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Sam Smith & Madonna: Vulgar review – a tame attempt at manufacturing outrage
There is a chasm between how shocking the pair clearly think Vulgar is and how shocking it actually is. A chorus wouldn’t have gone amiss either
Alexis Petridis
09, Jun, 2023 @3:46 PM
Anarchy in High Wycombe! The real story of the Sex Pistols’ earliest gigs
The punk band are famous for culture-changing gigs in Manchester and London, but what about ones in Keighley and Dunstable? Attendees at their first UK tour remember the protests, raw power – and cider-drinking hippies
Alexis Petridis
09, Jun, 2023 @7:00 AM
Janelle Monáe: The Age of Pleasure review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week
Putting aside the high-concept Afrofuturism of earlier albums, the R&B shapeshifter blends Afrobeat, reggae and laidback soul into a hazily intoxicating cocktail of sex and partying
Alexis Petridis
08, Jun, 2023 @1:00 PM
Pet Shop Boys’ 30 greatest songs – ranked!
As pop’s greatest double act release a collection of all their singles, we pick their best tracks – from yuppie satires to finely detailed portraits
Alexis Petridis
08, Jun, 2023 @12:12 PM
The joy of the slow burn record: ‘Not only did I warm to his drawls, I became obsessed’
Sometimes, 20 years after dismissing an album, it’s suddenly exactly what you need. Our writers pick out the music that crept up on them
Dave Simpson, Laura Snapes, Tayyab Amin, Safi Bugel, Tara Joshi, Alexis Petridis, Christine Ochefu and Shaad D'Souza
08, Jun, 2023 @9:38 AM
The Groundhogs’ Tony McPhee will remain a hero for the musically adventurous
Influencing Arctic Monkeys to Underworld, with music that spanned blues with John Lee Hooker to avant-garde synth experiments, the late musician was an astonishing British great
Alexis Petridis
07, Jun, 2023 @3:15 PM
The best albums of 2023 so far
From the unique sonic world of Yaeji to the dark folk music of Lankum, here are our picks of the best LPs from the first half of the year
Ben Beaumont-Thomas, Safi Bugel, Alexis Petridis and Laura Snapes
06, Jun, 2023 @12:00 PM
Foo Fighters: But Here We Are review – a raw, unapologetic act of mourning | Alexis Petridis's album of the week
On the veteran band’s first album since drummer – and Dave Grohl’s best friend – Taylor Hawkins’ death, every anguished, searching and sometimes triumphant song is about death
Alexis Petridis
01, Jun, 2023 @12:30 PM
Bruce Springsteen review – after half a century, still having the time of his life
Springsteen and the E Street Band feel like a bar band that can’t believe their luck to be playing a stadium – and the enthusiasm is infectious
Alexis Petridis
31, May, 2023 @12:23 PM
Malcolm McLaren’s Duck Rock at 40: the album that foretold today’s anything-goes pop
The 1983 LP introduced a generation to hip-hop and mashed up style – but by not crediting Black musicians, it was also cultural appropriation. Producer Trevor Horn recalls its creation
Alexis Petridis
30, May, 2023 @1:20 PM
Blur’s 20 greatest songs – ranked!
As they return with their first new music since 2015, we rate the best of a band who ponder heartache, London, fame and more – and used Britpop to contemplate Britishness
Alexis Petridis
26, May, 2023 @7:00 AM
Water From Your Eyes: Everyone’s Crushed review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week
Across seven years and several albums this band has been evolving its scattershot sonic collage, and here it feels like they’ve finally found their sound
Alexis Petridis
25, May, 2023 @1:00 PM
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