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Hannah Diamond on pink, punk and making the pop album of the year
‘To be a girl is to always be performing’  
Hannah Diamond on pink, punk and making the pop album of the year
As part of the PC Music collective, the singer and visual artist has helped shape today’s pop – even if she’s never had a hit herself. She explains how she learned to love her vision of exaggerated femininity
‘It was like Blade Runner meets Berlin rave’  
The Manchester sink estate with the UK’s wildest nightclub
‘Our drummer used human tibia bones’  
The hellish birth of Brazil’s heavy metal scene
‘We’re asked: are your parents OK with it?’  
Girls Like You on trying to be the first big British Asian girl band
Reviews
Alexis Petridis's album of the week  
Wilco: Cousin – a band rediscovering their experimental side
Wilco: Cousin – a band rediscovering their experimental side
Ed Sheeran  
Autumn Variations – as flat and dull as a grey sky
Oneohtrix Point Never  
Again – producer teams with AI to take pop to the outer limits
Black Sabbath: The Ballet  
Riveting riffs, endless kisses and flying limbs
 
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Music stars pay tribute to the incredible life of Moondog
‘His work seems endless’  
Music stars pay tribute to the incredible life of Moondog
The eccentric musician, dressed like a Viking playing songs on the streets of New York, is being celebrated by names such as Rufus Wainwright and Jarvis Cocker on a new album
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Villa-Lobos  
Suite Floresta do Amazonas – a hymn to the abundance of the rainforest
Suite Floresta do Amazonas – a hymn to the abundance of the rainforest
Sinfonia Cymru  
US female composers shine under Vale of Glamorgan festival spotlight
US female composers shine under Vale of Glamorgan festival spotlight
Marc-André Hamelin  
Pianist rises to the extreme challenges of Ives’s Concord Sonata
Pianist rises to the extreme challenges of Ives’s Concord Sonata
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The 20 greatest Detroit techno tracks
The 20 greatest Detroit techno tracks
‘A Whole New World from Aladdin – it’s a tune!’  
Max Rushden’s honest playlist
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Jantra, the Sudanese keyboardist making wild party music
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Spinal Tap’s Derek Smalls  
I’d like to collaborate with Mozart. I know chords he’s never used
The bass player legend, played by Harry Shearer in the film This Is Spinal Tap, talks facial hair, courgettes and how to break out of a cocoon
Live music this week
PJ Harvey  
Haunting journey into a fantastical Dorset world
Haunting journey into a fantastical Dorset world
Raye  
A triumphant act of independence and naked ambition
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