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Low’s Alan Sparhawk on the death of his wife and bandmate Mimi Parker: ‘If you fall in love, you know this could happen’
Low’s Alan Sparhawk on the death of his wife and bandmate Mimi Parker: ‘If you fall in love, you know this could happen’
Sparhawk spent four decades with Parker, three of them as the core of alt-rock legends Low, before she died from cancer aged 55. He discusses finding his new, digitally-altered voice amid grief – and why he’s channelling Cher
‘I sexed it up’: 1970s disco queen Asha Puthli on Warhol, Dali and influencing Donna Summer
I’m a Swiftie, but the staggering size of the Eras tour has left me feeling alienated
Elle Hunt
Tenacious D’s Trump shocker upends a career of perfectly judged musical comedy
Reviews
Alexis Petridis's album of the week  
Glass Animals: I Love You So F***ing Much – bland bathos from one-time biggest band in the world
Glass Animals: I Love You So F***ing Much – bland bathos from one-time biggest band in the world
Denzel Curry  
King of the Mischievous South Vol 2 – annoyingly irresistible
Contemporary album of the month  
Beyza Yazgan: Human Cocoon – from Middle Eastern classical to American minimalism
Soft Play  
Heavy Jelly – songs of love, loss and leaking bin bags
Eminem  
The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce) – guess who’s back, with less bite than ever
 
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Is the long era of clean living finally over?
Brat summer  
Is the long era of clean living finally over?
Charli xcx’s new album, Brat, highlights how many young women currently aspire to live – dirty, hedonistic, happy and bra-less. Well, it beats journalling after a long day of pilates ...
Classical
Is this 20-year-old the greatest pianist of our times?  
Yunchan Lim, the Korean about to electrify the Proms
Yunchan Lim, the Korean about to electrify the Proms
‘We’re in for a treat’  
Five Proms performers pick their highlights of the season
Five Proms performers pick their highlights of the season
Album review  
Lang: Composition as Explanation – Gertrude Stein set to music
Lang: Composition as Explanation – Gertrude Stein set to music
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So good, so good, so good  
Destiny’s Child’s greatest songs – ranked!
Destiny’s Child’s greatest songs – ranked!
Song of the summer 2024  
Writers pick their tracks of the season
Katy Perry  
Woman’s World – what regressive, warmed-over hell is this?
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The blind Japanese woman keeping a music tradition alive
Playing for survival  
The blind Japanese woman keeping a music tradition alive
Goze – women who earned a living as musicians despite sight impairments – are all but forgotten in Japan but Rieko Hirosawa has learned their songs
LA punk legends X  
The violence didn’t bother me as much as the spitting!
They chronicled 1980s Los Angeles as a nihilist nightmare and became a key voice in the city. Releasing their final album, they recall the wild parties – and rocky romances
Tenacious D and the Dixie Chicks know the cost of speaking up – but there’s nothing funny about political violence
Karen Middleton
A bad-taste joke about the Trump shooting shows the old lines of democratic civility are beginning to blur
10 Chaotic Questions  
Kim Gordon: ‘My most controversial pop culture opinion? I’m not really a fan of Taylor Swift’
The musician and artist shares the best advice her mother gave her, the words she hates and who she’d like to play chess with
Live music this week
Garbage  
Shirley Manson is alt-rock’s homecoming queen
Shirley Manson is alt-rock’s homecoming queen
Wireless festival  
Ice Spice, Asake and Doja Cat triumph on gappy bill
Stevie Nicks  
An emotional evening with rock’s great survivor
Kylie Minogue  
A glorious celebration of pop perfection
The Observer's artist of the week  
Arooj Aftab – crackling wit and songs of elegiac beauty
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