing the ruckus even on their farewell tour
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Wu-Tang Clan review – still bringing the ruckus even on their farewell tour

O2 Arena, LondonThis is slicker than their thrillingly chaotic early gigs, but the veteran New York hip-hop crew’s flows remain feral after 30-odd yearsRZA peers quizzically into the O2 audience throu...

The Guardian Music6 months ago