Some years ago I interviewed the British director Edgar Wright about his favourite soundtrack albums. I mentioned that, in the age before videos, I had
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Peter Perrett: The Cleansing review – a darkly humorous gem
That there are nods to his own mortality throughout this third album in Peter Perrett’s late-career renaissance isn’t a massive surprise. After three sublime albums
Tyler, the Creator: Chromakopia review – candour meets artfulness
Over the course of his past four albums, rapper Tyler, the Creator has traded his edgy teenage Odd Future persona – and homophobic rhymes –
Morrissey donates £50,000 to Salford Lads Club fundraiser
Morrissey has donated £50,000 to the Salford Lads Club, the institution pictured on the inner sleeve of the Smiths’ 1986 album The Queen Is Dead.
Autre Ne Veut: Love, Guess Who?? review – long-awaited return is like peak Magic FM
Arthur Ashin, AKA Autre Ne Veut, emerged in 2010 with a self-titled instant classic of underground pop: think Prince had he lived alone in a
‘Somebody’s up there saying: good karma!’ Phil Manzanera on Roxy Music, Cuban grooves and making a fortune off Jay-Z and Kanye West
In the booklet that accompanies Phil Manzanera’s career-spanning, 11-CD box set, 50 Years of Music, there is a photocopied page of small ads from a
Annarella and Django: Jouer review – flute and west African lute shine in expressive new partnership
The plucked melodic twang of the ngoni, a west African lute, has long added an unexpected texture to fusion records. Jazz trumpeter Don Cherry featured
Charli xcx fans rejoice: ‘Brat’ chosen as Collins word of the year
Most have us have long moved on from “brat summer”, when, sparked by Charli xcx’s album of the same name, wearing slime green and embracing
Rapper Young Thug pleads guilty to gang, drug and gun charges
Rapper Young Thug pleaded guilty Thursday in Atlanta, Georgia, to gang, drug and gun charges. The 33-year-old Grammy-winning artist, whose given name is Jeffery Williams,
Dolly Parton: ‘I was sorry when Dolly the sheep died – though I don’t want to be cloned’
How important were the circumstances of an often heartbreakingly hard childhood and background in rural Tennessee in the making of your career? eamonmccEverybody where we