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Bernie Taupin: even after 300m album sales, why is Elton John’s lyricist still underrated?
A new autobiography sheds light on John’s songwriting partner – someone who wrote lyrics with astonishing empathy, and cleverly documented the music scene that surrounded the pair
Alexis Petridis
15, Sep, 2023 @1:04 PM
Cat Power’s 20 greatest tracks – ranked!
As she announces an album version of her recreation of Bob Dylan’s 1966 Royal Albert Hall concert, and her classic Moon Pix turns 25, we appraise one of the alt scene’s finest voices
Alexis Petridis
14, Sep, 2023 @12:00 PM
Mitski: The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We review – a songwriter with stunning melodic power
Playing country-inflected orchestral pop with sardonic wit and deep feeling, Mitski underlines why she’s one of the very best singer-songwriters working today
Alexis Petridis
14, Sep, 2023 @11:00 AM
Olivia Rodrigo: Guts review | Alexis Petridis’s album of the week
Her debut made her a pop superstar and gen Z icon, and the tougher-sounding followup remains full of sharp portraiture and withering put-downs
Alexis Petridis
08, Sep, 2023 @6:00 AM
Ezra Collective’s Mercury win finally acknowledges a golden age for UK jazz | Alexis Petridis
Sometimes the Mercury prize merely anoints artists we already know are great – but by broadening out and awarding it to a jazz group, it feels more worthwhile
Alexis Petridis
07, Sep, 2023 @10:45 PM
Siouxsie review – Sioux shows why she’s still a definitive goth icon
There’s ominous bass and black eyeliner aplenty at this rare appearance by the singer – but what’s striking is the breadth of her music
Alexis Petridis
07, Sep, 2023 @2:37 PM
‘We are extreme’ … how Lankum’s heavy mutant folk made them Mercury favourites
They play 30 instruments between them and make folk songs sound like heavy metal. As their latest album competes for the Mercury music prize, we meet Irish experimental noise-makers Lankum
Alexis Petridis
04, Sep, 2023 @3:14 PM
Jay-Z’s 20 best tracks – ranked!
Twenty-five years after his biggest-selling album Vol 2… Hard Knock Life, we appraise the work of a rapper who has a good claim to be the greatest ever
Alexis Petridis
31, Aug, 2023 @12:06 PM
Romy: Mid Air review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week
Expertly produced with Jamie xx, Fred Again and Stuart Price, Romy Madley Croft’s debut solo album tops off vivid house and trance tunes with pop smarts and personal lyrics
Alexis Petridis
31, Aug, 2023 @11:00 AM
The diaries of Amy Winehouse: ‘I’m the nutter of the class – loud and mouthing off!’
Using family photographs, journals, letters and handwritten lyrics, a new book sheds fresh light on the great singer’s life – while hinting at the tragedy to come. We publish exclusive images from the often heartbreaking work
Alexis Petridis
28, Aug, 2023 @5:00 AM
Burna Boy: I Told Them review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week
Eschewing the political controversies of his interviews, the Nigerian musician’s seventh album is streamlined, swaggering and rich with perfectly deployed vocal samples
Alexis Petridis
24, Aug, 2023 @11:43 PM
‘I was an absolute maniac’: punk legend Wreckless Eric on storming Spotify despite sounding like Mickey Mouse
The cult singer is still living off Whole Wide World, his very first song – and it wasn’t even a hit. As the riotous raconteur releases a new album, he talks bloody marys, brake failures and near death by Covid
Alexis Petridis
23, Aug, 2023 @3:55 PM
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