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  • Doja Cat, in a yellow body suit and leggings, crouching next to a mic stand wrapped in blond hair extensions

    Kitty Empire's artist of the week
    Doja Cat – hair-raising US rapper puts on a fiery display

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    This much I know
    Dionne Warwick: ‘Britain has always been very good to me. I feel its wonderful embrace’

    The legendary singer, 83, on coping with loss, fighting sexism, taking on the Snoop Dogg – and what she really thought of Cilla Black

  • Flashback
    Kate Nash: ‘I trusted the wrong people with my money and had to move back in with my parents; 15 female wrestlers saved me ...’

    The musician and actor on living with OCD, having heart surgery, and surviving the tornado of the past 12 years
  • VIctor Ray

    One to watch
    Victor Ray

  • Lorde and Charli XCX.

    Charli XCX and Lorde’s conflict resolution is the year’s most powerful pop moment

    Alim Kheraj
  • Weirdly charismatic … Caleb Followill on stage at First Direct Arena, Leeds.

    Live review
    Kings of Leon – mesmeric power from masters of the restrained anthem

  • Charli XCX

    Fashion
    Barbie pink is out, lime green is in: Charli XCX’s album spawns ‘brat summer’ trend

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Interviews

  • The Cimarons performing at the Rainbow theatre, Finsbury Park, 24 October 1979

    ‘The way they’ve been exploited is obscene’
    The untold story of forgotten UK reggae heroes Cimarons

  • Honey Cone circa 1970.

    War, disastrous sex and a lot of lawsuits
    The chaotic aftermath of Motown’s peak years

  • Sister Bliss of Faithless.

    ‘Don’t worry about AI. People want bodies in a room’
    Faithless on the eternal power of rave – and the death of Maxi Jazz

  • Billy Corgan, against a black background.

    On my radar
    Billy Corgan’s cultural highlights

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Album reviews

  • Second chance … Normani.

    Album of the week
    Normani: Dopamine – pop’s longest-awaited debut almost defeats the trolls

  • John Cale.

    John Cale
    Poptical Illusion – counterculture icon finds his fun side

    • Global album of the month
      Malcolm Jiyane Tree-O: True Story – emotive South African jazz with a bite

    • Zsela
      Big for You – modern R&B with a leisurely, old-school charm

    • John Grant
      The Art of the Lie – grooving funk odyssey

    • Sam Morton
      Daffodils & Dirt – actor’s intoxicating trip-hop debut

    • Album of the week
      Charli XCX: Brat – insecurity-obliterating anthems by pop’s most human superstar

    • Jazz album of the month
      Zara McFarlane: Sweet Whispers: Celebrating Sarah Vaughan – terrific tribute to a jazz legend

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Live reviews

  • A rare bright moment … Creeper.

    Download festival
    The rock fest’s most cursed year ever

  • ‘We came here to electrify!’ … the Killers.

    The Killers
    Anthemic XL rock goes from epic to even more epic

    • Beth Gibbons performs at the Barbican, London. 9/6/24

      Kitty Empire's artist of the week
      Beth Gibbons – unapologetically intense dispatches from bleak mountain

    • Liam Gallagher’s Definitely Maybe tour.

      Kitty Empire's artist of the week
      Liam Gallagher/Definitely Maybe 30th Anniversary – 90s anthems still shake without their maker

    • Taylor Swift performing at Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh.

      Taylor Swift
      As all-powerful as a pop star can be

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Add to playlist

  • Aziya in black and white profile.

    One to watch
    Aziya

  • Florence Ballard, Mary Wilson Diana Ross.

    From pillowy pop to foot-stomping beats
    The Supremes’ 20 best songs – ranked!

  • Charlotte Day Wilson leaning backwards out of a car window

    One to watch
    Charlotte Day Wilson

  • mui zyu wearing a yellow top, with a blue background.

    One to watch
    Mui Zyu

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Obituaries

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From the archive

  • Mitski

    Mitski, the US’s best young songwriter
    I’m a black hole where people dump their feelings

    With songs about heartbreak and capitalism, the cult pop singer is on the brink of the mainstream – but the intensity of her fandom has her fearing for her safety
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