Alexis Petridis
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Meshell Ndegeocello: Synonym review – vivid all-star reinventions of everyone from Bob Dylan to J-Lo - AOL (opens the original)
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It’s fair to say that Meshell Ndegeocello has made a career out of declining to stay in one place too long. Since helping spark the neo soul genre with her 1993 debut album, Plantation Lullabies, she has variously worked in the fields of jazz, R&B, alternative rock, reggae, fusion and gospel. Her last album, No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin, seemed intent on defying any kind of classification, leaping from Afrobeat funk to electronic abstraction to a closing track that sounded not unli
Tough decisions for Andy Burnham – take our quiz and guess the tracks he picked for his tour of England’s regions - AOL (opens the original)
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Freshly minted as prime minister, Andy Burnham has been touring the regions of England, holding a series of reception events – soundtracked with regionally specific songs. First up, can you guess what he picked for the musical backdrop in London? The Clash – Julie’s Been Working For The Drug Squad What song did Burnham play in the West Midlands? Napalm Death – From Enslavement To Obliteration What song did Burnham play in the north-west? Half Man Half Biscuit – Improv Workshop Mimeshow Gobshite
George Bush, murder and nautical infidelity: the Chicks’ 20 greatest songs – ranked! - AOL (opens the original)
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One of eight singles released from the album Fly. Amazement at the sheer number should be matched by astonishment at their consistency. If I Fall … is just great. Organ-driven rock lent a Nashville twang by the fiddle, it barrels along, rich with the confidence of a band who know they can’t put a foot wrong. You don’t want for dirt dished about Natalie Maines’ divorce on Gaslighter, the band’s eighth album, but this accusation of nautical infidelity stands out. It’s ferociously angry and very fu
Gilla Band: Pugnello review – furious originality fuelled by cathartic aggression and absurdist confessions - AOL (opens the original)
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Gilla Band have attracted some impressive plaudits since announcing their fourth album this summer. A feature in Pitchfork heralding its arrival described them as “Ireland’s most influential band since My Bloody Valentine”. Should any readers feel this was a classic example of music journalism hyperbole, it was followed up with a succession of quotes from the Dublin quartet’s musical peers, all eager to attest to their importance, originality and impact. One of them, Selin Macieira-Boşgelmez – o
Beabadoobee: Pylon review – voice of a generation’s surprisingly relatable rampage through rock star rage - AOL (opens the original)
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Last month, the Guardian published a feature about the demise of the monoculture. It suggested that streaming services, personalised algorithms and the declining influence of radio and television meant we now live in a world where stardom isn’t as universal as it once was. It used Sam Fender and Olivia Dean’s single Rein Me In as an example: here was a song that spent a record-breaking 23 weeks at No 1 yet hadn’t attained anything like the ubiquity you would once have expected: to judge by socia
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