Music

The singer committed her life to defying a classical music industry that was not only deeply critical of women’s bodies, but also sceptical of black talent

The group, who will perform at London’s City Lit this week, push experimental composition to its limit

The ‘lost’ record captures the saxophonist at a time when he was thinking that albums could aspire to be something grander than a string of loosely woven tunes

Hear from the performers at this year's Frieze Music in London, empowered by Moncler Genius with LUISAVIAROMA, in partnership with BMW

The collective’s 1998 record – creating tension that builds like a fever – remains a shadowy noir, and a harbinger of human tragedy

The restless, rageful ‘No Home Record’ lures as much as it discomfits

From day-long raves to queer events, how photographers such as Wolfgang Tillmans captured the city’s nightlife

Although a country-rap track was crowned 2019’s ‘song of the summer’, music released during this season usually consists of recycled pop sounds

While some have written that Norman Fucking Rockwell! is about the coming end of America, Del Rey knows that America is already over

A new book wants to understand the individuals – and identities – beneath the ‘somewhat derogatory label’

The creator of otherworldly cover art has died aged 69

From The Wicker Man to Ari Aster’s latest film, joyful sounds can reveal the darkest worlds

Screening at galleries around the world, the singer’s work repurposes the pop music video into an artwork of museum quality

A musician of mythic, millennial legend, Drake’s legacy falls somewhere between harsh, armoured rapper and soothing, caramel-inflected R&B troubadour

In 2006, the theorist of ‘hauntology’ and sound-artist walked across the Suffolk coastline – Adam Harper follows in their footsteps, sifting through encrusted layers of history

The UK rapper wore a stab-proof vest designed by the elusive street artist during his historic performance

As an exhibition of smiley memorabilia curated by Fatboy Slim opens, a timeline of the omnipresent symbol and pop-cultural icon 

The video for Swift’s LGBTQ+ anthem is erected on the stereotype of the redneck homophobe

After gaining UNESCO protected status, acknowledgement of the influential music genre is long overdue 

Experimental producer Matthew Herbert’s enigmatic album trawls a nation’s fault-lines and finds its messy symbolism