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Once scrappy post-punk poets, they’re now one of the biggest bands in the world. As they release new album Dopamine Chamber, fans including Kneecap and Shame explain their sensational rise When Irish rockers Fontaines DC emerged in 2019, they were a bunch of post-punk poets making abrasive guitar music atContinue Reading

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Adored by Madonna and Charli xcx and buoyed by finding true love, the Londoner is branching out into rock and breaking the mainstream. She explains how her working class upbringing made her so fearless Leaving the important stuff to chance isn’t Shygirl’s style. First aid kit, wind-up radio, batteries: earlierContinue Reading

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(RCA)Massive in her home nation but less so outside, Angèle is aided by Justice, Soulwax and Caroline Polachek in ​a bold bid for broader appeal – but her resultant album ​can be generic as well as daring As has often been pointed out, we live in an era where theContinue Reading

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Spandau Ballet’s Gary Kemp paid £10k at auction for Epstein’s address book. He then used it to co-author a thrilling account of the swinging 60s – and an intimate portrait of a tormented man whose life was unravelling The email from Sotheby’s might easily have gone unread. Despite his deepContinue Reading

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In this interview with ROTIMI IGE, Titi Kushimo, a writer, media personality, development advocate and cultural enthusiast, discusses how her diverse interests in fashion, literature, poetry and peacebuilding have evolved into a purposeful platform for social change. She reflects on her formative years as a writer, her academic journey inContinue Reading

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Music legend Sir Elton John has taken to Instagram to voice his deep frustration with Watford’s alarming run of form after the Hornets suffered a humiliating 4-0 defeat against rock-bottom Burnley on Saturday. The 79-year-old icon, who oversaw the most successful era in the club’s history during his time runningContinue Reading

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In this interview by ADERONKE ADESANYA, Founder and Artistic Director of HIGRO Ensemble Nigeria, Busuyi Ayowole, speaks on music, faith, cultural heritage and the 15-year journey of the ensemble. He also discusses the maiden Nigerian Independence Day Choral Evensong recently held in Ibadan; the challenges of sustaining choral music inContinue Reading

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(Interscope)Adored by the A-list and filling arenas, but without huge smash hits, the Australian singer treads his own distinctive path through pop via shoegaze, Balearic and the Smiths A few years back, the New York Times reported on the phenomenon of the “middle-class pop star”. The feature bluntly explained thatContinue Reading

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Drugs, drink and dancing made Bez famous. Thirty-five years on, has he really swapped it all for filtered water, intermittent fasting and walks with the dogs? Bez has both shoelaces undone and it’s making me nervous. Out walking his dogs, we’re up and over barbed wire, across streams and overContinue Reading