(Fax/Epic)
The South African singer reflects on love’s highs and lows on her second album, nimbly flipping between moods but with her voice always holding attention
From her penchant for paparazzi-bait…
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5 months ago
Danny L Harle: Cerulean review – an earnest homage to early 00s bangers or a poor imitation? ⊕
(XL)
On a high-minded album boasting a weighty guest list including Dua Lipa and Clairo, the superproducer lacks the hooks of the pop-trance he’s so heavily influenced by
Cerulean is a confusing busine…
8 months ago
Oneohtrix Point Never: Tranquilizer review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week ⊕
(Warp)
Made using a cache of Y2K sample CDs that Daniel Lopatin salvaged from the internet’s fringes, the kaleidoscopic result speaks to contemporary information overload
It should come as no surprise …
9 months ago
‘We want to use this as a launchpad’: can A24 also conquer the world of theater? ⊕
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
Cultish indie studio behind hits such as Moonlight, Uncut Gems and Materialists has taken over a New York theatre for $10m
On a recent Saturday night in downtown Manhattan, a sold-out crowd at the Che…
Rapid-fire chats, wisecracks and pancakes: how Gilmore Girls became TV’s greatest mother-daughter duo ⊕⊕
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
It’s been 25 years since millennials fell in love with small-town coffee addicts Lorelai and Rory – and now, it’s become a classic comfort-watch for generation after generation
Twenty-five years ago t…
10 months ago
‘We were ready to be the next Spice Girls’: X-Cetra, the Y2K girl group earning cult fame 25 years late ○
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
When four Californian pre-teens made an album together it was just one of many creative adventures and quickly set aside, but its reputation as naive avant pop has quietly grown. Still friends, the b…
12 months ago
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3+4 review – a gnarly skating time capsule ○
PC, PlayStation 4/5, Xbox, Nintendo Switch/Switch 2; Iron Galaxy Studios/Activision
This remake is a nostalgia fest of grabs, spins, flips and skids – and a stiff, even occasionally humiliating test o…
13 months ago
Y2K core: Escapism and nostalgia for a time before you were born ○
How a pop-punk band is riding a wave of Y2K nostalgia to bring back the sounds of the noughties.
14 months ago
Tate McRae review – Britney-channelling, splits-deploying singer is impressively industrious ○
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
O2 Arena, London
Now at arena level after a string of trap-pop smashes, the Canadian star has a knack for elaborate choreography – but it can obscure her personality
After going viral in the pandemic w…
‘If Jesus and Buddha had our work schedule, they’d have fallen out too’: boyband Five on bullying, Britney and their blockbuster return ○
After being fast-tracked to stardom, the bad boys of Y2K pop butted heads and burned out. They explain how they faced their demons for an arena-sized reunion – and why Simon Cowell was ‘a proper wink…