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The debonair duo have remixed U2 and Britney, and angered Kanye West. Still on each other’s wavelengths after almost a decade away, they’re resuming their quest to make ‘the most dramatic music possible’
‘We went from naive, hippyish protesters to hardcore anarchists’
The criminal justice bill protests, 30 years on
It’s three decades since the government’s attempt to ban raves radicalised an oddball coalition of dance fans, squatters and ‘new age’ travellers. What became of the protesters who tried to kill the bill?
George the Poet
My advice for young men? Humble yourself and listen
Taylor Swift’s new album is about a reckless kind of freedom. If only it sounded as uninhibited
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The Tortured Poets Department – fame, fans and former flames in the firing line
As Lorde's debut album Pure Heroine turns 10, revisit our interview with the New Zealand musician on the cusp of her underrated third album, Solar Power
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It’s a grotesque insult for Back to Black to suggest Amy Winehouse died of heartache over her childlessness
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Sam Taylor-Johnson’s biopic suggests that the singer’s desire for a baby was the main source of her suffering. It’s a gendered simplification that exonerates the forces that killed her
‘New music and a good night out’
Amy Winehouse film shows vital role of small venues
At the Dublin Castle in London, where the singer played, musicians and gig-goers say grassroots scene needs saving
‘We searched for ladies over 70’
On the trail of Jordan’s forgotten folk music
‘With a Strat you can rule the world!’
Nile Rodgers, Bonnie Raitt and John Squire on the electric guitar that changed everything
‘Bass on one shoulder, bow and arrows on the other’
Life with Fela Kuti on history’s most dangerous tour
What do you call rapper J Cole apologising to Kendrick Lamar? A modern business masterclass
Nels Abbey
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