Music
This week's new tracks: Francis Lung, Dua Lipa, Slowthai
This week we’ve got an upbeat ode to the hangover, yet another poppy breakup song, and some seriously dark grime
Mark Beaumont
26, Feb, 2021 @11:00 AM
Billie Eilish's film shows post-Britney pop pressures are as tough as ever
The first digital-native superstar has far more music industry power than her pop predecessors, but she still faces toxic levels of scrutiny
Hannah Ewens
26, Feb, 2021 @10:15 AM
Jeremy Pelt: Griot – This Is Important! review – a jazz album for everyone
Storytelling trumpeter Pelt boldly crosses genres and ages with agile contemporary bop, ballads and spoken word passages
John Fordham
26, Feb, 2021 @9:00 AM
Architects: For Those That Wish to Exist review – a scream in the face of climate doom
Cobweb-blasting singing, brain-invading melodies and skin-scouring riffs offer no relief from this wrestling match with impending disaster
Rachel Aroesti
26, Feb, 2021 @8:30 AM
'It was tribal and sexual': Alice Cooper on the debauchery of Detroit rock
When the shock-rocker returned to the place of his birth in the 60s, he found a raw paradise of unsegregated rock’n’roll. As Cooper releases an album celebrating the city, he and his peers relive one of the US’s greatest music scenes
Michael Hann
26, Feb, 2021 @6:00 AM
Lawyer for Britney Spears' father responds to fans over conservatorship
Father Jamie Spears ‘saved Britney’s life’ says lawyer in response to the #FreeBritney movement that has advocated for the pop star
Guardian staff and agency
26, Feb, 2021 @2:25 AM
Lady Gaga’s dog walker shot as two of her French bulldogs stolen
Dog walker is ‘recovering well’ while musician offers $500,000 reward for return of dogs Koji and Gustav
Miranda Bryant
25, Feb, 2021 @6:54 PM
Deeper truth behind opera’s swan songs | Brief letters
Brief letters: Terminal lucidity | Crime fiction | Clothes | Weather page | Yorkshire’s west coast
Letters
25, Feb, 2021 @5:33 PM
Louis Clark obituary
Keyboard player with the Electric Light Orchestra who went on to create the Hooked on Classics series with the Royal Philharmonic
Adam Sweeting
25, Feb, 2021 @5:32 PM
Julien Baker’s teenage obsessions: ‘I had Leonardo DiCaprio’s hair. I was a mess’
As she releases her third album, the US indie rocker reminisces about waffles, hardcore Christian punk and her terrible skateboarding
As told to Dave Simpson
25, Feb, 2021 @3:13 PM
Elgar: Violin Concerto; Violin Sonata review – sheer beauty and subtle playing
Simon Rattle takes the concerto back to the 19th century and Renaud Capuçon’s partnership with Stephen Hough for the sonata is a meeting of equals
Andrew Clements
25, Feb, 2021 @3:00 PM
Andrew Greenwood obituary
Other lives: Musician and conductor for whom the composer’s intentions were paramount
Sara Greenwood
25, Feb, 2021 @1:03 PM
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