At this year’s Grammys, Beyoncé might have made history, but she was once again denied the night’s most prestigious prize: Album of the Year. Robert Solomon outlines why this was such an oversight.
Walk through an interactive museum of the United Kingdom’s life-changing news items and oddball social media storm in Duke Smoochem 3D.
Whilst his music might defy categorisation, his ambition certainly doesn’t. And with a new song out now, ‘WE HAD THE TIME OF OUR LIVES TOGETHER’, featuring Canadian star Lights, we caught up with Mauvey for our series on emerging artists.
Work has begun on the site for Edinburgh’s new Dunard Centre, the city’s first purpose-built music venue in more than 100 years.
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With Kojey Radical securing a nomination for Best New Artist at this year’s BRITs, his ascent to mainstream stardom is nearly complete. His performance at Shoreditch’s XOYO on Friday proves this conversation is one that Kojey himself is simultaneously humbled and deserving of being a part of.
Tango Gameworks serve up a joyful rhythm-action brawler that brims with Dreamcast-era charm. Here's our review of Hi-Fi Rush.
Actor Armie Hammer was accused of rape and violent, cannibalistic sexual fantasies by multiple women in 2021.
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Friday night saw 600 of Beabadoobee’s most determined fans filling London’s Lafayette as part of the Brits Week roster of balloted, intimate gigs in support of War Child. This surprise show came sandwiched between the end of the singer’s sell-out solo world tours and prior to her next bout of shows supporting Taylor Swift next month.
New Order are set to launch Beyond The Music, a new festival and music conference taking place in their native Manchester between 11 and 14 October.
Harry Styles has won the award for best album at the Grammy Awards 2023, whilst Beyoncé made history with a record-breaking 32nd Grammy Award.
We finally meet Melanie Lynskey’s villainous Kathleen in episode 4, titled ‘Please Hold On To My Hand’. Read our spoiler-filled review!
Could Jack Dawson have squeezed onto that door with Rose at the end of Titanic? James Cameron now has the definite answer.
As music fans reel from the first inevitable round of Beyoncé ticket troubles this week, we can turn our attention to some other tunes to console ourselves – with the help of RAYE, Young Fathers and Yves Tumor.
This is the Susie Dent's Top Tens we have ALL been waiting for. Pub names and their origins. From kings hiding in Royal Oak trees to Henry VIII's anti-papal bull on his coat of arms, Susie Dent takes us through the nation's most common.
The Spanish-born fashion designer Paco Rabanne - born Francisco Rabaneda y Cuervo - has died at the age of 88 at his home in Portsall, Brittany.
We speak to the writer behind the play-turned-Hollywood-film, Samuel D. Hunter, about 2023’s most divisive film.
After a multi year battle, the US Patent and Trademark Office has formally granted Lizzo a trademark for the phrase “100 per cent that bitch”, popularised by her breakthrough hit ‘Truth Hurts’.
Gary Glitter, the disgraced former pop star, has been freed from prison in Dorset after serving half his 16-year jail term, having been sentenced for attempted rape, four counts of indecent assault and one charge of having sex with a girl under 13.
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Shania Twain, the best-selling female country artist of all time, delivers Queen of Me, the follow-up to 2017’s Now. It’s a record that, whilst celebrating a revitalised artist, also nods to what’s created her significant legacy. Holly Smith reviews.
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Darren Aronofsky’s The Whale has the ingredients for a deeply problematic film, but it's a profoundly moving, triumphant drama.
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Fourth albums can represent a tricky crossroad. But Young Fathers make light work of it with Heavy Heavy, an album which goes back to the basics of their 2014 full-length debut.
An email and a new moniker have forced me to reassess my relationship with Pret A Manger, begging a number of questions, none bigger than: has Pret fallen victim to the brilliance of its own subscription service?
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Skinamarink, Kyle Edward Ball’s viral, lo-fi horror film, taps into a familiar fear of the unknown. Read our review.
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Puss in Boots: The Last Wish is a heartfelt, surprisingly mature look at life and death from one heroic cat’s perspective.
To celebrate the release of Knock At The Cabin, Paul Klein looks at the wrestlers who have turned themselves into movie stars.
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Toronto rock paragons Metric embraced avant-garde synthpop on 2022’s Formentera. During their supporting tour (and first UK run in half a decade), Emily Haines et al. match the ambition of their album with a two-hour career retrospective stuffed with hooks.
★★★★☆ As much a tragic view of rural Poland as a cautionary tale on our relationship with animals, EO charts a donkey’s journey across two countries.
★★★★☆ Raye's new style and album are hard-hitting and political, to say the least. Peppered with London vernacular, the independent popstar borrows neatly from Lily Allen and Amy Winehouse. Here's our My 21st Century Blues review.
★★★★★ Playing their full debut album at Manchester’s Gorilla, near where it all began for them, The 1975 show they can still do intimate settings with aplomb, and know exactly what it is that works about them.
Ah, February, where we’ve passed the January Blues and now have to contend with the fact that the rest of the year really is upon us. Thankfully, there’s a number of top album releases this month. Here’s our pick of the best.
