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Why does anyone go on I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here!? Sometimes there’s an obvious reputation-washing agenda, which annoyingly seems to work
Move over, Mariah! The cheesiest, weepiest, silliest, booziest European Christmas bangers
Step inside a shopping centre in Catalonia or walk around a Christmas market in the Ruhr valley right now and you’ll find it impossible to
Amazon push may help Tom Grennan beat Wham! to UK Christmas No 1
Alexa, can you make a Christmas No 1? As this year’s battle for the most played and bought track of the festive season reaches its
The 50 best albums of 2024: No 3 – Billie Eilish: Hit Me Hard and Soft
As with Billie Eilish’s last album, 2021’s Happier Than Ever, Hit Me Hard and Soft opens with a state of the nation that reflects her
Aphex Twin: Music from the Merch Desk (2016-2023) review – Santa’s sack overspills with AFX bounty
The near transcendentally awful cover art of this 38-track compilation, released with little fanfare this week, will already be familiar to hardcore Aphex Twin fans.
The 10 best contemporary albums of 2024
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In Düsseldorf in 1978, you might think Kraftwerk would be considered royalty in the local music scene. However, for a new era of kids coming
The 50 best albums of 2024: No 4 – Clairo: Charm
‘It’s all I really want,” Clairo sighs on Sexy to Someone, Charm’s lead single. Accompanied by ditzy Mellotron and wide-eyed flute, the song verges on
From Bob Dylan to Stevie Wonder: the best late-era albums by musical greats
Bob Dylan – Rough and Rowdy Ways (2020) View image in fullscreen For a time, it looked as if Dylan might be settling into the