Music
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David Bowie: V&A to make 80,000-item archive of musician’s life and work public in 2025
An extensive archive of David Bowie’s life, work and legacy has been acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum. More…
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‘I hope new generations see how futile the old system is’: The Lathums on gentrification, indie-rock nepo babies, and their undying love for Wigan
There was one moment, Alex Moore confesses, when he felt like Emperor of Wigan. Due to play a local show…
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‘Sublime menace and sonic enormity’: 50 years of Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon
On 1 March 1973, a new moon rose over rock music. Immersive, quadrophonic, celestial and deeply introspective, Pink Floyd’s eighth…
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‘A séance in song’: How a new album fulfils one of Eva Cassidy’s musical dreams
In 1992, four years before the death of a then-unknown singer named Eva Cassidy, and eight before she would achieve…
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‘Sublime menace and sonic enormity’: Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon at 50
On 1 March 1973, a new moon rose over rock music. Immersive, quadrophonic, celestial and deeply introspective, Pink Floyd’s eighth…
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Steve Mackey death: Pulp bassist dies aged 56
Stevie Mackey, the bass player of Pulp, has died at 56 years old. The Sheffield band announced news of Mackey’s…
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‘It’s such an unnatural experience to be a musician’: Joesef on selling out the Roundhouse, his new album, and Glasgow
I think everybody’s just trying not to fall apart in some form,” says alt-soul singer Joesef with a nervous laugh.…
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‘It could never happen again’: Meet Me in the Bathroom and the birth of New York’s last great indie scene
It’s the turn of the century. New York’s music scene is flatlining. Enter The Strokes, all surly insouciance, torn denim…
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‘My voice will haunt you’: The story behind Fleetwood Mac’s blistering 1997 ‘Silver Springs’ performance
Footage of the 1997 Fleetwood Mac reunion concert The Dance is doing the rounds on social media, as fans delve…
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Taylor Swift review, Arizona: On the first night of her Eras tour, Swift seems as liberated as she’s ever been
When Taylor Swift released her second album, Fearless, back in 2008, she was a bright-eyed singer-songwriter hoping to make it…
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