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Neu Klang — ‘krautrock’ in the bands’ own words

...Richard Branson’s London-based label led the way in popularising the new wave of German hippie groups; krautrock acts often met with a warmer reception in the UK than Germany....

May 9, 2024

ObituarySteve Albini

Steve Albini, record engineer and musician, 1962-2024

...The record engineer and musician, who has died aged 61, was a key figure in the rise of US alternative rock in the 1980s and 1990s....

May 11, 2024

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Mitski brings out her theatrical side at Hammersmith Apollo — review

...pierced the silence between songs like Cupid’s arrows. In the past, Mitski accepted these tokens of adoration in the resigned style of St Sebastian....

May 9, 2024

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Keeley Forsyth evokes a glowering atmosphere in The Hollow — album review

...She repeats the same phrases in different songs, like incantations or thoughts that can’t be shaken off. Grief is the theme of “Eve”, dedicated to the memory of the grandmother who raised her....

May 10, 2024

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AG Cook: Britpop — a sprawling album from an innovative musical stylist

...Now comes a sprawling set of songs mischievously proposing a different designation for the term. AG Cook’s Britpop sounds nothing like the traditional guitar acts usually associated with the movement....

May 8, 2024

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Kamasi Washington goes further down the jazz-fusion path in Fearless Movement — album review

...This saccharine premise has been transformed into cosmic jazz-funk with mazy bass playing from Thundercat, a mantra-like choral refrain and old-school rapping by members of hip-hop group Coast Contra....

May 1, 2024

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The Impact Of Gen AI On The Legal Sector

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Sampha takes a risk at Alexandra Palace

...The sophistication of Sampha’s recordings and the long gap between them suggest the work of a perfectionist. But the Londoner’s show at Alexandra Palace portrayed him differently....

April 29, 2024

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Dua Lipa: Radical Optimism — regressions on a dance floor

...Hence the business-as-usual motor that lies within the shiny new chassis of Radical Optimism. The album is a succinct 11 tracks....

May 2, 2024

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Transcript: Culture chat — Is Taylor Swift’s new album too much?

...Ludovic Hunter-Tilney I enjoyed the album....

April 26, 2024

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Lil Yachty brings his brash new psychedelic sound to London — review

...Among the inspirations is Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon, a “whoa” moment for the rapper when he first heard it. Another is Tame Impala....

April 30, 2024

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Transcript — Culture chat: Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter

...Well, actually, I feel grateful to Beyoncé for this as a pop critic is that she’s among a group of artists who really are showing a lot of commitment to the album as a form....

April 5, 2024

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Justice embrace smoothness and sinewy rhythms in Hyperdrama

...The scales of Justice weigh out the rough and the smooth. Roughness used to predominate back when the duo of Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosnay emerged in Paris in the 2000s....

April 24, 2024

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St Vincent balances rawness and artifice on All Born Screaming

...Looks are changed, the sound is altered, the concept shifts....

April 24, 2024

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Nia Archives: Silence is Loud — eclectic jungle revivalism

...It’s not a novel move: the crossover has been fuelled by the abbreviated culture of TikTok with its sped-up songs....

April 10, 2024

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Pearl Jam: Dark Matter — a grunge band still in full flight

...The tone is set by the whip-crack sound of a pool game break-off at the start of the opening track (a cue shot apparently played by Vedder’s pal Sean Penn)....

April 17, 2024

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Can: Live in Paris 1973 — vivid tribute to one of rock’s best improvisational groups

...The recording ends with jarring suddenness as they wind down from one such peak, as though intuiting the singer’s abrupt departure from the group....

February 21, 2024

ObituaryVince Power

Vince Power, music impresario, 1947-2024

...At its peak, the Mean Fiddler group operated 27 venues catering for different audiences....

March 16, 2024

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London’s pound shop of global markets still has options for bargain hunters Premium

...This knocked out many potential targets including online fashion group Asos, card retailer Moonpig and furniture group DFS. Performance is the next piece of the jigsaw....

March 6, 2024

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Thundercat delivers dazzling bass runs and solos at Koko — review

...I was chided the other day by a bass player for referring to the bass guitar. This turns out to be a point of contention in the bass community....

April 4, 2024

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Taylor Swift: The Tortured Poets Department review — heartbreak inspires anguish, anger and a career highlight

...The farewell to all that is underscored by songs that self-consciously tilt to the US. “Fresh Out the Slammer” has Swift “running home” to “the one who says I’m the girl of his American Dreams”....

April 19, 2024

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Shakira: Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran — revenge served lukewarm

...In 2022 her long-term relationship to former Barcelona footballer Gerard Piqué ended in the kind of spectacularly public collapse that only the highest-profile celebrity couplings can suffer....

March 27, 2024

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English Teacher: This Could Be Texas — indie scene gets a boost with Leeds band’s defiant debut album

...Forgoing the verse-chorus-verse plod that sunk guitar music in the 2000s, the songs adeptly map the twists and turns of the stories she tells....

April 10, 2024

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Rap beefs heat up on two albums from Future and Metro Boomin

...The spur for the cattiness is Lamar’s lively cameo on the first of the albums from Future and Metro Boomin. The song he appears on, “Like That”, is currently topping the US singles chart....

April 17, 2024

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Air return to classic album Moon Safari in nostalgia-filled gig

...They stood in a white structure that stretched in a rectangle across the width of the stage....

March 25, 2024

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The Smile — Radiohead spin-off’s hot streak continues with London gig

...The new group have unlocked something similarly productive in Radiohead’s core duo. A catalyst for the change sat at one side of the Apollo’s stage....

March 11, 2024

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