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Steve Harley: 1970s Cockney Rebel who took risks and wrote hits | Alexis Petridis
Singer-songwriter, while not quite managing to elbow David Bowie aside, produced well-crafted hits topped by Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)
Alexis Petridis
17, Mar, 2024 @7:36 PM
‘I don’t want to be a legacy performer’: why Britain’s hottest jazz star is giving up his sax for the flute
Shabaka Hutchings is at the height of his powers as a saxophonist – but has given it up to play a Japanese flute that takes years to master. In London and Brazil, the multiple Mercury nominee explains why he has to resist the easy path, even if it puts his livelihood at risk
Alexis Petridis
08, Mar, 2024 @9:40 AM
Gwen Stefani and No Doubt’s greatest songs – ranked!
As No Doubt reform for Coachella, we pick out the best of their lead singer’s variously romantic and splenetic oeuvre – from Don’t Speak to Hollaback Girl
Alexis Petridis
29, Feb, 2024 @2:00 PM
Sheer Mag: Playing Favorites review – euphoric expansion by one of today’s great American bands
What started life as a disco EP designed to help the band through personal difficulties has evolved into a refined, joyful take on their distortion-lagged rock
Alexis Petridis
29, Feb, 2024 @12:00 PM
MGMT: Loss of Life review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week
The newly viral US duo seem to take inspiration from Bowie, Simon and Garfunkel and the Gallagher brothers on an album of glossy, impressively melodic psychedelic pop
Alexis Petridis
22, Feb, 2024 @4:15 PM
Liam Gallagher John Squire review – their best work since Oasis and the Stone Roses
To the surprise of no one, the duo’s prosaically titled debut sounds like a cross between their former bands – and their fans will love it
Alexis Petridis
19, Feb, 2024 @5:00 AM
Easy to choose? Lionel Richie’s greatest songs – ranked!
Forty years after Hello was released as a single, we rate the best of Richie’s work – solo and with Commodores, from Sly Stone-influenced funk to epic pop ballads
Alexis Petridis
16, Feb, 2024 @8:00 AM
Idles: Tangk review – a return to joy as an act of resistance
It doesn’t all work, but there are plenty of smart, intriguing ideas as Idles prove they don’t just do howling fury
Alexis Petridis
15, Feb, 2024 @11:33 AM
Kanye West & Ty Dolla $ign: Vultures 1 review – weak lyrics from a witless edgelord
There are bright moments on this much-delayed album, mostly from vocalist Ty Dolla $ign, but West’s own verses are profoundly depressing
Alexis Petridis
12, Feb, 2024 @11:50 AM
Kali Malone: All Life Long review – music to blot out the world’s clamour
Returning to the organ-playing that made her name and adding brass and vocals, the Thom Yorke-approved composer revels in the possibilities of her instruments
Alexis Petridis
08, Feb, 2024 @11:30 AM
The breadth and depth of female dominance at the Grammys is heartening | Alexis Petridis
The likes of Taylor Swift and SZA were expected winners – but women also picked up wins in the traditional male bastions of rock, remixing and more
Alexis Petridis
05, Feb, 2024 @12:31 PM
Wayne Kramer: a complex and influential musician, dogged by lucklessness
The musician, who has died aged 75, co-founded MC5, a band that for all its undoubted brilliance, lurched from one disaster to the next
Alexis Petridis
03, Feb, 2024 @4:37 PM
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