Music

Big quiffs, zombies and dead crows: the wild world of psychobilly

The turbocharged twist on rockabilly enraptured 80s punks and rock’n’rollers – and alienated plenty more – with its food fights, ferocious club nights and phantasmagoria

Michael Hann

30, Jul, 2021 @8:00 AM

Durand Jones & the Indications: Private Space review – post-pandemic catharsis

The US retro-soul outfit expand into funk and disco, facing society’s hurt head on with songs of love and hope

Dave Simpson

30, Jul, 2021 @7:30 AM

Billie Eilish: Happier Than Ever review – inside pop stardom’s heart of darkness

On perhaps the most anticipated album of 2021, Eilish uses subdued yet powerful songwriting to consider how fame has seeped into every corner of her life

Alexis Petridis

29, Jul, 2021 @11:01 PM

Mahler & Ye: The Song of the Earth review – song-symphony returns to its golden age

Xiaogang Ye sets the Tang-era Chinese poems that ultimately inspired Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde to colourful new music

Andrew Clements

29, Jul, 2021 @5:30 PM

Dusty Hill obituary

Bassist known for his inventive playing with the multiplatinum-selling band ZZ Top

Adam Sweeting

29, Jul, 2021 @5:28 PM

Dusty Hill’s voice, tone and passion for the blues lifted ZZ Top into greatness

With the bassist’s death aged 72, one of rock’s great partnerships comes to an end, where raunch met ranch in absurdist, progressive American music

Michael Hann

29, Jul, 2021 @10:55 AM

ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill dies aged 72

The band’s bassist for more than 50 years died in his sleep at his Texas home

Benjamin Lee

28, Jul, 2021 @7:24 PM

Joey Jordison obituary

Drummer and songwriter with the heavy metal band Slipknot whose thunderous playing was enhanced by a sense of theatre

Adam Sweeting

28, Jul, 2021 @5:33 PM

Tom Jones review – still displaying stunning prowess at 81

Rejecting the hits to perform recent No 1 album Surrounded by Time in full, Jones explores its cover versions with bombast, heart and wisdom

Ian Gittins

28, Jul, 2021 @10:25 AM

Joey Jordison, Slipknot’s founding drummer, dies at age 46

Family announce that metal musician, who had transverse myelitis, a nerve disease, died ‘peacefully in his sleep’

Ben Beaumont-Thomas

28, Jul, 2021 @10:25 AM

Slipknot’s Joey Jordison corralled chaos with his explosive talent

In combining both pummelling impact and nimble speed, Jordison defied his short stature to become a hulking master of rhythm – and the finest metal drummer of his era

Chris Lord

28, Jul, 2021 @10:15 AM

Gender equality improves in UK music industry boardrooms

Twelve trade bodies including the British Phonographic Industry and UK Music add female board members since disparity highlighted in 2020