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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.
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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.
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.
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.