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  • “It’s a way of life, an identity” … Las Flores del Changüí.

    ‘If the world explodes, the only survivors will be cockroaches and Cubans!’
    The Guantánamo musicians defying the island’s crisis

  • Cypress Hill’s cartoon band members with Homer Simpson in the Homerpalooza episode of The Simpsons from 1996

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    Hip-hop band Cypress Hill makes 1996 Simpsons joke come true

    London Symphony Orchestra to play Black Sunday album at Royal Albert Hall decades after featuring on TV show
  • MJ Lenderman.

    Interview
    Pixar, Catholic shame, and urine-drinking podcast bros: the mixed-up rock of MJ Lenderman

    Known for turns with hit US indie acts Wednesday and Waxahatchee, the singer-guitarist explains how his songs – full of sad sacks and losers – get to the heart of masculinity
  • Queens of the Stone Age live in Rome, Italy - 04 Jul 2024<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Stefano Costantino/SOPA Images/REX/Shutterstock (14573665e) Josh Homme of "Queens of the Stone Age" performs live on stage at the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome. Queens of the Stone Age live in Rome, Italy - 04 Jul 2024

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    Queens of the Stone Age cancel European tour for Josh Homme’s surgery

  • Missy Higgins plays the piano on stage

    Missy Higgins soundtracked my generation of queer teens. Seeing her live is euphoric

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  • ‘We bonded over John Waters films’ … the Grid in 1994, with Richard Norris front.

    How we made
    ‘We knew a banjo house record would annoy the techno bores’: the Grid on Swamp Thing

  • ‘A beautiful, bold and totally involving album’ … English Teacher.

    Feature
    ‘A folk music wolf in doom metal clothing’: readers’ favourite albums of 2024 so far

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Glastonbury 2024

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  • Friends hanging out at big music festival

    Get ready for Glastonbury 2024
    11 essentials to pack, plan and download

  • Jill Ratoff and family

    ‘It’s my 18th consecutive Glastonbury'
    The three generation family attending the festival

  • Yeshi and Julie from Taste Tibet

    ‘Like winning a golden ticket’
    How Glastonbury’s traders thrive off of good vibes

  • Refugee charity stand

    ‘We’re reaching people who wouldn’t get to go’
    The volunteer scheme taking first-timers to Glastonbury 2024

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Interviews

  • Dancers leaping in wild shapes

    ‘My flash kept blinding everyone on the dancefloor’
    Elaine Constantine on capturing 90s northern soul all-nighters

  • ‘Don’t spend any time crying over me. Go, party!’: Dave Bayley

    Glass Animals’ Dave Bayley
    I’m a short shorts guy

  • A meeting of minds … Childish and Emin in the 80s.

    ‘To be totally the focus of someone, who was really into sex, was fantastic’
    Tracey Emin and Billy Childish on their blazing romance

  • Berwyn in a forest setting holding a case

    ‘Theresa May made the whole country rally against migrants’
    UK rapper Berwyn on poverty, perseverance and hostile politics

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Album reviews

  • Kasabian.

    Alexis Petridis's album of the week
    Kasabian: Happenings – pivot towards pop could almost be Coldplay

  • Kit Downes and Norma Winstone.

    Jazz album of the month
    Norma Winstone and Kit Downes: Outpost of Dreams – bonded by jazz tradition

    • Electronic
      Kiasmos: II – will have you crying tears of joy on the dancefloor

    • Global music
      Orquesta Akokán: Caracoles – joyous Cuban dancehall

    • Rap
      Headie One: The Last One – rueful memoir with party tunes attached

    • Rap
      Megan Thee Stallion: Megan – rap skill showcase is a sour sermon on superiority

    • Alexis Petridis's album of the week
      Camila Cabello: C,XOXO – Havana star​’s bad​-girl reboot​ is totally unconvincing

    • Rap
      Stefflon Don: Island 54 – seamless summer playlist

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Live reviews

  • Janelle Monáe on stage in Manchester last week.

    Kitty Empire's artist of the week
    Janelle Monáe: a masterclass in progressive showbiz spectacle

  • Perpetual motion … Angus Young of AC/DC.

    Rock
    AC/DC – a poignant lesson on the power of rock’n’roll

    • Ice-T performing with Body Count.

      Metal
      Body Count ft Ice-T – an explosive love letter to heavy metal

    • Nicky Wire of Manic Street Preachers at Llangollen Pavilion.

      Indie
      Manic Street Preachers / Suede – co-headliners bring out the best in each other

    • Patti Smith, with a long braid over her right shoulder and wearing a suit jacket, closes her eyes and points her thumb and first two fingers as she sings into a microphone

      Pop
      Patti Smith – utterly transformed by the power of music

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  • Photo of FLEETWOOD MAC and Stevie NICKS<br>UNITED STATES - OCTOBER 01: NEW HAVEN Photo of FLEETWOOD MAC and Stevie NICKS, of Fleetwood Mac, posed (Photo by Fin Costello/Redferns)

    Ranked
    Wildhearted hits – Stevie Nicks’ 20 best songs

  • Jasper Attlee looking down, leaning against a wall

    One to watch
    Berlioz

  • Ella Fitzgerald, Donna Summer and Bruce Springsteen

    ‘Should not be played indoors’
    Writers on their all-time favourite summertime songs

  • Composite for Tory years music piece

    Sleaford Mods, the 1975, Fred Again
    The songs that sum up each year of Tory government

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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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