Music
Paris Paloma’s Labour: The story behind the viral soundtrack to ‘female rage’![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Paris Paloma’s Labour: The story behind the viral soundtrack to ‘female rage’
Charity shop vinyl tells the story of our musical journey![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Charity shop vinyl tells the story of our musical journey
Meet Me In The Bathroom reminds me how lucky I was to live through a proper epoch in music![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Meet Me In The Bathroom reminds me how lucky I was to live through a proper epoch in music
‘We had hardly any money but a lot of fun’: Morten Harket talks Take On Me and the early days of A-ha![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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‘We had hardly any money but a lot of fun’: Morten Harket talks Take On Me and the early days of A-ha
Ed Sheeran says his new album will open ‘the trapdoor into my soul’![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Ed Sheeran says his new album will open ‘the trapdoor into my soul’
Morten Harket: ‘Fame is a massive onslaught on any human being’![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Morten Harket: ‘Fame is a massive onslaught on any human being’
They Might Be Giants is not a cult: How they built a birdhouse in your soul… and a 40-year sustainable creative enterprise![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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They Might Be Giants is not a cult: How they built a birdhouse in your soul… and a 40-year sustainable creative enterprise
Sam Smith’s Brit Awards look is part of a long tradition of brilliant pop ‘attention seeking’![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Sam Smith’s Brit Awards look is part of a long tradition of brilliant pop ‘attention seeking’
Behind the wild man of Vienna: Who was the real Beethoven?![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Behind the wild man of Vienna: Who was the real Beethoven?
Pitchfork’s viral Måneskin review reminds us music criticism can be savagely entertaining![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Pitchfork’s viral Måneskin review reminds us music criticism can be savagely entertaining
Burt Bacharach: What the world needs now is a celebration of his best songs![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Burt Bacharach: What the world needs now is a celebration of his best songs
The Coronation Celebration Playlist is the worst possible representation of Britain![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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The Coronation Celebration Playlist is the worst possible representation of Britain
Grammys 2023: Why Harry Styles beating Beyoncé isn’t really a surprise![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Grammys 2023: Why Harry Styles beating Beyoncé isn’t really a surprise
Finding an entry point to the fabulously weird world of Frank Zappa![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Finding an entry point to the fabulously weird world of Frank Zappa
Glen Matlock: ‘I wish John Lydon stood by Anarchy In The UK’s words’![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Glen Matlock: ‘I wish John Lydon stood by Anarchy In The UK’s words’
Music education: Private schools take initiative in face of government indifference![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Music education: Private schools take initiative in face of government indifference
Sex Pistols reunion would be ‘like riding a bike’ says bassist Glen Matlock![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Sex Pistols reunion would be ‘like riding a bike’ says bassist Glen Matlock
Sam Smith is an unequivocal force for good… by being brilliantly themselves![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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