‘A generation has been completely wiped out,” says Luton-born artist RIP Germain. He’s talking about the UK drill scene, a subject he explores in his
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There comes a point in every august artist’s career where they’re forced to make an accommodation with their own past, a tacit acknowledgment that anything
Shaboozey review – viral country superstar finds comfort in intimacy
It’s hard to think of an artist whose fortunes changed as abruptly as Shaboozey’s did last year. Featured on two tracks on Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter
FKA twigs review – a stunning surprise-filled spectacle
At Manchester’s sold-out Aviva Studios, smoke curls around a giant, ominous black box that resembles a freshly landed spaceship. It’s the perfect warm-up act for
‘Saying you’re in a jangle-pop band is a red flag’: the Tubs talk speed, squalor and their glorious second album
‘Most of the songs were written in the midst of a breakdown,” says Owen Williams, lead singer with indie rock group the Tubs. “My long-term
‘We said yes to everything!’ John Reis on his blistering punk career, from Hot Snakes to Rocket from the Crypt
John Reis has lived as if there’s no tomorrow. Over the last 35 years, the hardest-working man in punk rock has recorded more than 25
Leading Garifuna musician was among 13 people dead in Honduras air crash
Garifuna leaders have paid tribute to a prominent musician from their community who died in a plane crash that killed at least 13 people off
‘We put all of life into the mincer’: These New Puritans on their kaleidoscopic new album
Jack and George Barnett arrange to meet me at the Hope Hotel, an 18th-century pub in their native Southend. With Talking Heads on the jukebox
‘Drake lost a rap battle’: Universal files motion to dismiss rapper’s ‘misguided’ lawsuit
Universal Music Group have moved to dismiss Drake’s defamation suit, characterising it as “a misguided attempt” by the Canadian rapper to “salve his wounds” after
Playboi Carti: Music review – the most anticipated rap album this decade was worth the wait
Almost no album in rap history has been quite so anticipated as Music, the third album by Atlanta’s Playboi Carti. The harsh, extreme-bass sound of