Category: Music
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…]
Quincy Jones remembered by Mark Ronson
Of all the lessons I learned from Quincy, one that always stays with me is something I read in his memoir, Q: The Autobiography of [more…]
Becoming Madonna review – a megastar’s extraordinary ascent to pop royalty
The story of Madonna’s leap to stratospheric celebrity is breathlessly and efficiently retold in this documentary that uses only archive clips and existing audio interview [more…]
Beyoncé NFL half-time show review – country ho-ho-ho-down live-streamed on Netflix is playful and infectious
Some of Beyoncé’s most iconic moments have been on an American football field. Her barnstorming 2013 Super Bowl performance, complete with a Destiny’s Child reunion, [more…]
