Category: Music
‘I’ve stumbled deep into alien territory’: our sportswriters and arts critics swap jobs
Plenty unites the Guardian’s sports reporters and cultural critics. Both make a living observing the apex of physicality. They have to make sense of what [more…]
Chris Martin falls through hole in Melbourne stage weeks after Olivia Rodrigo’s mishap
The lead singer of the British rock band Coldplay has fallen into a hole in the stage while performing in Melbourne. Chris Martin was talking [more…]
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds review – an incredible mass spiritual outpouring
When Nick Cave fronted the Birthday Party in small clubs, he would sing or scream lyrics at the audience, and yell “Wake up! Express yourself!” [more…]
Michael Mayo: Fly review – a bravura fusion of original work and jazz standards
The fluctuating divide between soul and jazz has become more blurred than ever, as this young American singer first attested on his acclaimed 2021 debut, [more…]
Laura Marling review – a sumptuous performance, with strings attached
The first night of Laura Marling’s five-show residency at Hackney church on Tuesday seems, perhaps, the wrong gig to be reviewing. The atmosphere is rapt, [more…]
‘I am the industry!’: Keke Palmer on being Hollywood’s queen of content
In an era when social media has turned us all into products to promote, Keke Palmer is the whole damn corporation. As a one-woman multimedia, [more…]
Mark Kermode on… composer John Williams, master of unforgettable blockbuster soundtracks
Some years ago I interviewed the British director Edgar Wright about his favourite soundtrack albums. I mentioned that, in the age before videos, I had [more…]
Peter Perrett: The Cleansing review – a darkly humorous gem
That there are nods to his own mortality throughout this third album in Peter Perrett’s late-career renaissance isn’t a massive surprise. After three sublime albums [more…]
IDK: Bravado + Intimo review – bright beats, retrograde rhymes
In the 10 years since releasing his first mixtape, IDK has evolved into an authoritative rapper with a solid back catalogue, flipping smoothly between singing [more…]
Tyler, the Creator: Chromakopia review – candour meets artfulness
Over the course of his past four albums, rapper Tyler, the Creator has traded his edgy teenage Odd Future persona – and homophobic rhymes – [more…]
