I met Steve Albini in 1985, when I was 15 years old. Me and some friends had driven up to northern Kentucky to see Big
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Martin and Roman Kemp look back: ‘I didn’t want a parent v kid relationship. I wanted us to be equal’
Born in 1961, Martin Kemp is an actor and musician, best known as the bassist for Spandau Ballet. His son, Roman, 31, is a TV
Beabadoobee: ‘I don’t have time for death threats. I’ve got a mortgage to pay’
About a year ago, Beatrice Laus, AKA Beabadoobee, started taking ballet lessons. The acclaimed, perpetually TikTok-viral indie rock musician had been touring hard in 2022,
Chaka Khan: ‘Someone said there were too many black people in our band. He put some white guys on stage with us’
Born in Illinois, Chaka Khan, 71, joined the funk band Rufus in her teens and had hits with Tell Me Something Good and Ain’t Nobody.
Les Savy Fav: Oui, LSF review – New York post-punk oddballs make restrained return
A thrilling live proposition since the late 1990s, due in large part to the stage magnetism of frontman Tim Harrington, the New York-based post-punk five-piece
Dehd: Poetry review – a sparkling dialogue with rock’n’roll history
Chicago rock band Dehd’s music is two things: mercilessly catchy and meticulously camp. The trio’s biggest hit to date – 2022’s Bad Love – was
Smith and Myers review | John Fordham’s jazz album of the month
In the 1960s, Chicago’s Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) became a beacon for artists seeking to play a new jazz that could
Jonny Greenwood: ‘I’m still arsing around on instruments like when I was a kid’
Jonny Greenwood is in the studio in his Oxfordshire home, surrounded by a cornucopia of weird and wonderful instruments. He almost trips over a stray
Dennis Thompson, drummer in rock band MC5, dies aged 75
Dennis Thompson, the drummer for influential Detroit rock band MC5, has died at the age of 75. Thompson, who was the last surviving member of
Taylor Swift debuts new tracks as she returns to The Eras Tour
Taylor Swift has added her newest album, The Tortured Poets Department, to an already packed setlist as she returned to The Eras Tour after a