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Despite their goth-coded attempts at emotional turbulence, the saccharine songs of Abrams’ third album feel adolescent in their melodrama
Gracie Abrams’ third album is a full-blown crime s…
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Haunted hooks and bone-chilling screams: how Chanel Beads became the indie breakout of the year ○
Tipped by Lorde and Billie Eilish, the New York musician twists sublime folk and chaotic synths into bewitching new shapes
At first Shane Lavers can’t get through. Then he’s on video call but I cannot…
87 days ago
Indie music has been invaded by fake fans and cynical viral campaigns. Here’s how deep it all goes ⊕
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Companies such as Chaotic Good are confecting social media buzz to promote Geese, Oklou and other indie darlings. Industry insiders reveal how widespread the practice is – even if no-one is sure it a…
3 months ago
‘A feeling of ecstasy’: how Anne Hathaway and FKA twigs created the thunderous Mother Mary soundtrack ⊕⊕
The stars of David Lowery’s psychodrama on the secrets behind creating music for a fictional pop diva
As David Lowery, the director, was writing the fictional pop star Mother Mary for his new film of …
4 months ago
Grace Ives: Girlfriend review – bedroom-pop auteur goes widescreen for a gorgeous sobriety epic ⊕⊕
(True Panther/Capitol)
The New Yorker’s third album leaves behind her DIY origins to channel cult pop classics by Lorde and Sky Ferreira
New Yorker Grace Ives broke out as a bedroom pop artist, self-pr…
Lala Lala: Heaven 2 review – brooding alt-popper fights the urge to run ⊖
(Sub Pop)
Lillie West’s fourth album is a hazy, mid-tempo meditation on escape that gets stuck in a numbing mid-tempo mode – though there is a gorgeous moment of release
Over fidgety, impatient keys, L…
8 months ago
Biggest Grammy snubs and surprises: Lorde and Weeknd shut out as Kylie Jenner's boyfriend scores nod ⊖
The 2026 Grammy nominations dropped Friday, and as always, the list is packed with jaw-dropping snubs and shocking surprises.
‘It’s scary how many St George’s flags there were’: Blood Orange on coming home to Essex and mourning his mother ⊖⊖
After grief brought Dev Hynes home, he reconsidered the county that shaped him. The result is a masterful new album – made with a little help from Lorde and Zadie Smith
Devonté Hynes is telling me how…
9 months ago
Taylor Swift’s Charli xcx hit job misses the point – and underscores her tedious obsession with conflict ⊖⊖
Sixteen months after Charli used Brat to air her anxieties about Swift, the US star’s graceless response is a missed opportunity for growth – and betrays her vengeful side
Charli xcx released her sixt…
10 months ago
Lorde details her identity dysphoria after being accused of 'gender baiting' and opens up about drug use and health woes in searingly honest chat ○
The singer, 28, posed for a striking series of snaps with Dazed magazine before sitting down to talk about her life, confessing: 'I've constantly f****d up since I was a teenager'.