The great pop plagiarism boom
Ed Sheeran is defending another of his hit songs in court. Why are so many songwriters accusing each other of…
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An AI Oasis album? Is this the future of music?
As someone who writes about and creates music, I should be appalled by “AIsis”. But there’s a voice of dissent…
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Sam Smith and the return of the Satanic Panic
The conservative hysteria around pop music, sexuality and Satanism has a long history.
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Rachmaninoff’s enduring melodies
In his lifetime, his music was an escape from modernity – 150 years after his birth, the Russian composer bridges…
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The pop starlet reinvention wheel
From Madonna to Taylor Swift, the music industry demands that its female artists stay new, young and relevant forever.
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The last great Beatles gig
A recently unearthed recording of the band playing at Stowe school has a strong claim on being the last gasp…
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On The Record, Boygenius find new power and purpose
On this propulsive debut album, the voices of Lucy Dacus, Julien Baker and Phoebe Bridgers are tonally so singular, yet come…
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How Busted defined the moody teen pop of the Noughties
The manufactured-yet-rebellious boyband exemplify the accelerated highs and personal lows of British music between the Millennium Bug and the smartphone.
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