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While She Sleeps: Self Hell review – exploding out of metalcore with a scream
On their sixth album, the hardcore Sheffield quintet bring furious riffs, howling, swearing and … acoustic guitars?
Dave Simpson
29, Mar, 2024 @9:00 AM
Elbow: Audio Vertigo review – rhythmic, rousing reinvention conceals dark humour
The band’s 10th album incorporates African and South American rhythms and instrumentation alongside Guy Garvey’s darkest, funniest lyrics for years
Dave Simpson
22, Mar, 2024 @9:00 AM
Gabrielle: ‘I turned down performing with Prince because I’m a scaredy cat’
The singer answers your questions on the time she met Nelson Mandela, working with East 17, stopping work for 11 years and Bob Dylan loving her using his music
As told to Dave Simpson
21, Mar, 2024 @12:00 PM
‘One time, we achieved levitation’: Killing Joke’s Jaz Coleman on magic, mysticism and mourning
In his first interview since the death of the influential band’s guitarist, Geordie Walker, the singer talks about their friendship, transhumanism and his fears that rogue AI will destroy the world
Dave Simpson
18, Mar, 2024 @4:00 PM
‘I had the Beatles’ Indian period in mind’: how Natasha Bedingfield made Unwritten
‘It’s a very positive song. It’s been used to motivate sports teams and now it’s a TikTok phenomenon’
Interviews by Dave Simpson
18, Mar, 2024 @2:02 PM
Simple Minds review – stadium tour polishes 80s hitmakers’ gold dream
Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill preside over an energetic set thrills fans of their chart reign and their post-punk era
Dave Simpson
18, Mar, 2024 @12:26 PM
‘In January, it was the most heard song on Earth!’: the amazing story behind Murder on the Dancefloor
Adored by the Obamas and worshipped by Joni Mitchell, songwriter Gregg Alexander looks back at Murder on the Dancefloor, given a new life by Saltburn, and his other smash, You Get What You Give
Dave Simpson
04, Mar, 2024 @5:00 AM
‘The whole ecosystem is collapsing’: inside the crisis in Britain’s live music scene
While giant promoters rake in billions, smaller venues are struggling to make ends meet – even when gigs are selling out. We go on tour to find a glimmer of hope
Dave Simpson
01, Mar, 2024 @5:00 AM
Sheryl Crow: ‘AI is so real. It feels like an assault on my spirit’
The American singer-songwriter answers your questions about working with Johnny Cash and the Rolling Stones, what makes her happy – and why she used to hate All I Wanna Do
As told to Dave Simpson
22, Feb, 2024 @2:00 PM
‘If you release that, I’m leaving’: how Cutting Crew made (I Just) Died in Your Arms
‘So many people asked us about the origins of our name that we put the answer on a T-shirt. An Italian journalist was so disgusted by this he walked out’
Interviews by Dave Simpson
19, Feb, 2024 @3:30 PM
‘The cameras were held together with Meccano’: how we made Bagpuss
‘He was supposed to be a marmalade-coloured cat but the fabric company got muddled up – and dyed his fur bright pink instead’
Interviews by Dave Simpson
12, Feb, 2024 @2:40 PM
Lulu: ‘David Bowie got me. Part of me thinks: what if the relationship continued?’
The stentorian Scottish pop singer, actor and TV staple answers your queries about Eurovision glory, nibbling biscuits with the Who, and flying high with Take That
As told to Dave Simpson
08, Feb, 2024 @3:00 PM
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