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How Grace Jones took Piazzolla's Libertango to Nassau
How Grace Jones rebuilt Piazzolla's Libertango in Nassau for Nightclubbing, with Sly and Robbie, dub space and a bass line that leads instead of counting.
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Ben Folds Five and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah take two very different roads back
Ben Folds Five and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah are back on the road, but no new album is documented. We weigh up the tour against the record.
When the brass gets a credit line, from Sticky Fingers to the Catalan cobla
Bobby Keys on Sticky Fingers, the cobla bands of Barcelona and why a named brass player changes both the sound and the way a record gets made.
What anniversary reissues add to a record
How to judge anniversary reissues by mastering, take lists and original running order, with Stevie Wonder and Pink Floyd as test cases.
Liverpool turns its pop heritage into a museum – but not all of it
Liverpool's planned 9,300 sq m Beatles experience opens in 2028. We set its museum story against Frankie Goes To Hollywood's overlooked Liverpool.
What a refreshed mix of Songs in the Key of Life would actually change
Stevie Wonder's 1976 double album turns 50. What a remaster or remix would really change, what it could damage, and what to check before buying a reissue.
How the Faroese pop scene works far from any capital
The Faroese music scene runs on Tutl, Tórshavn venues and a hard-won economy of means, from Týr and Hamferð to Eivør's loop pedal.
Dubstep finds its way back through the album
Why dubstep's shift from 12-inch singles to albums still matters today, from Burial's Untrue to Skream, Bicep and Overmono.
British rock is still looking for something worth saying
Yard Act came out of Leeds' small venues with characters, not slogans. What their two albums reveal about British rock, success and the price of a ticket.
On Instinct, Angèle brings French pop into the club
Angèle's Instinct shifts French pop from the piano to club rhythm grids — jersey club, amapiano and hyperpop textures under a close-mixed voice.
What Spotify's AI catalogue clear-up can and cannot prove
Spotify has removed 75 million spam tracks and added AI badges, but detection remains uncertain and false positives can hit real artists.
Bicep hand their new album to a film about pigeon fanciers
Bicep announce Slug, their first album since Isles, with a short film about pigeon fanciers, and six tracks already on streaming.
Beirut and Sydney show two ways of listening to a scene
Habibi Funk's Beirut City Pop and a Bandcamp Daily Big Ups on Sydney club music show two ways of turning a local scene into something you can listen to.