Suede
Manic Street Preachers / Suede review – co-headliners bring out the best in each other
More than merely a mutual love-in, this tour finds the two bands – and longterm friends – spurring each other on to be provocative and potent
Jude Rogers
29, Jun, 2024 @12:27 PM
Mat Osman: ‘I wanted to write about a dirty, dangerous, working-class London’
The Suede bassist and author on writing without a safety net, terrifying himself for his next novel and which of the Thursday Murder Club books – by his brother Richard – he likes best
Ursula Kenny
23, Mar, 2024 @6:00 PM
Suede review – no mere nostalgia act
Riding the 90s revival wave with 2022 ‘punk’ album Autofiction, Britpop’s standard-bearers for anti-laddism revel in amped-up, back-to-basics energy – up to a point
Kitty Empire
23, Dec, 2023 @2:00 PM
‘I wanted to evoke a violent, sexual world’: how Suede made Animal Nitrate
‘When it went Top 10, the Radio 1 bigwigs got in touch and asked us what the song was about. They didn’t want another Frankie Goes to Hollywood moment’
Interviews by Dave Simpson
03, Jul, 2023 @1:06 PM
The Ghost Theatre by Mat Osman review – teenage wastrels with ambition to burn
The Suede bassist’s second novel, a grimy tale of two young urchins in 17th-century London, is a florid but riveting read
Nick Duerden
21, May, 2023 @12:00 PM
The Ghost Theatre by Mat Osman review – a pacy Elizabethan adventure
The Suede bassist’s alternative-history romp through the theatres and over the rooftops of Elizabethan London is full of charm and vigour
Erica Wagner
05, May, 2023 @6:30 AM
Suede’s Mat Osman: ‘The biggest difference between Richard and me is that he has no interest in being cool’
The bassist and author talks about artistic ambition, sibling dynamics - and how being on tour inspired his riotous new novel, The Ghost Theatre
Xan Brooks
29, Apr, 2023 @10:00 AM
The 50 best albums of 2022
In an unprecedented year of change in music, albums of all genres confounded expectations – from vulnerable rap to pop with gravitas. Listen your way to our No 1 album of the year
Safi Bugel, Shaad D'Souza and Laura Snapes
23, Dec, 2022 @9:59 AM
Suede: Autofiction review – a back-to-basics triumph
A renewed sense of urgency – and enjoyment – pulses through this punchy, passionate comeback
Phil Mongredien
18, Sep, 2022 @2:00 PM
Suede review – secret gig as Crushed Kid is extremely loud and incredibly close
Matching the garage-y sound of their new record to a 300-capacity venue, this show is a euphoric return to basics
Dorian Lynskey
06, Sep, 2022 @9:11 AM
Suede review – a sensory assault for classic LP Coming Up
Brett Anderson climbs monitors and vaults up to high notes in an energetic, irresistible performance of their 1996 album
Malcolm Jack
04, Nov, 2021 @12:11 PM
Suede: how the androgynous indie pioneers gave me pride in my bisexuality
Continuing our series on the artists who had a formative influence on our music writers, Luke Turner relives the naughty, nocturnal, decadent thrills of sex à la Suede
Luke Turner
25, Jan, 2021 @3:00 PM
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