Pop and rock
Billie Eilish and Becky Hill’s grim take on growing up in today’s world | Brief letters
Brief letters: Pop stars’ angst | Palestinian olive oil | Garlic-less greengrocer | Euan Blair’s riches | Little carbon footprints
19, May, 2024 @4:48 PM
Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg review – suitably enigmatic portrait of the mercurial Stones muse
Alexis Bloom’s documentary captures the sheer charisma of the actor, model and 60s rock survivor, though little of her background
Wendy Ide
19, May, 2024 @2:00 PM
Bruce Dickinson review – metal’s charismatic star indulges his goofy side
Letting rip with that still thrilling and propulsive voice, the Iron Maiden frontman performs an all solo material set – keytars, bongos and demonic laughter included
Peter Ross
19, May, 2024 @1:43 PM
Billie Eilish: Hit Me Hard and Soft review – could have hit even harder
An impeccable mix of haunted earworms, zinging lyrics and dancefloor delights that end too soon, the American superstar’s third album seems to pull back from tantalising new horizons
Kitty Empire
19, May, 2024 @1:00 PM
Richard Hawley: ‘If I stopped what I’m doing the songs would still come’
On a tour of his home city that begins ‘at the crack of midday’, the singer discusses his new album, how his musical, Standing at the Sky’s Edge, has hit a nerve, and his main hope for Keir Starmer
Tim Lewis
19, May, 2024 @7:00 AM
One to watch: Myles Smith
A passionate purveyor of anthemic folk-pop with an alt-country vibe, everything this Luton singer-songwriter has released so far sounds like a hit
Damien Morris
18, May, 2024 @11:30 AM
Stoneage Romeos at 40: no other Australian album brings a smile like the Hoodoo Gurus’ legendary debut
The LP turned junk culture into high art – but the band could only capture that innocence and purity once
Andrew Stafford
17, May, 2024 @3:00 PM
Shaznay Lewis: Pages review – All Saints star returns with polished second solo album
Twenty years after her solo debut, Lewis delivers a mostly sumptuous set of turn-of-the-millennium-style pop
Tara Joshi
17, May, 2024 @11:00 AM
Zayn: Room Under the Stairs review – Nashville-produced minimalism suits him
The former One Direction singer continues to intrigue with an introspective, acoustic-leaning set with more highs than lows
Michael Cragg
17, May, 2024 @10:30 AM
Beth Gibbons: Lives Outgrown review – the Portishead singer’s solo debut elegantly contemplates mortality
‘We all know what’s coming,’ sings Gibbons on an elegiac, folk-imbued record that’s been 10 years in the making
Kitty Empire
17, May, 2024 @10:00 AM
Arooj Aftab: Night Reign review – all the heat and mystery of nocturnal life
Mercurial and moody soundscapes are infused with wistful romance in one of the Grammy-winning singer and composer’s most spirited records to date
Ammar Kalia
17, May, 2024 @7:15 AM
‘World domination is a big thing for me’: pop superstar Becky Hill on raving to the top – and her new album’s dark past
She’s won two Brits and rivalled Dua Lipa and Adele for streams, but the public is still getting to know the ex-reality TV singer. She explains why snobbery has held her back, but trauma won’t
Rachel Aroesti
17, May, 2024 @7:00 AM
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