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‘They said we incited riots’: explosive punks Bad Brains on drugs, self-destruction and recording from jail
Young, black and fuelled by self-help mantras, they were reputedly the best live band on Earth. As their wild first sessions are rereleased, the group talk about scaring club owners – and getting kicked out of the UK Old punks might not agree on much – who was first, who was…
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Juan Atkins, pioneer of Detroit techno sound, dies aged 64
US artist known as Model 500 and as one half of the duo Cybotron had huge influence on dance music worldwide Juan Atkins, one of the pioneers of Detroit techno and a huge influence on dance music more widely, has died aged 64. His agency, Greensmith Artists, confirmed the news…
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‘It seems weird for an MC – but lyrics have never been a thing for me’: De La Soul’s honest playlist
Rapper Pos of the hip hop greats favours Barry White for the bedroom and sobs to Stevie Wonder, but which cheese-rock hit does he love on the sly? The first song I fell in love with My father could sing really well – he was in a choir and had this coolness. He would walk around…
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The week’s best new tracks and the act you need to know: Dutch squat-punks Bombstrap’s uncompromising racket
The Rotterdam band are a riot of sound, look and attitude led by Eva Kah, who is as much a living artwork as she is a phenomenal live performer From Rotterdam, the Netherlands Recommended if you like Gnod, Discharge, Gwar Up next Debut album Big Enemy out now via Tartarus,…
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Radie Peat: No Human Tongue Can Tell review – Lankum singer’s solo debut is the year’s best folk album
(Rough Trade) Collecting traditional songs of female struggle and strength, the Irish singer invests them with staggering power Lankum singer Radie Peat’s extraordinary debut album begins without frills or ornament: just her voice, stark and low, each breath like air vibrating…
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Kali Malone: Burning Song review – drone composer wields Bach’s organ to breathtaking effect
(Ideologic Organ) The US artist takes a newly compact approach to her craft, and trades technical composition methods for pure emotion on another sombre masterpiece In drone world, Burning Song is Kali Malone’s pop record. These pieces are significantly shorter than the lengthy…
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‘Ignorance towards immigration is horrible. It’s not British’: Skepta on his long-awaited return – and his anger at the racist right
Thirty-three months after it was announced, the grime legend’s new album is coming out. He explains how skinheads, fatherhood and rap history came to bear on its socially conscious contents ‘I can’t be perfect,” Skepta says, pulling a black Arc’tyrex beanie down over a furrowed…
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‘He buckled. I could hear his bass ringing out ...’ The luminous rise and tragic end of US alt heroes Morphine
Fronted by Mark Sandman, the group brought enigmatic, elegant rock to post-grunge America. As lost demos surface, those closest to Sandman remember a man who grabbed on to life’s joys It’s early 1998, and at Fort Apache recording studio in Massachusetts, Mark Sandman, the…
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‘Algorithms make everything predictable’: why the CD is making a comeback
As John Lewis reports a 96% rise in searches for CD players, music fans share their reasons for ditching streaming CDs appear to be having a resurgence . John Lewis said searches for CD players are up 96% since July, while another report on trends in music and film this year…
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The Big Moon: Forever review – the hell of hearing loss inspires a defiantly hopeful pop-disco marvel
(Fiction) After frontperson Juliette Jackson lost half her hearing, she wrote sad songs and felt frustrated. So she pivoted, writing herself a happy ending. The results are joyfully convincing From the outside, it looks as if things have gone swimmingly for the Big Moon. Fronted…
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Pop prodigy Underscores: ‘I don’t think Gen Z is a loveless generation’
With a sound inspired by the San Francisco tech boom, the hyperpop musician is entering the big leagues, and has a slot on Charli xcx’s tour. First she needs to get over her own shyness – not to mention a fear of love songs The life of a rising pop star: One day, you’re…
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‘I knead the audience, like a baker!’ House music legend Peven Everett on life after cancer and vanquishing the ‘Disco Sucks’ movement
A new documentary follows the Chicagoan from child trumpet prodigy to Gabriel-singing icon and DIY maverick. ‘Not everybody wants to see musical genius’, he says At We Out Here festival in Dorset in August, thousands of people could be heard singing a trumpet melody as if it was…
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‘How on earth is this man not sweating?’ Director Brett Morgen’s painstaking 10-year remaster Bowie’s ‘greatest filmed performance’
Moonage Daydream director Brett Morgan has turned lost footage of two 1978 concerts into an arena spectacular. ‘You can feel the danger and excitement’, he says • ‘Lost’ 1978 David Bowie tour film to play arenas in 2027, remastered by Moonage Daydream director Brett Morgen In…
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Macklemore’s Free Palestine tour review – a triumph of a show with performances from Hozier, Kneecap and more
3Arena, Dublin Several unannounced guests feature on the first European date of the rapper’s sold-out benefit tour, including video messages from Mark Ruffalo and Cynthia Nixon “We’d like to thank Ed Sheeran for organising this concert,” offers a member of Kneecap, one of…
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‘I’m not someone who has sex to music. I like uncomfortable silence’: Katherine Ryan’s honest playlist
The comedian unashamedly loves the Spice Girls’ Wannabe and cries to Boyz II Men, but which novelty song changed her life? The first song I fell in love with My mother would sing and dance and cook and clean in the kitchen, as many 80s moms did, to divas like Madonna and Paula…
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Dónal Lunny, ‘colossus of Irish music’, dies aged 79
Founding member of Planxty, Lunny went on to play for bands such as Moving Hearts, the Bothy Band and Coolfin The Irish traditional musician Dónal Lunny has died at the age of 79 from cancer. Lunny rose to prominence in the trio Rakes of Kildare alongside his brother Frank and…
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Add to playlist: the gloriously boisterous grime-metal of Native James and the week’s best new tracks
Filtering alt influences and eskibeats through a distinctly Black British point of view, the Ipswich rapper’s scorched-earth rage sounds like a lot of fun From Ipswich, UK Recommended if you like Linkin Park, Kano, Bob Vylan Up next New single Dumb Bruddah released via SharpTone…
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Loidis: From the Toolkit of Lovers review – epic 111-minute album is a teeming universe of detail
(Incienso) Brian Leeds, AKA Huerco S, keeps raising the temperature on his once-chilly ambient on an ambitious record full of delightful detail and ASMR-inducing sound design The sun barely seemed to rise in the earlier work of US electronic producer Brian Leeds. As Huerco S he…
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Basma and Temir Alcy: NAD review – skulking, sultry French-Moroccan crew evoke this shifting season
(Stroom) Vocalist Basma and group Temir Alcy offer a dark and disorienting listen that contemplates loss and new beginnings, stoking a captivating sense of tension The new album from French-Moroccan vocalist Basma and Paris-based group Temir Alcy comes just in time for the…
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Heartbreak, hope and human imperfection: Leonard Cohen’s greatest songs – ranked!
A decade after his final album, and his death, we rate the best of the Canadian singer-songwriter who brought a deep, spiritual wisdom to love and grief The synth-heavy production on 1988’s I’m Your Man has always been divisive – even Leonard Cohen’s longtime collaborator Anjani…