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Chappell Roan on sexuality, superstardom and the joy of drag
‘Fame is like going through puberty’  
Chappell Roan on sexuality, superstardom and the joy of drag
She’s gone from obscurity to the A-list, but not without struggle. On the road in the UK, the singer talks teenage angst, her queer inspirations ... and why she hasn’t endorsed Kamala Harris
Sophie’s collaborators on her final album  
We knew we’d hit an emotional sweet spot
‘My whole life’s interconnected’  
Neneh Cherry on the relationships that inspire her, leaving home at 15, and the joy of a trashy box set
The reader interview  
Nelly Furtado: ‘Flames shot out of the speaker when I started making Maneater’
There is a light that never goes out  
Is a Smiths reunion genuinely impossible?
Reviews
Katy Perry  
143 – wan Europop revival falls short of total catastrophe
143 – wan Europop revival falls short of total catastrophe
Alexis Petridis's album of the week  
Jamie xx: In Waves – bright, blissful bangers for 3am on big speakers
Folk album of the month  
The Rheingans Sisters: Start Close In – a radical leap into darkness
Joan As Police Woman  
Lemons, Limes and Orchids – stripped back songs of love and loss
Oxlade  
OFA (Oxlade from Africa) – an extremely likable debut
Kate Pierson  
Radios & Rainbows – bops, balls and belles from B-52s singer
Spotlight
The return of outrageous 90s rockers the Jesus Lizard
‘I love it when things get out of hand’  
The return of outrageous 90s rockers the Jesus Lizard
Darkly comedic, frequently naked and with fans in Kurt Cobain and Henry Rollins, the quartet burned a bloodstained trail through the alt-rock scene. They explain how they’re staying dangerous after 26 years away
Classical
The devil has all the best tunes  
The musical life of Goethe’s Faust
The musical life of Goethe’s Faust
Album review  
Rameau: Les Boréades – crisp authoritative playing harnesses full-colour Rameau
Rameau: Les Boréades – crisp authoritative playing harnesses full-colour Rameau
Live review  
Die Meistersinger – some fine solo turns but Wagner’s score is done few favours
Die Meistersinger – some fine solo turns but Wagner’s score is done few favours
Add to playlist
Eve’s honest playlist  
‘I’m not a singer but I can just about do Sweet Dreams at karaoke’
‘I’m not a singer but I can just about do Sweet Dreams at karaoke’
One to watch  
Friedberg
You may have missed
Terry Reid, the British pop outlier adored by the greats
Hendrix, Jagger, Bowie and me  
Terry Reid, the British pop outlier adored by the greats
He was courted by Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple, toured with Tina Turner and the Rolling Stones and was idolised by everyone from Aretha Franklin to Dr Dre. British pop’s nearly man tells his astonishing story
‘Only three more songs till I kick your ass!’  
Rock’n’roll’s biggest onstage bust-ups
Jane’s Addiction’s future is in doubt after a mid-song spat last weekend – but from the Kinks to Oasis, such squabbles are extremely common
It’s only LSD but I like it  
The play telling the untold story about the Rolling Stones drugs bust
Keith Richards and Mick Jagger’s 1967 raid and trial caused a national storm, seeming to pitch old against young, Establishment against counterculture. But was the real story overlooked? We return to the 60s at their most swinging
‘Rammellzee was an electric presence’  
Thurston Moore on NYC’s graffiti-writing hip-hop pioneer
Sonic Youth’s frontman pays homage to the otherworldly New York City artist who turned graffiti into a futurist art weapon and used experimental linguistics to escape definition
Live music this week
Moby  
Full of teenage energy on first tour in over a decade
Full of teenage energy on first tour in over a decade
Chappell Roan  
Having the time of her life
Jack White  
Virtuoso noisemaker delivers in riotous style
Azealia Banks  
Thundering bare bones set almost brings down the building
Kitty Empire's artist of the week  
Jungle – like a puzzle with a piece missing
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