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Where do I begin with... The Bee Gees
A guide to the highs and the low of the Bee Gees, Britain's First Family of Harmony.
Why Phoebe Bridgers is still the only one who can do this
Phoebe Bridgers' Lost Weekend is a product of the harder, messier work underneath it all – and that's why so many artists chasing her throne fail to catch up.
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Laura Veirs, Phoebe Bridgers, Graham Coxon and Tough Cookie
Where do I begin with... Teenage Fanclub
Delving into the highs and low of Glasgow’s finest guitar band.
Music writing is an important cultural archive, and Veeps just proved how easily that gets forgotten
Mitch Stevens makes the case for responsible stewardship of music's legacy titles – and why cuts to AltPress, BrooklynVegan, Revolver and Goldmine expose a deeper crisis in music media ownership.
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Nina Winder-Lind, Zoumer, DIIV on Aphex Twin and the week's best new music
Where do I begin with... Genesis
Tom Kingsley tracks the highs and lows of the 70s’ dorkiest band
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Preloved, isobel, Roger Sanchez and gia
Where do I begin with... Bruce Springsteen
Thomas Hannan explores the entry point, the high and the low of The Boss’s formidable back catalogue
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Portraits of Tracy, Mannfólkið breytist í slím, and Murex
Where do I begin with... Daniel Johnston?
The highs and low of Daniel Johnston, the outsider songwriter, artist and godfather of Lo-Fi
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Baby Rose, Lindsey Lieberman, Maggie Rogers, and silt.
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Bonnie Kemplay, Patchwork, Gelli Haha, Lucinda Williams and Lonnie Gunn
How I began songwriting by Jack Antonoff
The producer and Bleachers' songwriter on why the truest work only reveals itself once he's left the studio behind.
We have a problem in the pit
Do audiences have any goodwill whatsoever to whoever plays before the headliner?
Where do I begin with... My Chemical Romance
Mitch Stevens explores the highs and low of the dark princes of third wave emo
she's green is on the rise
Minneapolis DIY quintet she’s green are making star-dazey shoegaze fed by the tranquillity of the natural world.
Olivia Rodrigo and the artist as curator
Olivia Rodrigo’s new Daisy Chain Fields fest recalls the spirit of Lilith Fair — but for Gen Z, it’s also a play for legacy, positioning the pop star as a cultural kingmaker.
Show Me the Body are rewriting the language of strength
New York hardcore band Show Me The Body on creating a record forged in grief, fatherhood and the conviction that love, at high enough volume, can become a militant act of resistance.
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Sub*T, Jim Croce, Ryan Beatty, and RAYE on Nina Simone
The joy of Primavera Sound
How I found hope at Primavera Sound.
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Chanel Beads, Coupdekat, and Angel Olsen on Leonard Cohen