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  • Two teenagers wearing leather jackets smile at each other inside a convenience store

    Film review
    Nimrods – Green Day’s early years inspire teenage kicks in amiable punk road movie

    San Francisco’s pop-punk pioneers Green Day loom large in this fun, puppyish film about a scrappy band desperate to meet their idols
  • Rapper Tupac Shakur, wearing a bandana and denim layered outfit, poses backstage

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    Tupac Shakur: jury selection begins in trial of ex-gang boss for rapper’s killing

  • Sullivan Fortner, with drummer Kayvon Gordon (left) and bassist Tyrone Allen.

    Interview
    ‘For this record, I took an edible and said, screw it’: jazz pianist Sullivan Fortner on confronting the trauma of Hurricane Katrina

  • Overmono duo perform at electronic music equipment under blue stage lighting

    Live review
    Overmono – irresistible dance duo swap club intimacy for well-earned spectacle

  • Ariana Grande looks to the side as photographers clamor to take pictures of her

    Essay
    Is it OK to talk about Ariana Grande’s body? There is no right answer

  • Nas raises both arms on stage during a performance, holding a microphone

    Live review
    Nas / The Roots review – NY rap legend is in a nostalgic state of mind

    Alexis Petridis
  • woman in white outfit sings into microphone on stage with finger pointed

    News
    Taylor Swift songs removed from Trump and White House’s social media posts

  • A group of four men, three wearing white shirts and ties, another wearing a suit, a white shirt and a tie, looking over a staircase

    ‘There is an alternative to capitalism’: after addiction and losing a home to LA wildfires, indie rockers Diiv start again

  • Head shot of the three sisters together

    ‘We crafted it from our hearts’: the Womack Sisters on continuing a great soul music dynasty

  • A woman in a white singlet top, with the words ‘Raise Your Standard’ on the front

    ‘This isn’t some vendetta’ – Tulisa Contostavlos on taking on the tabloids, sex tapes and shame

  • The musician Ravyn Lenae laying on a sunlit carpet wearing a T-shirt and shorts

    Alexis Petridis's album of the week
    Ravyn Lenae: Blue Island – from Suicide to Squarepusher, grunge to Janet, a pop one-off plots her unique path

  • Angeline Morrison and Arun Sood standing on a beach with the sea visible behind them

    Folk album of the month
    Arun Sood and Angeline Morrison: Donn/Dubh – British folk giants startlingly transform sacred histories

  • The three members of R&B trio Flo striding through the dark

    R&B
    Flo: Therapy at the Club – skirting the dancefloor and overly sweating the small stuff

  • A blue-tinted photograph of the musician Phoebe Bridgers surrounded by stars

    Album review
    Phoebe Bridgers: Lost Weekend review – long-awaited return is a thrilling, daring study in dislocation

  • Woman on stage

    Pop
    Olivia Rodrigo – crushing riffs and infectious hooks at secret New York show

  • Oumou Sangaré headlines at Womad festival.

    Festival
    Womad – ​hugely welcome return of joyous planet-spanning music fest

  • Luke Combs in a cap and grey jacket holds a microphone and raises his arm on a stage with purple and blue lights

    Country
    Luke Combs – regular Joe megastar brings the arena-sized party home

  • Man playing guitar on stage

    Rock
    Bon Dylan – Justin Vernon’s Bob Dylan covers set brings magic to Wisconsin

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    Honest playlist
    ‘Chris Martin seems nice – but Coldplay make me feel carsick!’: Lucy Beaumont’s honest playlist

  • Tiffany Day - Press Photo 04 (cred Ally Wei)

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    The anxiety-ridden sugar rush of Tiffany Day and the week’s best new tracks

  • Elaine PaigeElaine Paige over. a mixing desk

    Honest playlist
    ‘I loved the Police from the get-go’: Elaine Paige’s honest playlist

From the archive

  • Audrey Hobert sits on a stage reading a magazine next to an antique table with a turned off computer screen. In the background is a propped up guitar

    Interview
    ‘The beast inside me wants to move!’ The smart, slapstick world of Audrey Hobert, the Steve Martin of pop

    She co-wrote Gracie Abrams’ hit album then struck out solo, winning a fervent cult for her funny, wordy songs. As she's climbing the UK charts, revisit our interview

Obituaries

  • William Orbit standing on a ladder and waving an object

    Tribute
    Prince to Madonna, Blur to Beth Orton: William Orbit’s 12 greatest recordings

  • Bonnie Tyler performing in 2021.

    double quotation markBonnie Tyler totally eclipsed her power-ballad peers, and created an astonishingly wide variety of pop

    Alexis Petridis
  • Bonnie Tyler performing at the 2013 Eurovision song contest in Malmö, Sweden.

    News
    Bonnie Tyler, 80s pop legend known for Total Eclipse of the Heart and more, dies aged 75

  • Brian Potter.

    News
    Brian Potter, British songwriter behind hits for Glen Campbell, Take That and more, dies aged 87

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