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Shed Seven achieve first No 1 album of their 30-year career: ‘We’re not some flash in the pan’

Exclusive: Band inform The Unbiased about feeling ‘greater and better than ever’ as they prime the charts with their sixth album, ‘A Matter of Time’

Taylor Swift and Rolling Stones drive Christmas surge in UK vinyl sales

Greater than 250,000 vinyl data have been bought final week, probably the most because the turn of the centuryVinyl data have been a shock hit this Christmas, with weekly sales within the UK hovering to their highest degree this century in the course...

Blank space: how Taylor Swift – and an aching sense of loss – dominated music in 2023

Away from Swift’s joyous, record-breaking successes, the yr’s most acclaimed albums have been concerned with dying and absenceIn fact, when pop music in 2023 comes to be thought-about by history, it can in all probability just be remembered as the Yr...

The best vinyl album covers of 2023

The annual Art Vinyl prize for the perfect designed vinyl album cover has announced its shortlist, celebrating the creatives behind probably the most memorable covers this yr. The winner will probably be introduced in January 2024, and all will proba...

Drake announces highly anticipated 'For All the Dogs' album will arrive this month

Drake has introduced his highly anticipated eighth studio album “For All of the Canine" might be launched on Sept. 22

Brexit red tape sees work for UK musicians dry up in EU: ‘It’s killing us’

Virtually half of British performers have had less work in Europe since UK exit, survey finds

Liam Gallagher review – when he does eventually smile, it’s perfect

Koko, London The reliably aloof ex-Oasis frontman rides the wave of the Britpop revival with an intimate gig that mixes previous favourites and (Oasis-y-sounding) solo anthems – and fuels hypothesis a few reunionLiam Gallagher, British rock star, isn...

Taylor Swift announces October release of '1989 (Taylor’s Version)' at Eras Tour show in Los Angeles

Taylor Swift closed the 2023 U.S. leg of her landmark Eras Tour at the Los Angeles SoFi Stadium in an enormous method by saying the fourth edition of her re-recording challenge: “1989 (Taylor’s Model

‘On reflection, it’s very uncool’: readers’ scrapbooks of pop fandom

With the Wham! documentary showcasing Andrew Ridgeley’s mum’s scrapbooks of their profession, readers share their own shrines to Roxy Music, Metallica, David Bowie and extraI used to be obsessed with Roxy Music as a youngster. I heard their first two...

Blur: The Ballad of Darren review – mature melancholia spiked with adventure

(Parlophone)Comparing it to a shock baby, late-life Blur’s ninth album finds them on eloquent, emotional type, casting a wistful eye over past glories whereas pushing forward musicallyNine albums in, Blur do not owe anyone any bangers. They are a fou...

Drake teases new ‘For All the Dogs’ album release date

Drake says his new album, “For All the Canine,” might drop in “a few weeks."

Drake: new 'For All the Dogs' album may drop in ‘a couple of weeks’

Drake says his new album, “For All of the Canine,” might drop in “a couple of weeks."

Blur review, The Ballad of Darren: The band’s best record since 1999

Songs that elevate Damon Albarn’s suburban tristesse into moments of sheer ecstasy

Blur: The Ballad of Darren review – middle-age regrets voiced in gorgeous tunes

(Parlophone)Nostalgic melancholy fills Blur’s ninth studio release, a courageous album that exhibits the band have one thing germane to say about getting previous‘We’re taking down the scaffolds very soon,” sings Damon Albarn, halfway via Barbaric, p...

Blur: The Ballad of Darren review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week

(Parlophone)Nostalgic melancholy fills Blur’s ninth studio launch, a courageous album that exhibits the band have one thing germane to say about getting previous‘We’re taking down the scaffolds very quickly,” sings Damon Albarn, halfway via Barbaric,...