A collection of cassette tapes containing a host of unreleased Marvin Gaye songs has been found in the Belgian city of Ostend. It has potentially
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Chicano Batman: Notebook Fantasy review – a freewheeling ode to joy
Los Angeles trio Chicano Batman are singularly focused on creating music that evokes mood rather than a specific genre. On their self-titled 2010 debut they
Ride: Interplay review – perpetual teenage kicks, now with added anger
Like reunited noise-poppers Slowdive, Pixies and the Jesus and Mary Chain, Ride’s reformation era has now lasted longer than their original incarnation. Unlike those peers,
The angst, the sensitivity… and the songs: how gen Z got hooked on Nirvana
Five years ago, when the alternative artist Ekkstacy was 16, he stole two T-shirts from a record shop in a mall by his childhood house
Kelly Moran: Moves in the Field review – the pianist duets with her augmented self
A classical composer signed to experimental UK label Warp, US pianist Kelly Moran has more in her fingers than mere canonical elegance. She has accompanied
Ghetts review – a founding father of grime commands the stage
If there’s one thing that did not seem likely during grime’s ferocious eruption into life in the mid-00s, it’s that an MC such as Ghetts
Post your questions for Sananda Maitreya
Sananda Maitreya had a simple plan for his 13th album: 13 songs, led by guitar, bass and drums. The ominous number didn’t faze him: “Anything
Eurovision: Olly Alexander and other competitors reject calls to boycott over Israel participation
Britain’s Eurovision competitor Olly Alexander and several other entrants have rejected calls to boycott this year’s Eurovision song contest owing to its inclusion of Israel
A new moment to arise: Beyoncé’s cover of the Beatles’ Blackbird is a timely masterstroke
Written by Paul McCartney for the Beatles’ 1968 double album The Beatles (AKA “the White Album”) Blackbird isn’t the most obvious song to turn up
Billie Eilish criticises musicians for releasing multiple vinyl variants: ‘I can’t even express how wasteful it is’
Billie Eilish has criticised the practice of musicians releasing several vinyl variants of the same record in order to drive sales and earn “them more