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Coachella 2024: surprises, technical difficulties and a distinct lack of vibes

Despite slow ticket sales, the California festival still dominated the music world this past weekend – for reasons both good and bad

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Lana Lubany: “It never occurred to put elements of my culture in pop music”

‘Back To Black’ review: Marisa Abela makes a worthy Amy Winehouse

LE SSERAFIM live at Coachella 2024: K-pop girl group get raw and loose

‘Fallout’ review: learn to love the bomb in this fun yet flawed adaptation

Grief empowered actor Abubakar Salim – now he’s making a video game about it

Courtney Love says Taylor Swift is “not important” and “not interesting as an artist”

Damon Albarn reveals he didn’t want to perform during the second night of Blur’s Wembley shows

The Beatles’ 1970 ‘Let It Be’ documentary to be re-released on Disney+

Foals’ Yannis Philippakis tells us about The Yaw and his record with Tony Allen: “Our spirits got on”

Watch LE SSERAFIM debut new song ‘1-800-hot-n-fun’ at Coachella

Square Enix to release 175 track ‘Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth’ soundtrack

ALBUM REVIEWS

Girl In Red – ‘I’m Doing It Again Baby!’ review: fun, free but too few risks

Nia Archives – ‘Silence Is Loud’ review: reflective jungle from an essential new star

Maggie Rogers – ‘Don’t Forget Me’ review: wistful road trip record acts as a sonic reboot

English Teacher – ‘This Could Be Texas’ review: a band who dare to dream

FEATURES

Liam Gallagher and John Squire on their long-awaited collaboration: “After all the dust settles, it’s 10 great songs”

Mdou Moctar: one of the world’s most exciting and important rock bands

Perrie on going solo: ‘I knew I could sing, obviously. But I didn’t know if I could write music from scratch’

The Mary Wallopers: “There needs to be a voice that’s giving the rowdy side of folk back to people”

AURORA talks ‘What Happened To The Heart?’: “Apathy is the biggest enemy to progress”

Faye Webster is more than a sad girl indie star

GIG REVIEWS

Doja Cat live at Coachella: an off-the-wall spectacular

The Hives live in London: precision-engineered for a good time

Tyler, The Creator live at Coachella: a brilliant reminder of a cult hero’s power

LE SSERAFIM live at Coachella 2024: K-pop girl group get raw and loose

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS

Foals’ Yannis Philippakis tells us about The Yaw and his record with Tony Allen: “Our spirits got on”

The Beatles’ 1970 ‘Let It Be’ documentary to be re-released on Disney+

Huey Morgan: “Reggie Kray wanted to collaborate on music with me”

Palace talk “ferocious, beautiful” new album ‘Ultrasound’: “There is often great hope to be found in difficult times”

Soundtrack Of My Life: All Saints’ Shaznay Lewis

Seori on the weight of creating personal art: “Comforting words are not as helpful as your honest emotions”

THE COVER

Lana Lubany: “It never occurred to put elements of my culture in pop music”

Kanii: “I don’t hold back when I express how I feel”

Nemzzz, UK rap’s hardest-working new star: “Manchester builds you differently”

MORE NEWS

Discogs teams up with Record Store Day for International Post-Event Sale

MUNA’s Naomi McPherson to make acting debut as Janis Ian on ‘SNL 1975’

Uma Thurman offers Drake her iconic ‘Kill Bill’ yellow suit for ongoing rap feuds

‘Trainspotting’ actor Vincent Friell dies aged 64

Creating sexually explicit “deepfake” images to become a crime in the UK

Foals’ Yannis Philippakis tells us about The Yaw and his record with Tony Allen: “Our spirits got on”

‘Even Stevens’ star Christy Carlson Romano finds Nickelodeon doc “extremely triggering”

Nick Cave on making peace with the artists that have “disappointed” him

RADAR - NEW MUSIC

Bowling with Alessi Rose, defender of ultra-chaotic and confessional pop

Nxdia is making Arabic alt-pop to heal their inner child

Ugly – ‘Twice Around The Sun’ EP review: ambitious six-piece enter a brave new world

English Teacher – ‘This Could Be Texas’ review: a band who dare to dream

FILM & TV NEWS

Nicola Peltz-Beckham’s film ‘Lola’ called “conceptually untenable” and “poverty porn” by critics

Watch Laufey’s cinematic new short film for ‘Goddess’ – by ‘Past Lives’ director Celine Song

MUNA’s Naomi McPherson to make acting debut as Janis Ian on ‘SNL 1975’

Uma Thurman offers Drake her iconic ‘Kill Bill’ yellow suit for ongoing rap feuds

‘Trainspotting’ actor Vincent Friell dies aged 64

‘Even Stevens’ star Christy Carlson Romano finds Nickelodeon doc “extremely triggering”

Jimmy Carr says meningitis left him “close to death” as a child

Dawn French hits back after podcast host told her to “catch up” on trans issues

FILM & TV REVIEWS

‘Civil War’ review: Alex Garland glimpses a scary future in this American horror story

‘Back To Black’ review: Marisa Abela makes a worthy Amy Winehouse

‘Fallout’ review: learn to love the bomb in this fun yet flawed adaptation

Ryuichi Sakamoto – ‘Opus’ review: a man alone with a piano and his genius

GAMING NEWS

‘Hollow Knight: Silksong’ fans get ray of hope as game is rated in Australia

The ‘Fallout’ TV show characters’ SPECIAL stats aren’t that great

‘Star Wars Outlaws’ locks Jabba the Hut mission behind season pass

‘Pokémon Go’ adds stops to Antarctic scientists base

Former Blizzard boss wants fans to “tip” developers for games like ‘Baldur’s Gate 3’