Category: Music
What music stars were really listening to in 2024: ‘I appear on my own top 10 three times .. every stream helps!’
Olly Alexander Britain’s 2024 Eurovision entrant View image in fullscreen I appear on my own list three times because every stream helps: I’ve got to [more…]
Barcelona electro-punk duo Dame Area: ‘Seeing other women playing weird stuff made me want to try’
From BarcelonaRecommended if you like Throbbing Gristle, Boy Harsher, PeladaUp next Headline London show in May Dame Area aren’t bothered about making hits – in fact, [more…]
‘A taste of Ibiza in grotty King’s Cross’: memories of closed UK nightclubs
Nightclubs across British towns and cities have been declining steadily over recent years, with 65 closures this year alone. The Covid pandemic has been a [more…]
The best songs of 2024 … that you haven’t heard
Tashi Dorji – Begin From Here “Strumming in opposition to the towers” is how the Bhutan-born, US-based guitarist Tashi Dorji describes his abstract, improvised music. [more…]
‘There is magic in the world. There’s something bigger’: the ecstatic visions of musician Clarissa Connelly
From Fife/CopenhagenRecommended if you like Kate Bush, Astrid Sonne, Julia HolterUp next Performing at the ICA, London, 19 February; album three in the works Every [more…]
Desi rap, deep jungle and truck-stop concrète: five-star albums you may have missed this year
Phil Geraldi – AM/FM USA Who could read the description “truck stop concrète” and not be intrigued? The San Diego sound collagist Phil Geraldi’s two-track [more…]
‘Too many people try to over-intellectualise music’: RIP Magic, London’s buzziest buzz band
From LondonRecommended if you like Dean Blunt, Nine Inch Nails, SuicideUp next Debut single in 2025 Most London bands are so predictable. Oh, you make [more…]
‘It’s full of things that didn’t happen – but it feels right!’ Inside the making of Bob Dylan film A Complete Unknown
Bob Dylan is notoriously averse to others poking around in his past – he once suggested the legions of self-styled “Dylanologists” who examine his career [more…]
‘Wherever he sends us, we’re willing to go’: Annie and the Caldwells on God, gospel and a debut album 40 years in the making
From West Point, MississippiRecommended if you like The Harlem Gospel Travelers, DJ Greg Belson’s Divine Disco compilationsUp next Single, Wrong, on 28 January. As-yet untitled debut album [more…]
‘Attention spans are short. People want that dopamine hit’: Jordan Adetunji, the Belfast boy gunning for Grammys glory
From BelfastRecommended if you like Drake, Bryson Tiller, Cash CobainUp next New music anticipated in early 2025 Standing among legends such as Beyoncé, Future, the [more…]
