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Charli D’Amelio Opens Up About Her Income Amid Claims Addison Rae Is TikTok’s Highest Earner
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Astrid Williamson: Shetland Suite review – a beautiful enchantment
via theguardian.com(Incarnation)
Playing, singing and producing, the Scottish musician pays tribute to her homeland and her late mother on this powerfully moving setBorn and raised in Shetland and classically trained at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow, Astrid Williamson was pulled back to her homeland by her mother’s turn to dementia and subsequent death. Shetland Suite, Williamson’s 10th album (including one fronting alt rockers Goya Dress), is an affecting tribute to her mother, a pian -
Jungle review – like a puzzle with a piece missing
via theguardian.comUtilita Arena, Cardiff
The Brit award winners keep their audience in happy shuffle mode with a plush set of disco-flecked retro bangers – albeit one short on the dance and visuals they’re renowned forBands often talk loftily about creating worlds, usually in an effort to elevate a handful of tunes into something greater. Some outfits, though, achieve something close to that aim. Damon Albarn’s Gorillaz – the erstwhile virtual band – are just one who spread out into -
Zoot Money obituary
via theguardian.comKeyboardist and bandleader who rode the wave of the British rhythm and blues movement in the 1960sWhen Georgie Fame called his old friend Zoot Money up on stage to sing at Ronnie Scott’s Club one autumn night in London in 2022 – “Come on Zoot, I can’t do this without you” – they tore the house down.It was a moving moment for both performers, as they joined forces with the Guy Barker Big Band to sing Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag, that brought back memories -
Jonas Brothers review – epic 60-song eras set is full of cheesy joy
via theguardian.comCo-Op Live, Manchester
The former Disney stars’ voices have matured nicely – and they give Taylor Swift a run for her money with this exhilarating trip through their careerWatching the Jonas Brothers’ show, it can feel like siblings Joe, Nick and Kevin asked Taylor Swift whether they could copy her homework. As with the Eras Tour, the show is a career-spanning retrospective with a set neatly partitioned by specific albums. Some might call it plagiarism. Others may call it smart -
The Weeknd: Dancing in the Flames review – another apocalyptic romance, and another surefire hit
via theguardian.com(XO/Republic)
Abel Tesfaye revisits his usual theme of nihilistic love and his beloved palette of 80s synths, but it’s melodically solid and there are some tweaks to the formulaWhen the Weeknd released his last album, 2022’s Dawn FM, it carried a certain sense of finality. A grand concept album filled with both starry and august special guests – Jim Carrey, Quincy Jones, Beach Boy Bruce Johnston – and intimations of death, apocalypse and the afterlife, it was accompanied -
‘Instantly a very different vibe’: the glory and controversy of Linkin Park’s explosive comeback
via theguardian.comOn hiatus since the 2017 suicide of Chester Bennington, the rockers have had huge success with return single The Emptiness Machine – but there is disquiet over the frontman’s replacementOasis may have sold a lot of tickets, but for many music fans there’s an even bigger rock comeback this year: Linkin Park, whose first three albums went 25 times platinum between them in the US alone, have dramatically ended a seven-year hiatus which followed the 2017 suicide of co-frontman Ches -
Social media have blurred the boundaries between fans and celebrities – with disturbing results | Hannah Ewens
via theguardian.comIf entitled fans treat famous people as fodder for their Instagram feeds, they risk losing a connection to them altogetherA few months ago, I watched a video of apex predators close in on and devour a pair of zoo animals. Sorry – a clip of some young women interrupting a cuddling Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco on a picnic in a New York park. They didn’t ask about Gomez’s work or acknowledge her personal space, and instead went straight for what mattered: the photo. A vulnerably -
‘Singing about faith was scary. I wanted to be cool’: Michael Kiwanuka on God, fatherhood and his secret to great art
via theguardian.comAs he announces ‘understated’ fourth album Small Changes, the Mercury-winning musician explains how he went from ‘slight weirdo’ to wowing Glasto – and why more of us are turning to religionAt the start of the summer, Michael Kiwanuka played at Glastonbury. A warm-up show in Halifax aside, it was the first gig he had played in Britain for a couple of years, a chance to debut songs from his forthcoming fourth album, Small Changes. A malfunctioning vintage synthesiser -
Florence and the Machine: Symphony of Lungs review – one crescendo of ecstasy after another
via theguardian.comRoyal Albert Hall, LondonAn appropriately maximal reading of debut album Lungs, made with Jules Buckley’s orchestra at Prom 69, provides a grand stage for Welch’s even grander voiceWill it surprise you to learn that Florence Welch’s orchestra features not one, but two harps? That there is a lute and a rainstick, and a violin solo so furious that it feels like a devil is being conjured? As the grand high witch of maximalism, the Proms is the ideal way for Welch to revisit the pa -
Tindersticks: Soft Tissue review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week
via theguardian.com(City Slang)
From 70s soul to glowing strings, the cult outfit continue to illuminate the fringes of pop music, celebrating the beauty in small thingsIt’s easy to see the initial part of Tindersticks’ career as a missed opportunity. There was a brief moment, around the time of their eponymous 1995 album and its successor Curtains, where it looked as if the Nottingham band’s lushly orchestrated, emotive songs might find a wide audience: the former briefly reached the Top 20, the -
‘They put Cork on the map!’: what the kids behind rap sensation The Spark did next
via theguardian.comTheirs was the feelgood song of the summer – praised by Stormzy and reaching hundreds of millions of listeners online. But what’s it like to go on the road when you’re still at school?It may be called Harbour View Road – but there is no harbour and not much of a view in this patch of suburb outside Cork city, just a row of nondescript houses in a sea of housing estates. The doors of the 202 bus, which trundles here from the city centre, emit a little sigh when they open.A -
‘This janitor’s daughter became a state deputy’: Leci Brandão, the Brazilian samba star turned communist lawmaker
via theguardian.comBorn in poverty, Brandão became a socially conscious samba singer who satirised Rio’s bourgeoisie – then a politician championing gay rights and Black culture. As she turns 80, she recalls a remarkable lifeAs soon as she arrives at the headquarters of Rosas de Ouro, a popular samba school in São Paulo, Leci Brandão apologises for being late. Coupled with the megacity’s usual traffic, her agenda at its legislative assembly kept her busy longer than expected. -
‘My old label said I was more annoying than lucrative’: painter-musician Issy Wood on her singular, insular world
via theguardian.comThe British-American artist has turned down gallery mogul Larry Gagosian, walked away from a deal with Mark Ronson – and earned a big fanbase for her uncanny, intimate workAfter a stint in the commercial music world and amid a prolific career as a highly celebrated painter, Issy Wood accidentally released her second album in July. “Four days before it was meant to be, just by not making the files private on SoundCloud,” she says over cigarettes in her spacious east London studi -
Holly Johnson on orgasmic pop and his second coming: ‘It’s a miracle of modern science I’m still here’
via theguardian.comHis band, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, ruled the charts in the 1980s with their libidinous, unapologetically queer songs. Then he was told he had months to live. As a new exhibition celebrates Johnson’s art and influence, he tells the hidden storyIt’s a pop fact that four of the top 10 bestselling singles ever in Britain were written and performed by gay men: George Michael (at No 9 with Wham’s Last Christmas); Freddie Mercury (No 3 with Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody); Elton Jo -
‘I fancied Matt Goss. When Will I Be Famous? was an awakening’: Gok Wan’s honest playlist
via theguardian.comThe writer and presenter does a mean Elvis impression and secretly loves Guns N’ Roses, but why does Joni Mitchell make him cry?The first song I remember hearingMy parents owned a Chinese restaurant in Leicester so we’d spend all our time there as a family. Music was a big part of family life, and they would subject us to Elaine Paige, Matt Monro, the Carpenters and When a Child Is Born by Johnny Mathis, which became the soundtrack to our youth.The first single I boughtI remember fee -
The Weeknd review – superstar showman wows on a monumental scale
via theguardian.comEstádio do Morumbi, São PauloPerforming to over 70,000 fans, the mystique merchant put on a 27-song set showcasing new music as well as favouritesWhatever lingering mystery that surrounded the Weeknd’s globally streamed one-night-only concert on Saturday night was put to rest a few hours before showtime, when representatives officially presented the pre-order details of his upcoming album Hurry Up Tomorrow.What came soon after was a riveting infomercial from the Canadian R&am -
Sérgio Mendes, the musician who left Brazil to bring the sounds of his country to the world
via theguardian.comThe man who made bossa nova an international sensation has died at 83, after a 60-year, 35-album career that straddled musical genresBringing Brazilian music to the world and the world to Brazilian music: for decades, this was Sérgio Mendes’s mission and passion.The artist died on Friday at the age of 83, after a 60-year career that produced more than 35 albums. Continue reading... -
Girl in Red review – buoyant arena show marks a new chapter
via theguardian.comOvo Arena Wembley, London
Charismatic, scatty and ever fan-friendly, Norwegian pop-punk queen Marie Ulven turns a corner with her mainstream-facing second albumGirl in Red is nothing if not refreshingly direct. The Norwegian singer-songwriter’s breakthrough track of 2018 was I Wanna Be Your Girlfriend, a tortured plea for something more from a platonic relationship. “I don’t wanna be your friend, I wanna kiss your lips,” she sang lustfully.Another early song called Girls -
One to watch: Sarah Kinsley
via theguardian.comThe leftfield US singer-songwriter has turned grief into a life-affirming debut album that’s at once widescreen and intimateBorn in California, raised in Connecticut and Singapore and currently residing in New York, 24-year-old Sarah Kinsley makes deft alt-pop that combines musical and geographical experience-collecting. Having trained in classical piano and violin from childhood, she studied music theory at Columbia University and then began swerving left: self-recording and releasing aro -
Fred Again: Ten Days review – pop house with unfulfilled pretensions
via theguardian.com(Atlantic)
An album of lofty intentions and muttered musings from the dance artist de jour is saved by a gift for a nagging hook and uplifting melodyIn August, Fred Gibson became the first dance artist to headline the Reading and Leeds festivals. Early on, he addressed the crowd, talking about how nervous he was. It’s the kind of thing festival headliners are wont to say, flattering the magnitude of the event, but in Gibson’s case, it didn’t seem pat: he looked genuinely, frant -
Texas review – Sharleen Spiteri on fantastic form in career-spanning set
via theguardian.comO2 Arena, London
The sweary Scotswoman is a wildly amusing presence in this joyful celebration of three decades in music – even if she fails to drown out those invasive drumsWhat’s startling about hearing Texas play a career-spanning set is realising quite how many awfully good songs Sharleen Spiteri and Johnny McElhone have written together. They might have spent much of their career as the epitome of drive-time music, but you don’t get to tour your greatest hits around arenas -
MJ Lenderman: Manning Fireworks review – joyously weird alt-Americana
via theguardian.com(Anti-)
Featuring possibly his best track yet, the North Carolina guitarist-songwriter goes to the sparse and seamy side on this worthy successor to Boat SongsMJ Lenderman’s spit-and-sawdust alt-Americana album Boat Songs (2022) was acclaimed long before the latest country music renaissance, so expectations are elevated for its follow-up. The North Carolina singer-songwriter’s wry writing style, well suited to thumbnail character studies, still offers dry wit and pop culture referenc -
Mercury Rev: Born Horses review – a lush and serene return
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With a half-new lineup, the US rock band’s first album of new material since 2015 finds them in dreamy, reflective modeEarly Mercury Rev songs often sounded like dreams, albeit ones that were periodically quite disturbing, but with the exit of original vocalist David Baker in the early 1990s, the upstate New York band began to rein in some of their more outre tendencies. Their first album of original material in nine years – with new members Jesse Chandler and Marion Ge -
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Party: Chain of Light review | Ammar Kalia's global album of the month
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The late, great musician confirms his mastery of the Sufi tradition in a hitherto unheard and surprise-laden cycle that soars with spiritualityThe year 1990 was a pivotal one for Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. Since his appearance at Womad festival five years prior, the Pakistani qawwali singer had been gaining notoriety in the west for the raw, buffeting power of his remarkable voice and his nimble, rapid-fire vocalisations – often within the same line of ancient Sufi poetry. In 1989 -
Nala Sinephro: Endlessness review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week
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The follow-up to Space 1.8 pulses with meditative, spiritual-jazz elements, but amid soothing orchestrations, tension and surprise upend easy listeningYou might assume that you know what to expect from Nala Sinephro’s second album. Its Brussels-born, London-based author is noted for making music that exists where experimental electronica abuts the renewed interest in late-60s/early 70s “spiritual” jazz that underpinned the London jazz renaissance of recent years. A conte -
Elvis Costello and Steve Nieve review – 50 years of hits only improved by age
via theguardian.comCity Varieties Music Hall, Leeds
The singer-songwriter and his Attractions sidekick roam from 1977 to today – and pay a special tribute to the venue’s historic comedy heritage‘We’re treading the boards trod by Houdini, Charlie Chaplin … and Frank Carson and Ken Dodd,” yells Elvis Costello, at Leeds’ famous 19th-century music hall, now restored, dipping between songs into the venue’s more comedic traditions. There’s the one about the difficul -
Danielle Moore, lead singer with Crazy P, dies aged 52
via theguardian.comBand members say she died in ‘sudden and tragic circumstances’ and pay tribute to ‘a life driven by love, compassion, community and music’Danielle Moore, lead singer and frontperson of the electronic outfit Crazy P, has died aged 52.In a statement posted to Instagram, the band said that she had died in “sudden and tragic circumstances” on 30 August. Continue reading... -
One to watch: Hanumankind
via theguardian.comThe Kerala-born, Texas-raised rapper is taking Indian hip-hop to a global audience. Now even Arsenal FC want in on the action…Southern hip-hop has given us subgenres including chopped and screwed, trap, crunk and more. But when rising rapper Hanumankind delivers the line “I come from the southside, southside baby”, it’s something of a double entendre. Yes, he’s got a deliciously accentuated Project Pat-style drawl (the Tennessee artist is one of many to co-sign Han -
Orrin Evans and the Captain Black Big Band: Walk a Mile in My Shoe review – perseverance and Philly pride
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Evans’ soulful and communal album explores his health condition with the help of A-list instrumentalists and vocal stars including Bilal and the legendary Lisa Fischer ‘This record is me opening the door into what I’ve lived with for years,” says the Philadelphia-raised pianist and composer Orrin Evans of his long-running Captain Black Big Band’s fifth release, Walk a Mile in My Shoe. Evans, 49, is acknowledging his neurofibromatosis, mercifully rest
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