Gala’s jubilant pop-dance banger Freed from Desire was a massive hit across Europe in the peak stadium-rave summer of 1996. But the story of the
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Richard Thompson: Ship to Shore review – another collection of beautifully gruelling material
Is there a surer pair of hands than Richard Thompson’s? Leading light of the 1960s folk-rock boom, solo troubadour since, his 18th solo album proffers
Madonna sued for ‘pornography without warning’ at LA concert performance
Madonna has been sued by a concertgoer at her Celebration world tour, who alleges that Madonna produced “pornography without warning” and he “was forced to
Landless: Lúireach review | Jude Rogers’ folk album of the month
Vocal harmony is in the dense weave of so much traditional music, and it becomes a startling, golden thread in Landless’s second album. Named after
Thou: Umbilical review – one of the finest metal albums of the past decade
A caustically intense mainstay of the US underground, Thou combine cavernously sludgy riffs with raw punk energy. Theirs is a sound of stifling humidity, a
‘Rapper’s Delight planted a seed for the rest of my life’: Questlove on hoarding, capturing hip-hop history and the Kendrick-Drake beef
With a sigh, Ahmir Thompson – better known as Questlove – turns his laptop around, so I can see the inside of his apartment, rather
HTRK turn 21: ‘Whenever I met fans I could tell they were a bit shocked I wasn’t the gothic lord’
Few Australian bands have been as influential as HTRK: the Melbourne duo of Nigel Yang and Jonnine Standish, who have been performing underground music with
Janelle Monáe: ‘I have to feel a film role in my pubic hairs. They have to vibrate’
You always look immaculate. Who are your style icons? 12monkeysThat’s very nice of you to say. I wish you could see me right now –
Aespa: Armageddon review | Alexis Petridis’s album of the week
If you doubt that the world of South Korean manufactured pop is significantly different from its western counterpart, then a description of female quartet Aespa
Darius Rucker on country music, race and drugs: ‘I don’t think anyone went harder than us’
Darius Rucker will be the first to admit his memory can be hazy – he says on page one of his memoir that his years