Music
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English Teacher review, This Could Be Texas: A crafty and ambitious debut album that demands respect
With a name like English Teacher, a bit of intellectual posturing is to be expected. The Leeds-formed band (singer Lily…
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The untold story of Judee Sill, folk-rock’s forgotten genius finally getting her flowers
At the start of the 1970s, no label seemed hipper or more tasteful than Asylum Records. Co-founded by David Geffen,…
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Maggie Rogers, Don’t Forget Me review: Escape into windows-down soft rock that brings to mind Fleetwood Mac
Maggie Rogers wants her third album to “sound like Sunday morning, feel like your favourite pair of blue jeans… easy”.…
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Kiss sell face paint designs to company behind Abba’s hologram concerts
Rock legends Kiss have sold their music catalogue, and face paint designs, to the company behind Abba’s hologram concerts. The…
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Taylor Swift officially a billionaire as Forbes shares new list of world’s wealthiest people
Taylor Swift has officially achieved billionaire status, according to a new list of the world’s wealthiest people. The US pop…
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Yeehaw! Beyoncé just dropped the most exciting country album of the year. What a pity Nashville didn’t want it
The artwork for Beyoncé’s eighth studio album, Cowboy Carter, is about as country as you can get. A white stetson…
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Indie pop duo MGMT are all grown up: ‘This sounds whack to say now, but drugs are bad’
The charm of Saltburn strikes again. After Sophie Ellis-Bextor found herself reborn as a global darling in the wake of…
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Ireland’s most outspoken folk group The Mary Wallopers: ‘Enough bands pretend not to be Irish – like U2’
On a grey day in central Manchester, the three founding members of The Mary Wallopers are chatting to me on…
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Avant-pop composer Julia Holter: ‘When I hear sirens, I find myself wanting to sing with them’
Outside the station where I meet Julia Holter, a busker is playing the bagpipes: a fantastic drone of sound that…
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‘God bless them for singing “Let’s go Eskimo” without question’: How Girls Aloud made Britain’s best 21st-century pop album
In November 2002, the British public voted a fivesome of aspiring singers into a pop group. It was not immediately…
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