The Primitives: ‘A reviewer said that Crash would finish the band. Then it was in Dumb and Dumber’
‘The label added ukulele and steel guitar without bothering to tell us. We couldn’t complain – it made the song a worldwide hit’
Nedra Talley Ross helped make the Ronettes the platonic ideal of a girl group
Even though she was unwell, the last surviving Ronette was full of poignant memories and saucy asides when I met her last year. And she had a rich life after pop success
Mane character energy: part-nag pop provocateur HorsegiirL on burnout, eco tunes and pompous idiot DJs
The half-human, half-horse star has bounced back from the brink with a grass-themed album that’s ‘a love letter to Mother Earth’. Is it true she was discovered by Whitney Horseton?
Nedra Talley Ross, last surviving member of the Ronettes, dies aged 80
Singer performed hits including Be My Baby with her cousins Ronnie Spector and Estelle Bennett
Anohni review – masterful songbook reinventions are an out-of-body experience
Accompanied by a virtuosic band and powered by her operatic voice, Anohni is as good as Nina Simone at interpreting songs – and her own catalogue proves equally malleable yet strong
Add to playlist: the disaster-baiting jazz-rock brinkmanship of Taupe and the week’s best new tracks
The trio combine sludgy rock, homemade electronics and squawking into a watertight groove that makes light work of their complex musicianship
Carla dal Forno: Confession review – spartan, sunlit post-punk strikingly contrasts the desperation of desire
The Australian songwriter’s fourth album exists in the captivating chasm between the coolness of her music and the unrepentant obsession of the crush it explores
‘It’s not much but, at the same time, it’s very much’: the enduring impact of Sade’s style
The 1980s band are being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year – but why does singer Sade Adu’s pared-back look still resonate in 2026?
‘I nearly quit to become a fencing teacher’: Iron Maiden on 50 years of heavy metal, hard living – and hopeless communication skills
As a career-spanning documentary hits cinemas and the band eye two nights at Knebworth, they revisit their path from pubs to stadiums – but how did they get through their crisis-filled 1990s?
Alan Osmond obituary
Oldest member of the family pop group that had Top 10 hits in the US and UK in the early 1970s
Olivia Dean review – soul-pop superstar shimmies into a classy and commanding first arena tour
The glam set design, gleaming brass and Motown moves are knowingly retro, but Dean’s performance is immediate, vulnerable and natural – the work of a singular artist
What’s missing? Everything But the Girl’s 20 greatest songs – ranked!
With their sublime confection of heartbreak and dancefloor power, Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt have never sounded like anyone else. Thirty years since Walking Wounded, here’s the duo’s very best
Noah Kahan: The Great Divide review – Stick Season turns Groundhog Day in stadium folkie’s endless autumn
All but repeating the formula of his breakout album, Kahan seems torn between whether success is sustainable or even repeatable on songs defiantly rooted in small-town life
‘When I finish my classes, I feel sad’: anger builds over gyms swapping pop classics for cheap covers
The fitness chain Better has replaced musicians’ tracks with cover versions, causing dismay among punters and instructors who say the change is killing the energy
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