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  • Creed performing at Danforth Music Hall in Toronto, 2012.

    The long read
    On board the Creed cruise: the unfathomable return of the ‘worst band of the 90s’

  • The B-52s at Max's Kansas City in 1978.

    Feature
    ‘The drugs were so new, they weren’t illegal yet’: the debauched rise of New York’s wildest bar

    It was a seedy hotbed of sex, drugs, edgy music and A-list celebrities where Lou Reed and Andy Warhol partied alongside Blondie and Bowie. How did Max’s Kansas City fall apart?
  • ‘Every song has a destiny’ … Jonathan Cain, Steve Perry and Ross Valory of Journey.

    How we made
    ‘When The Sopranos used it, my phone blew up’: Journey on Don’t Stop Believin’

    ‘It’s a song that gives you permission to dream – and there are still a lot of smalltown girls and city boys wanting to get on a midnight train to anywhere’
  • The crowd at Sumfest, Montego Bay, in July.

    Feature
    Sound clashes are a thrilling reggae tradition. Will AI ruin them?

  • Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour - Munich, Germany<br>MUNICH, GERMANY - JULY 27: EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO BOOK COVERS. Taylor Swift performs onstage during "Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour" at Olympiastadion on July 27, 2024 in Munich, Germany. (Photo by Thomas Niedermueller/TAS24/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management )

    Has pop music got less melodic? I’ve immersed myself in 70 years of hits – this is what I’ve found

    Tom Breihan
  • David Rawlings and Gillian Welch.

    The reader interview
    Post your questions for Gillian Welch

  • Zappa Family Portrait<br>LOS ANGELES - FEBRUARY 1968: Rock and roll guitariist Frank Zappa poses for a portrait in Laurel Canyon with his wife Gail Zappa and daughter Moon Unit Zappa in February 1968 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

    Book review
    Earth to Moon by Moon Unit Zappa – waspish, funny account of life as Frank Zappa’s daughter

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Glastonbury 2024

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    Couples, exes, friends and families: how we all connected at Glastonbury – in pictures

  • Jill Ratoff and family

    ‘It’s my 18th consecutive Glastonbury'
    The three generation family attending the festival

  • Yeshi and Julie from Taste Tibet

    ‘Like winning a golden ticket’
    How Glastonbury’s traders thrive off of good vibes

  • Refugee charity stand

    ‘We’re reaching people who wouldn’t get to go’
    The volunteer scheme taking first-timers to Glastonbury 2024

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Interviews

  • Back to the club … Matmos at OFF festival in Katowice, Poland, in 2010.

    Hit em
    How a dream about raves, graves and slime led Matmos’s Drew Daniel to a new music genre

  • Ravyn Lenae

    Ravyn Lenae, genius of melody
    What’s left out of love songs is the growth on the other side of a breakup

  • ‘I saw it as theatrical’ … Armand Schaubroeck.

    Armand Schaubroeck, the ex-con muse of Andy Warhol
    We never stole from kids, just insured places

  • FRANCE-OLY-PARIS-2024-MUSIC-PORTRAIT<br>French musician and composer of the opening music for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games Victor le Masne, poses during a photo session in Paris on July 4, 2024. (Photo by JOEL SAGET / AFP) (Photo by JOEL SAGET/AFP via Getty Images)

    Olympics opening ceremony composer Victor le Masne
    I feel naked in front of the entire world

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Album reviews

  • A shapeshifting dialogue … Meshell Ndegeocello.

    Album of the week
    Meshell Ndegeocello: No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin – a fire reignited

  • Killer Mike in a white t-shirt, arms raised, on stage in Quebec City, July 2024.

    Kitty Empire's album of the week
    Killer Mike: Michael & the Mighty Midnight Revival: Songs for Sinners and Saints – humbling hip-hop

    • Jazz album of the month
      Wayne Shorter: Celebration Volume 1 – first posthumous LP is a true classic

    • Country
      Orville Peck: Stampede – starry duets about gay cowboy love

    • Rock
      Jack White: No Name – terrific surprise album is his most White Stripes-esque solo release

    • Jazz
      Milton Nascimento and Esperanza Spalding: Milton + Esperanza – a quixotic double act

    • The Observer
      Meshell Ndegeocello: No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin – an inspiring homage

    • Alexis Petridis's album of the week
      Ice Spice: Y2K! – wilfully trashy wordplay from wily new rap star

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Live reviews

  • The Maestros in Fusion ensemble.

    Classical
    Maestros in Fusion – virtuosic Indian ensemble knit two traditions together

  • Robert Plant Cambridge Folk Festival 2024

    Festival review
    Cambridge folk festival – Robert Plant thrills, Peggy Seeger inspires and Oysterband rock

    • Tightly choreographed … Sampa the Great on stage at Womad.

      Festival review
      Womad – wildly entertaining treasure trove for adventurous music fans

    • The Pet shop Boys perform at the Royal Opera House, London.

      Kitty Empire's artist of the week
      Pet Shop Boys – always never being boring

    • Katie Crutchfield of Waxahatchee performing at Kentish Town Forum in London, 25 July 2024.

      Waxahatchee
      Warm, rousing anthems about embracing change

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Add to playlist

  • From top left: Brittany Howard; Channel Tres, Calvin Harris, the Cavemen, Frank Ocean, Ruban Nielson of Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Chappell Roan, Joe Talbot of Idles.

    New summer classics playlist
    15 artists pick sunshine tracks

  • Paris Paloma

    One to watch
    Paris Paloma

  • Minnie Riperton in California in 1977.

    Ranked
    Soul, psychedelia and sensuality: Minnie Riperton’s 20 best songs

  • Loose Articles

    One to watch
    Loose Articles

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Obituaries

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From the archive

  • Mitski

    Mitski, the US’s best young songwriter
    I’m a black hole where people dump their feelings

    With songs about heartbreak and capitalism, the cult pop singer is on the brink of the mainstream – but the intensity of her fandom has her fearing for her safety
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