Category: Music
Oscars groupthink pushes Emilia Pérez, the weakest nominee, to a record-breaking lead | Peter Bradshaw
So the strange process of Oscar-night groupthink consensus begins, and a certain film becomes mysteriously garlanded as the obvious choice to be preferred over the [more…]
Charli xcx leads male-dominated Brit awards nominations – with first Beatles nod since 1977
Charli xcx leads this year’s Brit awards with five nominations for her 2024-dominating record Brat – the Guardian’s album of last year. With four nominations [more…]
10cc’s Graham Gouldman: ‘Every West Indian person I’ve spoken to loves Dreadlock Holiday – but I wouldn’t write certain lines now’
Do 10cc deserve more recognition for their contribution to forward-thinking music in the 70s? In my mind, you were up there with Sparks and Roxy [more…]
Tina Turner: Hot for You Baby review – she’s in fine voice, but this lost 1984 song is no classic
In a world where august artists’ back catalogues have become big business, the music industry has become impressively adept at convincing people to shell out [more…]
‘You have to get behind the song’: singer Sam Amidon on fronting Bon Iver, schooling Paul Mescal and the new folk revival
Sam Amidon grew up in the 1980s, but his Vermont childhood was “almost like a refuge” from the gaudiest decade. His hippy parents were folk-singer [more…]
Lloyd Cole review – still causing a gentle commotion
Lloyd Cole is singing songs of love and pain, and singing them very well. But, ach, you can’t please everyone. “Lost Weekend!” shouts a fan [more…]
Chris Brown sues Warner Bros for $500m over sexual assault allegations in documentary
The R&B star Chris Brown is suing the media conglomerate Warner Bros Discovery for $500m (£406m) for making defamatory claims against him in the 2024 [more…]
Garth Hudson, founder member of the Band and Bob Dylan collaborator, dies aged 87
Garth Hudson, the last remaining founder member of the Band, has died aged 87. The multi-instrumentalist, who played keyboards and saxophone for the bestselling 1960s [more…]
‘The hair, the voice, the casual cruelty – they nailed it!’ Bob Dylan experts rate A Complete Unknown
‘They got his green polka-dot blouse right’ Richard Williams, biographer If you’re the sort of Bob Dylan fan who knows stuff like the fate of [more…]
Thin Lizzy and Whitesnake guitarist John Sykes dies aged 65
John Sykes, a guitarist with the rock bands Thin Lizzy and Whitesnake, has died aged 65. A statement said his death followed “a hard-fought battle [more…]
