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November 2024
Anohni review – uniquely gifted interpreter pays homage to mentor Lou Reed
‘Experimental, queer and kind of magical’: Sade and Sam Smith feature on 46-track album for trans rights
July 2024
Sleaford Mods, the 1975, Fred Again: the songs that sum up each year of Tory government
Dave’s lament for the Grenfell atrocity, Dua Lipa’s bedroom disco for a locked-down nation, Kneecap’s Badenoch-riling rap, Elbow’s hymn for asylum seekers … here are the tracks that defined 14 years of Conservative rule
December 2023
From Renée Rapp to Anohni – the year in queer pop
Best music of 2023
Blank space: how Taylor Swift – and an aching sense of loss – dominated music in 2023
July 2023
On my radar
On my radar: Anohni’s cultural highlightsThe singer and artist on Marvin Gaye’s masterpiece, the shameful price of peace in Afghanistan – and why Arnold Schwarzenegger is such a hoot
Anohni and the Johnsons: My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross review – piercing heartache
Recorded at speed, Anohni’s first album since 2016 adds a soulful swagger to poetic, cathartic rock
Alexis Petridis's album of the week
Anohni and the Johnsons: My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross review – intense emotion and captivating soulThe New York singer’s voice will make you shiver as it soars over simple guitar, bass and drums on her most approachable album since the mid-00s
May 2023
Anohni on anger, empathy and trans rights: ‘The UK is one of the most misogynist countries in the world’
The spellbinding singer returns with an album of warm, empathic folk-soul – plus a screaming lemur – to salute LGBTQ+ trailblazers, Lou Reed and more. She explains why we must embrace forgiveness if we are ever to make change
March 2023
Drag, punk, horror! Blacklips Performance Cult – in pictures
Earthquakes! CS gas! Thatcher impersonations! In the midst of New York’s aids crisis, a cabal of artists, drag queens and punks formed an extraordinary theatre collective
June 2022
Alexis Petridis's album of the week
Neneh Cherry: The Versions review – all-star covers album can’t touch a true originalSia, Robyn and Anohni are among those interpreting Cherry’s back catalogue, but it works best when it strays from the big hits
October 2021
Ranked
The greatest songs about the climate crisis – ranked!As Cop26 opens in Glasgow, we provide the soundtrack, ranging from Gojira’s metal fury to gorgeous environmental paeans by Childish Gambino, Neil Young and Joni Mitchell
September 2020
Anohni on her new track R.N.C. 2020: 'It's me, screaming in the past, for the present'
Anohni
Inspired by the fear and loathing on display at the Republican National Convention, Anohni talks us through her latest song and its uniquely unsettling video
September 2019
Best culture of the 21st century
The 100 best albums of the 21st centuryWe polled 45 music writers to rank the definitive LPs of the 21st century so far. Read our countdown of passionate pop, electrifying rock and anthemic rap – and see if you agree
August 2017
Anohni on Future Feminism: 'Trump is just a distraction from the core issues'
The transgender musician is bringing her Future Feminism project to Europe, putting feminine values first – and argues that our very ecology depends on them
March 2017
Julie Cunningham & Company review – words get in the way
Julie Cunningham’s first works as head of her own company have passion and subtlety, but struggle to compete with a forceful spoken accompaniment
February 2017
A history of the love song in 10 tracks
From gay anthems to online romance, love songs have charted our changing times. Here’s our guide to seven decades of swooning in pop
January 2017
Music blog
Arcade Fire, Gorillaz, Fiona Apple and more – this week's anti-Trump songs reviewedAhead of the presidential inauguration, musicians piled in to set their thoughts to music. Here are five of the most notable
December 2016
Best culture 2016
Albums of the year 2016 – our readers respond
Best music of 2016
Best albums of 2016: No 6 Hopelessness by Anohni
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