How Burt Bacharach rewrote the rules of pop
The composer’s music was often described as “easy listening” – but it appealed alike to jazz musicians, popstars, rock bands…
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Burt Bacharach: a direct line to a lost musical world
The effect of seeing Bacharach live at the Royal Festival hall was to be hit by more top-40 songs that…
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Heavy Heavy by Young Fathers: a revolutionary adventure in rhythm
On their fourth album, the Mercury Award-winning band fuse avant-garde pop and hip hop to create a truly exhilarating sound.
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Sam Smith’s video is not “pornographic” – this is bigotry dressed up as debate
Sexy pop videos are nothing new, so why the outrage? The response to “I’m Not Here to Make Friends” has…
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What does Rick Rubin actually do?
The star producer’s supremely vague manual on creativity does nothing to explain his craft.
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Sam Smith’s Gloria is a bland, contrived pop record
The brilliance of “Unholy” shows up how little originality is to be found on this autotuned, cliché-ridden and inauthentic album.
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First Aid Kit: “We realised constant touring was not a good way to live”
Johanna and Klara Söderberg on making music as sisters, the side effects of ambition, and taking a break from live…
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How the Strokes’ Is This It captured the short-lived optimism of the millennium
Whether or not you believe the band “saved rock music”, it’s difficult to imagine what the 2000s would have looked…
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