It’s Friday night in Glasgow and a largely young, queer, female audience are decked in ribbons, corsets and petticoats, as bombastic classical music blasts from
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‘Not having a phone is the dream’: Jamie xx on dance music, modern life and getting hooked on surfing
Jamie Smith has been incommunicado. He’s just returned from a holiday in Norway: a remote cabin in a quiet valley, where he had to catch
Paid in Full: The Battle for Black Music review – the racism that’s seen artists brutally ripped off for 100 years
It is no wonder Ice-T excels as a talking head in this three-part docuseries on how the dastardly music industry has exploited Black artists. His
Chappell Roan review – a super graphic ultra modern showbiz star
In many ways, pop singer Chappell Roan’s show in Dublin resembles the Platonic ideal of a gig. It’s like watching lightning escape from a bottle.
‘I think I am breaking the pattern’: Janet Jackson on bad relationships, new music and Kamala Harris
Janet Jackson has a cold. It is the hottest day of the year in London; outside, the tarmac is melting and the tube is operating
‘The whole human condition is encased in the story’: why Beatles films just keep coming
The Beatles broke up in 1970 but – as far as the film industry is concerned – they are more current than ever, with a
‘My first impression was this person’s a genius’: the life and legacy of producer pioneer Sophie
Next week sees the release of the self-titled final album by the British artist and producer Sophie, who died in 2021, aged 34, after an
Joan As Police Woman: Lemons, Limes and Orchids review – stripped back songs of love and loss
It’s been six years since US multi-instrumentalist Joan Wasser released Damned Devotion, her last album of new material. There have been stopgaps along the way
Demi Lovato’s starry documentary Child Star offers hard truths
Child Star, a new documentary directed by Demi Lovato, smartly does not open with the former Disney star, nor any of the former child performers
The Rheingans Sisters: Start Close In review – a radical leap into darkness
An infernal, harrowing scrape begins Rowan and Anna Rheingans’ first album in four years: a bow gnashed against a tambourin à cordes (a traditional Pyrenean