Music blog
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Molly Rankin was stuck trying to honour her late father’s musicianship, until indie-pop opened a door. She discusses being an unlikely bandleader – and why it’s awkward playing music with your boyfriend
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From Charlotte Gainsbourg’s delicate minimalism to kick-ass indie-punk by Dream Wife – plus Somali disco and elegant techno – here are 50 of the month’s best tracks
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Make your nomination in the comments and a reader will pick the best eligible tracks for a playlist next week – you have until Monday 2 October
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Twenty-five years ago, the British charts exploded with cheap and cheerful songs such as Sesame’s Treet, Trip to Trumpton and Ebeneezer Goode, that turned a whole generation on to dance music
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The Northern Irish duo have become one of the biggest acts in dance music – partly thanks to their DJ sets of ultra-obscure house and disco. They lift the lid of the darkest corners of their record collection
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A regular reader picks from your best live version suggestions – Songhoy Blues, Grateful Dead and Neil Young among the performers selected
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The Mael brothers talk about how British bands write the best lyrics, working with Tony Visconti and their hardest songs to sing
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With Karen’s silky-smooth, heartfelt vocals and Richard’s genius as a songwriter and arranger, the brother-and-sister duo pioneered melodic, melancholic pop
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The film-maker, DJ and musician talks about the birth of punk, the power of reggae – and the day Joe Strummer ran off with his girlfriend
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What should music TV look like in 2017?
Ben Beaumont-Thomas and othersThe BBC is planning a primetime music show featuring live performances, sketches and interviews. Can it reinvent Top of the Pops for the 21st century, or is it chasing a dead format? Five Guardian writers ponder its merits
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The Hummingbirds were a vital part of Australian music history. Simon Holmes will not be forgotten
Andrew StaffordThe Sydney band, whose guitarist died last week, left a glorious, harmony-laden legacy that paved the way for the alternative music explosion of the 90s
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Featuring everything from politics to physics, the 90s hip-hop act sold millions with The Score and brought Lauryn Hill to much deserved fame. Here are some of their finest songs
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From reformation to revolution, oratorios to orientalism and the electrifying and the epic, here’s the concerts not to miss in this year’s BBC Proms season, which begins on 14 July
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Big headline acts drew the Scottish festival crowds to Glasgow, where they found a city-break vibe replacing their usual country camping getaway. And the delighted promoter’s verdict was to stage it again next year
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The Bloc Party frontman is about to release his third solo album, inspired by becoming a father – he’s in the office to answer your questions
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Sofia Coppola’s La Traviata was slated on its Rome premiere. But will a cinema audience have an entirely different perspective? Stuart Jeffries wonders whether an outsider’s eye is an advantage for an art form increasingly consumed outside the opera house
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Can a concert that throws out all the things about the classical experience that puts many people off succeed in attracting a new audience? Cheltenham festival are having a go
'Such a sad event': why musicians hate the Tory party conference