“I look like Uncle Fester”: the second life of Shaun Ryder
His success with the Happy Mondays dissolved into debt, drug addiction and a 12-year battle with lawyers. Then all his…
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Billie Eilish, the pop star of Gen Z
Billie Eilish has a pleasing knack for confounding the gatekeepers of the music industry. The 17-year-old, who writes her own…
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A sex scandal corrupts K-pop’s wholesome image
The ramifications of a recent South Korean sex scandal go far beyond exposing the fissures in K-pop’s carefully constructed brand.
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Michael Jackson’s hollow crown
In the decade since his death, the singer’s afterlife has been contested territory. But the revelations of a new film may dethrone…
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Court jester, mob orator: The Prodigy’s Keith Flint was rave on legs
It is distressing to imagine this indefatigable avatar of ’avin it descending to a place of self-erasure.
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Massive Attack’s Mezzanine is the natural soundtrack for an age of fear
The anniversary tour of the band’s anxious third album proves it is more relevant than ever.
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Watching Agent Mulder busting Eighties rock moves, I’m struck by a strange sense of sincerity
David Duchovny’s moves make his project feel personal – so unpolished, so lumbersome, so unedited and exposed.
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Mark Hollis: The sound of silence
The New Statesman editor remembers the Talk Talk frontman, who died this week aged 64.
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