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Following criticism of Reading and Leeds festival for its heavily male lineup, frontman Matt Healy says ‘this is how male artists can be true allies’
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4 out of 5 stars.
Live review Blossoms – chart-topping anti-lads get louche and loved up
4 out of 5 stars.Currently at No 1 in the album charts, Blossoms return home to subvert the image of the northern lad band with scarves, flouncing and shameless pop -
In Russia’s frozen far north, Murmansk’s Inversia festival draws artists reflecting on the edges of the earth – including Brits, despite ever chillier diplomatic relations -
The singer, who faced vicious online bullying after her 2011 song went viral, confronts her struggle in anniversary post
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The band are shocking their fanbase with new album The Unraveling, full of fury about the state of America – from school shootings to caged kids. We meet the angry Alabamians -
The singer-songwriter, 62, on examining mortality, living with trauma, and learning to become a druid -
Can the world’s biggest punk band capture the zeitgeist on their new album like American Idiot once did? They talk about staying positive in the age of Trump – and how people have forgotten to love each other
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After an epiphany on a plane, the LA singer-songwriter came out and found the freedom he needed
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3 out of 5 stars.
Sigala One-man party-starter defies Storm Ciara with tropical show
3 out of 5 stars.DJ kicks off world tour to audience in beach shorts and skimpy fluorescent club wear despite the heavy weather outside -
4 out of 5 stars.
Julian Cope Chaotic cult hero doesn't compromise
4 out of 5 stars.Warmth, humour and real depth lie behind the dense beard and sunglasses of this eccentric artist, whose 40 years of baffling discography never fails to entertain -
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4 out of 5 stars.
Anna Meredith A careering getaway ride from musical convention
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4 out of 5 stars.
La Roux Synth star throws a joyously sleazy blowout
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4 out of 5 stars.
Kitty Empire's artist of the week Madonna – always an eye for adventure
4 out of 5 stars.
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4 out of 5 stars.
Alexis Petridis's album of the week Frazey Ford: U Kin B the Sun – bright shoots from knotted roots of American song
4 out of 5 stars.The former Be Good Tanyas member develops her intimate version of southern soul – but fills it with strife from relationship breakdowns to gun issues -
5 out of 5 stars.
Beatrice Dillon Workaround – a global future-folk manifesto
5 out of 5 stars.These exuberant electronic experiments in mixing 150bpm dub-techno with live instrumentation fizz with the joy of artistic creation -
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30 years after Nirvana released their debut album, Bleach, we revisit Jonathan Freedland's 1994 report from the aftermath of Cobain's death
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Black Sabbath frontman, 71, says 2019 was ‘most painful and miserable year’ of his life -
3 out of 5 stars.
DJ kicks off world tour to audience in beach shorts and skimpy fluorescent club wear despite the heavy weather outside
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2 out of 5 stars.
R&B K Michelle: All Monsters Are Human review – slick R&B with a sharp whiff of smut
2 out of 5 stars.The Tennessean takes her no-filter frankness to new levels in this disconcerting chronicle of sex and heartbreak
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3 out of 5 stars.
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In Russia’s frozen far north, Murmansk’s Inversia festival draws artists reflecting on the edges of the earth – including Brits, despite ever chillier diplomatic relations
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3 out of 5 stars.
Hip-hop Lil Wayne: Funeral review – fearsome and full of life
3 out of 5 stars.(Young Money/Republic)
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