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  • Things are looking up … Nick Cave.

    Alexis Petridis's album of the week
    Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds: Wild God – this masterpiece will make you fall back in love with life

  • Laurie Anderson, press photo

    The reader interview
    ‘Optimists have happier lives’: Laurie Anderson on Bowie, Lou Reed and ‘romantic, inspiring’ JFK

    Releasing a new album inspired by Amelia Earhart, the US musician answers your questions about her letters to Kennedy, wrestling Andy Kaufman and ​performing for thousands of dogs at Sydney Opera House
  • Beyoncé, who has blocked Donald Trump from using her song Freedom.

    News
    Trump campaign deletes Freedom video after Beyoncé blocks use of song

    Freedom, the central song in the Kamala Harris campaign, appeared in a Trump campaign video but was contested by singer’s label and publisher
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Interviews

  • The Magnetic Fields performing at the Knitting Factory on Friday night, September 10, 1999.This image:Stephin Merritt, right, with Sam Davol.(Photo by Hiroyuki Ito/Getty Images)

    How we made
    ‘Peter Gabriel’s cover of The Book of Love bought me a house’: the Magnetic Fields on 69 Love Songs

  • DAM at Womad

    Rap
    Palestinian hip-hop collective DAM: ‘Music can’t stop a war machine’

  • Members of Kneecap outside the Egyptian Theatre before the start of the Sundance Film Festival on 18 January in Park City, Utah.

    How Northern Irish rap trio Kneecap rose to fame by subverting the Troubles

  • Jordan Stephens sitting on a bench in Greenwich Park, smiling and with his arms spread across the back of the bench and one leg forward, wearing khaki shorts, a white-T-shirt and white trainers

    ‘All this chaos. It’s part of who I am’
    Rizzle Kicks’ Jordan Stephens on life after pop stardom

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Album reviews

  • An expanding sound … Fontaines DC.

    Alexis Petridis's album of the week
    Fontaines DC: Romance – arenas await, but on the band’s own strange terms

  • David Rawlings and Gillian Welch.

    Kitty Empire's album of the week
    Gillian Welch and David Rawlings: Woodland – 10 exquisite songs of love and loss

    • Country
      Post Malone: F-1 Trillion – catchy country cosplay

    • Pop
      Tinashe: Quantum Baby – playful, featherlight 90s-trap fusion

    • Contemporary album of the month
      Lance Gurisik: Proffer – a heart-wrenching, genre-crossing compendium

    • Dance
      Hifi Sean & David McAlmont: Daylight – the sound of a summer breeze

    • Indie
      Illuminati Hotties: Power – immaculate, melody-rich indie rock

    • Indie
      Pom Poko: Champion – garage rockers finding joy in the everyday

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Live reviews

  • Dominating … Adrianne Lenker of Big Thief performing on the Mountain stage.

    Festival review
    Green Man: Sherelle sets the tone, Big Thief are a big hit and Sampha closes in style

  • An hour of free improvisation … André 3000.

    Jazz
    André 3000 – live spiritual jazz leaves hip-hop visionary with nowhere to hide

    • Frank Carter and Sex Pistols performing Never Mind The Bollocks at Bush Hall.

      Punk
      Sex Pistols and Frank Carter – rip-roaring punk rock redux

    • Phoenix performing in the Stade de Paris surrounded by dancing athletes

      Review
      Paris Olympics closing ceremony – Gallic cool upstaged by LA glitz

    • Korn frontman Jonathan Davis at Open Air theatre, Scarborough.

      Metal
      Korn – a mosh-pit erupting set drenched in dark energy

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  • Wishy.

    One to watch
    Wishy

  • Photo of Dee Dee RAMONE and Johnny RAMONE and Joey RAMONE and RAMONES<br>Event: Artist: Ramones. Photographer: Ian Dickson. Credit: Ian Dickson/Redferns. Copyright holder: Ian Dickson

    Ranked
    I wanna be top-rated: Ramones’ 20 greatest songs

  • Macklemore

    Honest playlist
    Macklemore: ‘I have never been to a sex dungeon party’

  • Dua Saleh

    One to watch
    Dua Saleh

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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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