Music

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Song from the Uproar review – Missy Mazzoli’s first opera is dazzlingly original
The culmination of the BBC Symphony Orchestra’s Total Immersion day exploring the US composer’s music, her first opera was obliquely staged but proved poetic and potent

Clive Paget

26, Feb, 2024 @12:20 PM

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Alt-pop star Allie X: ‘Performing is a lifelong addiction – I realised I could make people love me’
After a decade creating off-kilter bangers for BTS, Troye Sivan and others, fans say she’s been overlooked – but few realise she has been facing secret health issues. Now she might finally be about to have her own breakout moment

Michael Cragg

26, Feb, 2024 @11:00 AM

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Manon Lescaut review – Puccini’s desert tragedy gets a surreal rainbow revamp
Jude Christian’s staging for English Touring Opera is colourful and imaginative but lacks critical chemistry and coherence

Erica Jeal

25, Feb, 2024 @3:17 PM

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MGMT: Loss of Life review – a victory of style over substance
The band’s fifth album finds them veering towards exquisitely crafted, ornate pop without much in the way of winning hooks

Phil Mongredien

25, Feb, 2024 @3:00 PM

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‘I said something wrong’: Paul McCartney reveals origin of Yesterday lyric
Beatles singer says the line harks back to time he embarrassed his mother for ‘talking posh’

Neha Gohil

25, Feb, 2024 @1:50 PM

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Così fan Tutte review – beautifully sung hard lessons in the cash-strapped school of love
Welsh National Opera’s production maxes out on farce in the bet on female infidelity, but the absurdly lovely music antidotes any excess wackiness

Rian Evans

25, Feb, 2024 @1:31 PM

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Ghetts: On Purpose, With Purpose review – brimming with elegant fury
The grime veteran proves he’s still on the up with a well-crafted collection of thoughtful, impassioned tracks

Damien Morris

25, Feb, 2024 @1:00 PM

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PinkPantheress review – deft mashups from TikTok star who stepped seamlessly into real life
The singer doubles down on her online identity, preening before 10,000 frenzied fans and holding her own against dense, pulsing arrangements

Shaad D'Souza

25, Feb, 2024 @11:10 AM

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Belfast rappers Kneecap on stunts, drugs and Kemi Badenoch: ‘We don’t discriminate who we piss off’
Their riotous music is uniting young people in Northern Ireland and reviving the Irish language. The punk-rap trio talk about raving, working with Toddla T – and enraging politicians

Miranda Sawyer

25, Feb, 2024 @11:00 AM

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Hurray for the Riff Raff: The Past Is Still Alive review – a time-shifting personal journey
The US singer-songwriter reminisces about their runaway past and loved ones lost on their folk-inflected ninth album

Kitty Empire

25, Feb, 2024 @9:00 AM

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Daymé Arocena: Alkemi review – propulsive Cuban folk-pop
The singer trades acoustic improvisation for intricate, infectious hooks, with flavours of bossa nova, neo-soul and doo-wop

Ammar Kalia

24, Feb, 2024 @4:00 PM

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On my radar: James Smith of Yard Act’s cultural highlights
The singer on the power of trespassing, a life-changing film, and the one item of clothing he never takes off

Killian Fox

24, Feb, 2024 @3:00 PM

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