Category: Music
Alex Kapranos: ‘It took me a few years to realise that I didn’t have to drink everything on the rider’
Alex Kapranos has been a regular at Le Pantruche since he made Paris his most regular home two or three years ago, following his marriage [more…]
Manic Street Preachers: ‘The band feels like something you can go into battle with against the world’
In the video for the Manic Street Preachers’ latest single, Hiding in Plain Sight, we see bassist Nicky Wire getting ready to do his job. [more…]
On my radar: Alison Goldfrapp’s cultural highlights
Alison Goldfrapp was born in Enfield, north London, in 1966 and raised in Hampshire. She began making music at art school and contributed vocals to [more…]
Floating Points review – an unclassifiable triumph
Most people would not bring a harp to a rave. But UK producer Floating Points – Sam Shepherd – is emphatically not most people: an [more…]
Paul McCartney says change in law over AI could ‘rip off’ artists
Sir Paul McCartney has warned artificial intelligence could “rip off” artists if a proposed overhaul of copyright law goes ahead. The proposals could remove the [more…]
‘Everything I wanted was offered to me. But I felt nothing’: singer Self Esteem on stardom, self-doubt, and making it in a man’s world
Three years ago, Rebecca Lucy Taylor, also known as the pop star Self Esteem, released her second album, Prioritise Pleasure. It delivered her dreams on [more…]
Post your questions for Mike Scott of the Waterboys
No strangers to an ambitious vision, the Waterboys’ 16th album, Life, Death and Dennis Hopper, tells the story of the Easy Rider director-star and outsider [more…]
Saudi Arabia asks Hans Zimmer to rework national anthem
Saudi Arabia has asked the Oscar-winning composer, Hans Zimmer, to work on a new version of its national anthem, a senior official said, as the [more…]
Central Cee: Can’t Rush Greatness review – conflict and contradiction underpin justly confident rap debut
The business of reviewing the debut album by Central Cee entails a level of security you seldom encounter in 2025: no information is provided beyond [more…]
Teddy Swims: I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 2) review – retro soul with a retro lyrical attitude
While Brat summer grabbed the headlines as 2024’s defining musical movement, a straighter, more masculine, less lurid green development was rumbling in the background. Defined [more…]