Plus: Dionne Warwick on singing, physics and the hell of segregation
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Picks of the week
There was conflict and fear and we got through it
The Strokes on their wilderness years / There was conflict and fear and we got through it
Having failed to match the success of their 2001 debut, New York’s coolest band had petered out. How did they come back with a brilliant new record – and designs for electric bikes?
Adele, Keith Flint, Gil Scott-Heron and me / Richard Russell, the XL records Midas
The Chats / The making of Australia’s favourite ratbags
Strike a pose! / My night at a vogue ball with Malcolm McLaren
Reviews
Alexis Petridis's album of the week / Pearl Jam: Gigaton – grunge gurus revel in the end times
Pearl Jam: Gigaton – grunge gurus revel in the end times
Waxahatchee / Saint Cloud – the best album of the year so far
Dua Lipa / Future Nostalgia – a true pop visionary
Childish Gambino / 3.15.20 – at the peak of the zeitgeist
Spotlight
We all bleed red blood
Dionne Warwick on singing, psychics and the hell of segregation / We all bleed red blood
The great pop vocalist talks about Elvis, Bacharach and David, her cousin Whitney Houston – and her experience with Donald Trump on The Celebrity Apprentice
Classical
Free opera and classical for watching at home / Our critics' top picks
Our critics' top picks
La Passione / Grisey's masterpiece endures
Grisey's masterpiece endures
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Listener's digest / The Fall: where to start in their back catalogue
The Fall: where to start in their back catalogue
Listener's digest / Kraftwerk: where to start in their back catalogue
Listener's digest / Rihanna: where to start in her back catalogue
Listener's digest / Alice Coltrane: where to start in her back catalogue
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In 1970, US folk singer Phil Ochs released Greatest Hits, an album titled with savage irony as his career fell apart. But 50 years on, it remains a powerful indictment of an America losing its way
Julie Felix / 10 of her greatest performances
The folk-pop star has died aged 81, but leaves behind a magnificently witty and varied back catalogue
A hit, a writ / Why music is the food of plagiarism lawsuits
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Lost in showbiz / Zip it, Kim Kardashian – Taylor Swift is the Marmite we're all coming to love
It’s true the singer isn’t everyone’s favourite, but the online pasting she’s been subjected to leaves a very nasty taste in the mouth
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