The Australian musician talks about creating her aching, jagged new album of solo piano compositions in the wake of chemotherapyAt the beginning of 2016 Heather Shannon of the Jezabels felt as though “someone had pumped cement into [my] veins”. Her ova…
Model accuses Robin Thicke of groping her during filming of Blurred Lines
Emily Ratajkowski alleges singer sexually assaulted her during filming of video for controversial hit song in 2013Emily Ratajkowski has accused the singer Robin Thicke of sexually assaulting her on a music video set for the controversial 2013 hit Blurr…
Víkingur Ólafsson review – manicured Mozart of pearly purity
Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonThe Icelandic pianist’s Mozart-centred recital revealed only slowly its sense of purpose and personality, but there were glimpses of intense, personal playing Admirers of Víkingur Ólafsson who were unable to get to his Lond…
Fontaines DC review – sparks fly for once-in-a-generation post-punk poets
University of LiverpoolThe Dubliners burst brilliantly back on stage with literary-hearted rock that’s up there with the Smiths or the PoguesThe pandemic meant Fontaines DC never got to tour 2020’s bleak masterpiece A Hero’s Death, which – following 20…
My frame is true: new wave posters – in pictures
Andrew Krivine began collecting music industry flyers and posters in 1977 on his annual trip from the US to see family in London. “I’d go on expeditions to Camden Market, Rough Trade, Stiff Records and even brazenly walk into the headquarters of Virgin…
On my radar: Sam Fender’s cultural highlights
The Tyneside rocker on his favourite bath time podcast, a second world war memoir and where to get the best breakfast kippersSam Fender was born in 1994 and raised in North Shields. He began writing songs aged 14, building on an affinity with Bruce Spr…
One to watch: John
This London punk duo honed their ferocious sound during lockdown and ended up on BBC 6 Music’s playlistHaving met at university, south London-based John Newton (drums and vocals) and Johnny Healey (guitar) were initially part of a trio before realising…
Dr Dre, Kendrick Lamar, Eminem, Mary J Blige and Snoop Dogg to perform at Super Bowl
The five multi-award-winning artists will perform on the same stage together for the first time at next year’s half-time showDr Dre, Kendrick Lamar, Eminem, Mary J Blige and Snoop Dogg will headline this season’s Super Bowl LVI half-time show.The acts,…
Greg Gilbert, frontman with indie band Delays, dies aged 44
Singer, whose band reached UK Top 20 with debut 2004 album, had documented illness due to bowel cancer in visual art and poetryGreg Gilbert, frontman with British indie rock band Delays, has died of bowel cancer at the age of 44.He had been diagnosed i…
Britney Spears’ father suspended from conservatorship in victory for singer
Star has sought liberation from Jamie Spears’ control of her finances and personal life for yearsA Los Angeles judge has suspended Britney Spears’ father from the conservatorship that has controlled her life for 13 years, marking a major victory for th…