Clean Bandit

Kylie, Cher, Robbie Williams and more team up for Children in Need single

Cover of Oasis’s Stop Crying Your Heart Out also features Nile Rodgers, Lenny Kravitz and Jess Glynne among 25 star performers

Ben Beaumont-Thomas

13, Nov, 2020 @8:56 AM

Rita Ora and Labrinth join music’s protest after Wiley’s antisemitic rant

Artists, producers and executives sign a statement condemning prejudice and hate speech in the industry

Vanessa Thorpe

02, Aug, 2020 @6:41 AM

Brits 2019: who will – and should – win every award

Can Dua Lipa have a second successful Brits year in a row, or will George Ezra dominate the biggest categories? Ahead of tonight’s ceremony, we ponder the likely winners

Ben Beaumont-Thomas and Laura Snapes

20, Feb, 2019 @7:00 AM

Clean Bandit: What Is Love? review – underwhelming chart catnip

The British band’s second album is larded with forced melodies, sound-alike songs and a chart-chasing sensibility

Rachel Aroesti

30, Nov, 2018 @8:15 AM

Clean Bandit: Britain's biggest pop group on Labour, Israel and female masturbation

The band’s reliance on star vocalists means ‘most people don’t know much about us’. But it turns out they’re more politically vocal than most pop phenomena

Michael Cragg

23, Nov, 2018 @7:00 AM

Jess Glynne: Always in Between review – earworm everywoman's predictable pop

The follow-up to Glynne’s ubiquitous debut is generic Top 40 and soul-pop finished to a high standard

Alexis Petridis

11, Oct, 2018 @11:00 AM

Years & Years: Palo Santo review – let’s talk about sex

The electro-pop trio’s second album is in love with the 90s sound of Britney, but it’s singer Olly Alexander’s private life that’s front and centre

Kitty Empire

08, Jul, 2018 @8:00 AM

Brit awards nominations 2018: Dua Lipa beats Ed Sheeran with five

The New Rules singer caps her breakthrough year with the most nominations at British music’s biggest awards ceremony

Ben Beaumont-Thomas

13, Jan, 2018 @6:45 PM

From tense silences to tricky questions: why morning TV is pop’s biggest challenge

Whether it’s Lady Gaga or Clean Bandit, the nation’s AM offerings have proved to be a hotbed of cringeworthy conversation

Stuart Heritage

24, Nov, 2017 @7:00 AM

Young Fathers’ Lord: gospel gorgeousness backed by a bass that burns

Also this week: Denis Sulta’s new one channels Africa and acid, while Clean Bandit are back with more classical/dance nonsense

Angus Harrison

10, Nov, 2017 @3:00 PM

Clean Bandit’s Disconnect: so gossamer light it almost tickles

Also this week: Vince Staples new one has all the subtlety of a brick, while Maliibu Miitch takes a walk on the dark side

Michael Cragg

07, Jul, 2017 @1:00 PM

Pop pileup: music's crowded chorus of producers, rappers and bit-part players

Clean Bandit’s Christmas hit Rockabye with Sean Paul and Anne-Marie is only the latest popular track to have a silly number of headliners. What lies behind this drive for communal credits?

Michael Cragg

11, Jan, 2017 @2:26 PM