3 d. ago Lily Allen reveals secret talks for new project after David Harbour split

Lily Allen has fuelled rumours that her hit divorce album West End Girl is set to become a play just days before she took to the stage to perform a slew of bombshell performances on SNL

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6 d. ago ‘Harder work than almost any album we ever did’: Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here turns 50

As the classic album hits 50, Nick Mason talks about the often difficult process of making it and how it has since fit into their larger catalogueBy almost every measure, from commercial reward to creative reach, Pink Floyd scaled its peak on Dark Side of the Moon. But, when I asked drummer Nick Mason how he would rank the album in their catalogue, he slotted it below the set that came next, Wish You Were Here. Speaking of Dark Side, he said, “the idea of it is almost more attractive than the individual songs on it. I feel slightly the same about Sgt. Pepper. It’s an amazing album that taught us a hell of a lot, but the individual parts are not quite as exciting, or as good, as some of the other Beatles’ albums.”By contrast, he says of Wish You Were Here, “there’s something in the general atmosphere it generates – the space of it, the air around it, that’s really special,” he said. “It’s one of the reasons I view it so affectionately.” Continue reading...

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3 w. ago HTRK: String of Hearts (Songs of HTRK) review – friends from Liars to Kali Malone rework their noisy gems

(Ghostly International)Sharon Van Etten, Stephen O’Malley, Perila and more transform the duo’s gloomy, sensual songs on an album of covers and remixesHTRK have been making their gloomy, sensual brand of music, at the intersection of electronic pop and noise rock, for 22 years. To mark the milestone comes String of Hearts, a collection of covers and remixes featuring an all-star cast of friends and collaborators, from next-gen underground favourites like Coby Sey to fellow old-school experimentalists Liars. This brilliant, genre-agnostic record allows you to trace the breadth of the Melbourne band’s shapeshifting sound, echoes of which can now be found all over underground and commercial music, without leaning too hard on nostalgia.The record spans HTRK’s early hits right up to their most recent album Rhinestones, a period in which they’ve shifted from a darker, industrial palette to warmer territory. Not that you’d be able to tell here: instrumentals are reshaped by Loraine James’s ...

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3 w. ago Jessie J lets rip at ex Channing Tatum as she brands him a 'beast' and warns 'karma is gonna come one day' in savage new track as she returns to music

The Price Tag hitmaker, 37, is set to release her new album, Don't Tease Me With a Good Time, on Friday after returning to music amid her cancer battle.

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3 w. ago Oasis ‘in talks over greatest hits album’ amid talk of more UK shows as reunion tour ends

The band took their final bow in São Paulo on Sunday night in front of 60,000 fans, capping a comeback run that has smashed ticket records

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3 w. ago Oasis 'are in talks of a greatest hits album amid whispers of more UK shows' as reunion tour wraps up

Oasis brought their blockbuster 41-date reunion tour to a close on Sunday night, taking a final bow in front of 60,000 roaring fans in São Paulo, Brazil. 

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3 w. ago 'Being vulnerable is a result of so many years hiding who I am' Fife singer

The BBC Introducing Artist of the Year winner talks prizes, a hit debut album and how they found their voice

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3 w. ago ‘Bull riding is a drug’: rodeo embraces its sports science era – in pictures

The sport is rooted in the culture of rugged individualism and has been slow to adopt modern techniques. That state of affairs is slowly changingBoosted by cultural phenomena like the hit series Yellowstone and Beyonce’s Cowboy Carter album and tour, rodeo and all things Western are enjoying a cultural resurgence. Attendance, broadcast and streaming viewership are at all time highs. So is the prize money, which is attracting more and more young athletes seeking a chance to make a name for themselves.But while rodeo is booming, athlete development remains antiquated. Continue reading...

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