Village Underground, LondonRepackaging an age-old art form for a modern audience is a risky business – but the Catalonian executes it with aplomb in an evening of gloriously global popAs Latin pop continues to send shockwaves through the charts, young …
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Cher’s 30 greatest songs – ranked!
From her hippy-counterculture beginnings alongside Sonny Bono to her 80s power ballads, the singer has surfed the zeitgeist for half a century. Here are the best songs from her extraordinary career“Cher truly out-gayed herself with this one,” offered o…
Read moreYoko Ono: Warzone review – name another 85-year-old making music this combative
(Chimera Music)Ono rages through an album that is part rehabilitation of 1985’s Starpeace, part call to arms – and wholly uniquePlenty of artists have taken to revisiting their back catalogue recently – from Echo and the Bunnymen to ELO – but in the ca…
Read moreDJ Mim Shaikh on finding his dad: ‘I wanted the Disney ending so much’
The 1Xtra presenter didn’t remember his father, and everything he had heard about him was bad. So why was he so driven to track him down?Mim Shaikh is explaining why he went looking for his father. “My nan always said to me that when you turn 25, you b…
Read moreHalf of beginner guitarists in US and UK are female, survey says
Persistently high proportion of sales to women and girls found to outlast ‘Taylor Swift factor’From singers to drummers, roadies to rock critics, music is an industry still overwhelmingly dominated by men – but perhaps not forever. A new study of those…
Read moreWhy are Bono, Pharrell and Michael Stipe paying tribute to this woman’s dead cat?
An all-star memorial album for Souris the cat is the latest project from French artist Sophie CalleName: Souris the cat.Age: Dead since 2014. Continue reading…
Read moreMan arrested after David Bowie statue vandalised for second time in six months
Ziggy Stardust sculpture in Aylesbury has been covered in blue paint, following an earlier attack in MarchA 29-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage after a statue of David Bowie was defaced for the second time since it was unv…
Read moreTechno workaholic Marie Davidson: ‘I’m a total maniac who is very hard on myself’
The French-Canadian producer’s new album turns her disenchantment with clubbing into hard-won creative autonomy – with wit and a kick drum In Marie Davidson’s nightmares, she’s always darting between spaces. The French-Canadian performer spent the bett…
Read moreSmashing Pumpkins review – still miles ahead of their rivals
Wembley Arena, LondonThree hours of Billy Corgan’s alt-rockers is certainly a lot, but the sheer inventiveness and breadth of their back catalogue makes this 30th anniversary tour a joyThere comes a point in Smashing Pumpkins’ 30th anniversary show whe…
Read moreThom Yorke releases Greenpeace single Hands Off the Antarctic
The Radiohead star’s new track is accompanied by footage shot by Greenpeace’s research ship Arctic SunriseRadiohead frontman Thom Yorke has released a new single in support of Greenpeace’s mission to protect the Antarctic Ocean from the effects of clim…
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