Sharon Van Etten: “When you experience trauma, it doesn’t go away”
The indie-rock musician on losing control, finding it again and why she wants to become a therapist.
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How Shirley Collins became an icon of English folk
The singer’s updated memoir is a charming, idiosyncratic evocation of her journey from postwar Hastings to the music scenes of…
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Can Pink Floyd’s song for Ukraine really make a difference?
With benefit songs unlikely to raise money, and social media taking care of awareness, pop records might seem beside the…
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Father John Misty’s ego problem
Debates about the artist’s navel-gazing brand have often eclipsed his songwriting, but his new album escapes the shadow cast by…
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“Everybody knows the Leadmill”: the campaign to save a Sheffield cultural landmark
“This had better be an April fool’s joke,” said Jarvis Cocker, whose band Pulp played their first gig at the…
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Think you’re too cool to like the Red Hot Chili Peppers? Think again
They’ve always walked the fine line between the sublime and the embarrassing – but as pencil eyeliner, baggy jeans and…
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Jean-Michel Blais: “Tourette’s is like electricity, so I divert it into playing piano”
The composer is helping scientists understand why his tics disappear on stage – and waging war on a "boring" modern…
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Aldous Harding’s music is strange and disorientating – yet somehow familiar
Harding’s fourth record Warm Chris is a brave and rousing piece of work, at turns silly and melancholic.
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