Lana Del Rey: a great American poet
She began her career as a conventional, if self-aware, pop star. Her recent records are the work of a singer-songwriter…
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England will always get Sinéad O’Connor wrong
Only Ireland could have produced a protest singer like her.
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The strange corporate rebirth of NME
The music magazine is back in print, but has no editor-in-chief and isn’t on news stands. It’s a “marketing tool”,…
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Two nights in Manchester, and my summer is complete
A sublime evening of torch songs, and managing not to ruin Maxine Peake’s one-woman show – that’s my idea of…
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Inside the “psychopathic” battle for Taylor Swift tour tickets
Buying new SIM cards, taking time off work, and spending hours on hold: UK Swifties explain the all-consuming experience of…
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The Ballad of Darren is one of Blur’s best records
The band’s new album, like all their greatest work, is suffused with melancholy.
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Joe Dunthorne on Black Sunday by Cypress Hill: “My favourite way to get blazed”
From the Long Players series: writers on their most cherished albums.
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The women classical music forgot
Leah Broad’s Quartet restores the pioneering work and colourful lives of Britain’s finest female composers.
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