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Indie-rock star Mitski: 'I'm waiting for everyone to decide to hate me'
The Japanese American songwriter’s new album has received rave reviews, but she is wary of being put on a pedestal
Alexandra Pollard
23, Aug, 2018 @2:23 PM
Thank you for the music: Abba superfans on 'the best band ever'
Nearly 50 years after winning Eurovision, a new Mamma Mia! film is out and Abba are storming the charts again. From a six-year-old to Throbbing Gristle’s 63-year-old Chris Carter, fans explain their enduring appeal
Interviews by Hannah J Davies, Daniel Dylan Wray, Alexandra Pollard, Emine Saner and Dave Simpson
27, Jul, 2018 @5:00 AM
The 10 best Paul Simon albums – ranked!
As the singer plays his last ever UK shows this week, we rank his greatest albums, from 1965’s Paul Simon Songbook to 2016’s Stranger to Stranger
Alexandra Pollard
13, Jul, 2018 @6:30 AM
Let’s Eat Grandma on moving their music beyond the macabre
When the Norwich duo emerged aged 16, critics dismissed them as pop puppets. Their new album bristles at the disparagement of teenage girls – and the restrictions of femininity
Alexandra Pollard
29, Jun, 2018 @9:53 AM
Pop star Kim Petras: ‘I just write about emotions – nothing to do with being transgender’
Her defiantly hedonistic music has put her on the map, and she wants to make people forget their problems with songs about ‘love, superficiality and rich dudes who broke my heart’
Alexandra Pollard
08, Jun, 2018 @6:00 AM
Courtney Barnett: Tell Me How You Really Feel review – sharp barbs and no holds barred
Barnett’s second album is angrier, gathering her arrows to skewer the world’s problems like a loud battle cry
Alexandra Pollard
18, May, 2018 @8:00 AM
How Hayley Kiyoko became pop's 'lesbian Jesus'
The LA singer-songwriter has gone from Disney Channel starlet to maker of sublime queer electropop. She explains how Katy Perry’s iffy-in-hindsight I Kissed A Girl helped start her journey
Alexandra Pollard
22, Feb, 2018 @2:53 PM
Singer/rapper Yaeji: ‘I was pretty shy about using my voice’
The BBC Sound of 2018 nominee, who was raised in Atlanta and Seoul, not only meld elements of dance and house – she also sings in English and Korean
Alexandra Pollard
08, Dec, 2017 @1:00 PM
The Crown's Claire Foy: ‘I’m a deeply angry person on some levels'
It’s been a big week in royal news. but the second series of Netflix’s hit drama revisits a less happy period for the monarchy. Its star explains why the show doesn’t shy away from scandal
Alexandra Pollard
29, Nov, 2017 @4:30 PM
Festival No 6 review – Charlotte Church throws curveballs and the Flaming Lips ride unicorns
The Portmeirion festival headliners were as eccentric as the location, with operatic pop covers from Church and a typically psychedelic turn from Wayne Coyne
Alexandra Pollard
11, Sep, 2017 @1:25 PM
Alma, Finland’s green-haired millennial pop hope: ‘I have way more fears than you’
She appeared on Finnish Pop Idol at 16, and now works with Sub Focus and Charli XCX – and her twin. How is the garish introvert handling fame?
Alexandra Pollard
25, Aug, 2017 @5:00 AM
Sufjan Stevens – 10 of the best
A master of what he called the ‘strummy-strum acoustic guitar song’, Stevens’ affecting music tackles issues as tricky as abandonment, death and Christmas with family
Alexandra Pollard
11, May, 2017 @7:00 AM
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