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Peaches: ‘Who should play me in the biopic? Amy Taylor from Amyl and the Sniffers’
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Paul McCartney review – a dizzying, bittersweet, life-encompassing journey through time
Towards the end of Come on to Me – a song about sexual chemistry from the near-end of the Paul McCartney solo catalogue – the
Wham!’s Last Christmas is Christmas No 1 for second year running
Forty years after it was held off the No 1 spot by Band Aid, Wham!’s Last Christmas is the UK Christmas No 1 for the
The 50 best albums of 2024: No 1 – Charli xcx: Brat (and Brat and It’s Completely Different But Also Still Brat)
In 2022, Charli xcx released Crash, an album that she claimed was a deliberate “sellout”. An artist who had previously seemed hell-bent on singlehandedly dragging
Del Boy did it! Or did he … ? Test your knowledge with our bumper Christmas culture quiz
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You and I are gonna live forever: why 2024’s pop was all about sharing the moment
The past year brought with it intriguing musical movements, not least a sudden pivot towards country by a succession of mainstream pop stars. Heralded by
The 50 best albums of 2024: No 2 – Cindy Lee: Diamond Jubilee
Before you even pressed play, Cindy Lee’s Diamond Jubilee took you back in time. When it was released in March, the only way to hear
‘I desperately wanted friends, and flings, and to understand myself’: Clairo on making one of 2024’s best albums
Claire Cottrill, AKA Clairo, has charted her life in music. The US singer-songwriter spent her teens making tunes on her laptop and gained an online
Bob ‘Slim’ Dunlap, guitarist in the Replacements, dies at 73
Bob “Slim” Dunlap, who replaced Bob Stinson on guitar in cult Minneapolis band the Replacements, has died at 73. In 2012, Dunlap suffered a stroke.