From Fontaines DC to the Valkyrie, a techno Halloween to Little Simz, this is the unmissable music of the next few months Continue reading…
Turnstile: can hardcore punk’s biggest band conquer the mainstream?
With their major-label deal and collaborations with Dev Hynes, the Baltimore five-piece are pushing at rock music’s boundariesAll music scenes have a splintering. In 1989, grunge fans were excited about Nirvana and Tad. By 1991 it was a different story…
Harmony, melancholy and the Everly Brothers’ indelible influence
From Neil Young to Keith Richards, a generation of musicians revered Phil and Don’s haunting music• US music star Don Everly dies aged 84Among the hundreds of hours of outtakes from the recording sessions that eventually became the Beatles’ Let It Be a…
Don Everly – a life in pictures
A look back at the life and career of the singer and last surviving member of the Everly Brothers, who has died aged 84 at his home in NashvilleUS music star Don Everly dies aged 84Don Everly Obituary Continue reading…
US music star Don Everly dies aged 84
Singer and guitarist who formed one of pop’s greatest vocal partnerships, the Everly Brothers, dies in NashvilleDon Everly, one half of the rock’n’roll duo the Everly Brothers, has died at his home in Nashville at the age of 84.A spokesperson for the f…
Lorde: Solar Power review – she has earned her wistful, floaty record
(EMI)Like Lana Del Rey and Taylor Swift before her, the New Zealand star embraces mellowness on a third album shaded by climate anxiety and a rejection of celebritySometimes, Solar Power – Lorde’s long-awaited third album – feels like the polar opposit…
Jesy Nelson on leaving Little Mix: ‘I felt everybody hated me’
The singer left one of the most successful girl bands of all time after a decade of relentless trolling. Now, as she prepares to go solo, she reveals why she’s ready to return to the spotlight on her own termsJesy Nelson is having her photo taken. For …
Billie, Lorde, Lizzo: has being a female pop star in 2021 become unbearable?
New releases by three pop icons reveal their extreme attempts to protect themselves from the damage caused by fame. Pop stardom has never seemed less aspirationalThe mechanisms of pop stardom have never been subject to as much scrutiny as they are now….
Ed Sheeran announces new album, =
Lead single from ‘coming of age’ follow-up to 2019’s No 6 Collaborations Project has spent seven weeks at No 1 in the UKEd Sheeran has announced his fifth studio album, = (pronounced equals), to be released on 29 October.Sheeran had trailed the album w…
GA-20: Try It… You Might Like It! review – a rowdy blast of primal blues
(Colemine/Alligator)This unusual US trio of two guitars and drums keep things fierce and simple on their homage to the great Chicago bluesman Hound Dog TaylorWhen the young Bruce Iglauer witnessed a performance by Hound Dog Taylor and the HouseRockers …