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‘Everyone can relate to pain and struggle. So I’m sharing mine’: Michael Kiwanuka on life after his devastating stroke
The Mercury prize winner hasn’t been able to go home since falling ill last summer. In his only interview, he opens up about the ‘poignancy’ of finally releasing the new album his stroke shelved At the end of July 2025, Michael Kiwanuka was back home in Southampton after a series of European gigs…
Macklemore announces Free Palestine tour to benefit humanitarian aid organisations
The US rapper, removed from Ed Sheeran’s US stadium tour after voicing support of Palestine, has convened a charity show that will visit Dublin, Paris and London, with a North American run to be announced Macklemore has announced a “Free Palestine” tour, a series of live shows that will feature the…
U2 announce new album Carnaval de Luz, featuring final recording by Dolly Parton
Irish rock legends’ 16th studio album, described by the Edge as ‘a messy, provocative, sacred collection of songs’, to arrive in November U2 have officially announced their first album of new material in nearly a decade, entitled Carnaval de Luz, to be released on 13 November. Closing out the…
George Bush, murder and nautical infidelity: the Chicks’ 20 greatest songs – ranked!
As the country trio once known as Dixie Chicks celebrate 20 years of their album Taking the Long Way, we count down the best of their catchy, sometimes controversial catalogue One of eight singles released from the album Fly. Amazement at the sheer number should be matched by astonishment at their…
Tell us: do you enjoy listening to music on CDs?
Is this a recent development, or are you a die-hard compact disc fan? What do you like about the format? Despite the prevalence of music streaming services, CDs players appear to be having a resurgence. John Lewis said searches are up 96% since July, and portable CD players are also proving…
Gilla Band: Pugnello review – furious originality fuelled by cathartic aggression and absurdist confessions
(Rough Trade) Your favourite band’s favourite band unleash a thrilling and relentless 42 minutes of monstrous noise whose precise instrumental source always remains discomfitingly unclear Gilla Band have attracted some impressive plaudits since announcing their fourth album this summer. A feature…
Pete Byrne, frontman of British new wave band Naked Eyes, dies aged 74
Duo had US hits with their cover of Always Something There to Remind Me as well as Promises, Promises and more Pete Byrne, the frontman of British new wave group Naked Eyes who carried them to repeated chart successes in the US, has died aged 74. The news was announced on the band’s website and…
Michael Kiwanuka says he faces ‘long, tough journey’ to recovery from stroke
Mercury prize-winner reveals ‘quite severe’ bleed was why he’d missed support slots with Mumford & Sons this year The British singer-songwriter Michael Kiwanuka has said he has suffered a stroke and faces a “long tough journey” on the road to recovery. The 39-year-old singer from London, whose hits…
‘It’s about being loudly visible’: Ahadadream, the British-Pakistani dance star defanging racist slurs
Like many south Asians in the UK, he kept creativity separate from a corporate career. But after co-signs from dance music’s A-list, he’s releasing a defiant – and daringly titled – debut album When Ahad Elley was 12, his family moved from Karachi to the UK. Quickly, he discovered his Pakistani…
The truth about Sean Combs: ‘No is not a stopping point for him’
Cheyenne Roundtree, an investigative reporter at Rolling Stone, was as shocked as anyone when allegations of rape and sexual abuse were made against the music mogul. Then she began digging into his past life. In her first interview, she paints a horrifying picture of lost police reports, repeat…
‘Good music is good music, and most music is not!’ As he hits 90, master minimalist Steve Reich looks back
At 14, he heard Stravinsky and resolved to be a composer. As Reich approaches his 10th decade, the man revered by the likes of David Bowie reflects on a life that changed the soundtrack of modern living Steve Reich is not yet 90 but the celebrations have already begun, with the world premiere of…
Add to playlist: the euphoric ‘Bollywood electronic’ of the Twins and the week’s best new tracks
Omar and Jamal Ikram, 21-year-old brothers, are making lo-fi glitchy dance-pop with the melodic sensibilities of Bollywood music From Aldershot, Hampshire Recommended if you like 2hollis, the Hellp, Jai Paul Up next New single Wish U out now You, like me, may be growing tired of the 2020s’…
Baka Beyond: Sing the World Awake review – powerful Cameroonian vocals burst through fussy arrangements
(March Hare Music) This fusion of western folk and the traditional music of the Baka people creates an uneven patchwork of sound – but it astonishes when their vocals are placed front and centre Over the past 30 years, British folk musicians Su Hart and Martin Cradick have been developing a…
Empress Of: Dream House review – a tender and openhearted rebirth after wildfires razed her house
(Major Arcana/Giant Music) Lorely Rodriguez contemplates the meaning of home – both physical and emotional – on a gorgeously humid, hopeful album that makes a virtue of her searching nature Since the early 2010s Lorely Rodriguez has cut a restless, inventive figure. She’s slipped from raucous pop…
Beabadoobee: Pylon review – voice of a generation’s surprisingly relatable rampage through rock star rage
(Dirty Hit) The Filipino-British songwriter’s fourth album sprinkles 90s alt fuzz with disarmingly sweet melodies and an impressive host of guests including Paramore’s Hayley Williams and Turnstile’s Brendan Yates Last month, the Guardian published a feature about the demise of the monoculture . It…
Charli xcx Music, Fashion, Film tour review – an electrifying and deafening pop evolution
Barclays Center, Brooklyn The tireless star brings her latest, somewhat over-explained album to the stage for a dazzling and euphoric show For more than a year now, I have often returned, when seeking a bar for which to measure true pop transcendence, to the memory of Charli xcx taking the Other…
David Bowie: The Shel Talmy Recordings review – these unheard 60s tunes are actually pretty flimsy
(Parlophone) On this new compilation of his mid-60s Davie Jones years, Bowie can’t distinguish himself from the era’s other bands – and ends up hedging his bets In 1973, David Bowie released Pin Ups, a loving if slightly over-wrought collection of covers from the mid-60s: the moment when the…
‘I grew my hair and dropped out of society after hearing Black Sabbath’: J Mascis’s honest playlist
The Dinosaur Jr axe man stole from his mum to buy a Beach Boys record and squeaks to Tom Petty – but which punk banger made him cry? What’s the first song you fell in love with? Monster Mash by Bobby “Boris” Pickett. Monsters appealed to me as a kid. I found it funny, not spooky. Since I had a kid…
Céline Dion review – singer’s first live show in years marks a triumphant, emotional return
Plenitude Arena, Paris Dion wiped away tears and belted out the notes, giving an astounding performance despite her diagnosis of stiff person syndrome In 2022, when Céline Dion shared that she had been diagnosed with a rare incurable neurological disorder called stiff person syndrome (SPS), there…
Add to playlist: Grumpy’s weirded-up country celebration of trans joy and the week’s best new tracks
Sometime Zach Bryan backing vocalist Heaven Schmitt started Grumpy as a solo project. It’s now a six-piece band, blending alt-country with jubilant solidarity From Brooklyn, US Recommended if you like Wednesday, This Is Lorelei, Alex G Up next Unfindable Ring released 23 October “Found family” is…
