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Atlanta’s Netherworld is one of the biggest haunted houses in the US. But this year, rapper 2 Chainz has collaborated on a rival attraction – the Haunted Pink Trap House – with gritty results -
The 76-year-old’s new album is a rebuke to the president – and a startling return to form. Years of misogyny, however, have prepared her for the backlash
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Confusion reigns around licensing conditions of annual hip-hop event after residents’ group takes offence at performers’ language -
4 out of 5 stars.
Live review Robert Plant and the Sensational Shape Shifters – rock god reconnects with Celtic roots
4 out of 5 stars.The Led Zeppelin frontman tells stories of his time living in Wales, but draws sounds from all over the map: Middle Eastern guitars, Berber drums and techno moods -
Huge CD and vinyl sales propel Mon Pays C’est L’Amour to top of French charts
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The Pretty Things were known for wild 60s singles and the album SF Sorrow. From starring in a sex comedy to a lifetime ban from New Zealand, they share 50 years of anecdotes -
The hip-hop trio are equally at home discussing depression and suicide as they are the slow demise of the Brooklyn neighbourhood they are named after -
Between breaks from goofing around, the two surviving members of the band talk about writing a new memoir, their rollercoaster career and coming to terms with the loss of Adam Yauch -
A combination of energy, cheer and her message of self-love has brought the Minneapolis musician to the brink of international recognition
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3 out of 5 stars.
Kacey Musgraves – golden disco-country loses a little sheen
3 out of 5 stars.Despite a fantastic sound from her band, the Grammy-winning star is awkward on stage as her lyrics are lost in the dry ice -
4 out of 5 stars.
Hayley Kiyoko – tongue-twisters from teen pop rebel
4 out of 5 stars.She was once a wannabe teen star, and Kiyoko’s training shows through with expert dance breaks and elastic electropop -
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4 out of 5 stars.
Smashing Pumpkins – still miles ahead of their rivals
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Lankum – dark, raucous poetry from Irish folk miscreants
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4 out of 5 stars.
BTS – warmth and wonder from world's biggest boyband
4 out of 5 stars.
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5 out of 5 stars.
Album of the week Robyn: Honey – beautifully personal pop perfection
5 out of 5 stars.By manipulating the modern pop palette to craft a complex heartbreak album, Robyn shows her imitators how it’s done -
4 out of 5 stars.
Jazz album of the month Myra Melford's Snowy Egret: The Other Side of Air – kaleidoscopic improv workout
4 out of 5 stars.The American avant-garde pianist gathers an impressive group of partners for this crisp, complex album -
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Forty years after its chart peak, You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) is the classic Pride anthem and the subject of academic symposia. Not bad for a drag queen who was ‘just trying to get on to the radio’
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In music, the joy of sex has been supplanted by nihilism and melancholy. Has the digital age made pop lose its loving feeling? -
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Kendrick Lamar Reading and Leeds festival review – glittery GCSE blowout has most diverse lineup yet
4 out of 5 stars.From Dua Lipa’s choreographed pop to Kendrick Lamar’s rap blitzkreig, R&L expanded beyond the indie faithful – but Sex on Fire still got the biggest singalong -
5 out of 5 stars.
Taylor Swift Robyn: Honey review – beautifully personal pop perfection
5 out of 5 stars.By manipulating the modern pop palette to craft a complex heartbreak album, Robyn shows her imitators how it’s done -
Sheeran’s single Shape of You is the music platform’s most-streamed song since it launched
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The former Pavement frontman answered questions on his fly-fishing exploits, Berlin’s nightlife and getting slated by Beavis and Butthead -
The French-Canadian producer’s new album turns her disenchantment with clubbing into hard-won creative autonomy – with wit and a kick drum -
Atlanta’s Netherworld is one of the biggest haunted houses in the US. But this year, rapper 2 Chainz has collaborated on a rival attraction – the Haunted Pink Trap House – with gritty results
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4 out of 5 stars.
R&B Nao: Saturn review – cosmopolitan R&B auteur evades the mainstream
4 out of 5 stars.(RCA Records)
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Breakthroughs in artificial intelligence make music composition easier than ever – because a machine is doing half the work. Could computers soon go it alone? -
A steady decline in circulation of the music press, epitomised by the closure of NME this year, has created new opportunities for stalwarts and niche titles alike
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The Gossip frontwoman has started acting, and her first role is a ‘redneck loud woman’ in the new Gus Van Sant film. She talks about the real women behind the southern stereotypes -
The former Pavement frontman on the Jicks' metrosexual revolution, fly-fishing and getting slated by Beavis and Butthead
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A steady decline in circulation of the music press, epitomised by the closure of NME this year, has created new opportunities for stalwarts and niche titles alike
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When David Bowie headlined the festival in 2000, the BBC cut him off – and switched to Michael Eavis singing Elvis instead. As the channel finally airs more of the show, the man responsible fesses up -
With One Direction on indefinite hiatus, the globe’s boybands have been slugging it out for the top spot. Meet the seven K-poppers who won, after wowing both the US and the UK -
She became famous with the girl group Fifth Harmony and now she’s won four American Music Awards as a solo performer. Meet the star behind the addictive, inescapable single Havana
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