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‘Those stoner days were hugely liberating’: Kiwi musicians reflect on a counterculture like no other
- Cut off from the ‘swinging’ innovations of 60s London, a generation of New Zealand musicians forged an underground scene that propelled the nation’s modern identity
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End of the Road festival: Pixies, Big Thief, Perfume Genius and King Krule to headline 2021 event
Event was forced to postpone this year due to the pandemic, but will host many of the artists booked to perform in 2020
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Hay Festival launches emergency fund after cancellation due to coronavirus
Guests between May 21-31 were set to include Stephen Fry and Hilary Mantel.
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End of the Road Festival lineup: Pixies, King Krule, Angel Olsen and Big Thief announced as headliners
End of the Road has announced the lineup for the 15th year of the festival.The 2020 event will be headlined by Pixies.
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The 50 best albums of 2019 – from Tyler, the Creator’s IGOR to Weyes Blood’s Titanic Rising
If the 2010s was the decade where the boundaries of “genre” began to collapse, 2019 was the year we saw our first, truly “genreless” artist. Billie Eilish, a 17-year-old who grew up with every song in the world at her fingertips, is part of a generation moving towards a time where, perhaps, singular terms such as “rock”, “folk” and even “pop” will feel positively archaic.That’s not quite the case yet, though this has certainly been an innovative year for music. Weyes Blood, Muna, Marika Hackman
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The strange world of Aldous Harding: ‘I’ve always been driven by fear’
The strange world of Aldous Harding: ‘I’ve always been driven by fear’. The New Zealander can be an unnerving presence. She’s also one of the most original songwriters around. She talks about Meatloaf, Apocalypse Now… and why her generation is so frightened
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Albums of the week: Pink, The Cranberries and Catfish and the Bottlemen
The opening of her latest album certainly illustrates this: Hustle and Walk Me Home follow the same identikit, arena-friendly pop-punk that has characterised so much of her past seven albums. The gorgeous guitar and piano acoustic of Love Me Anyway and The Last Song of Your Life showcase Pink’s soaring balladry well, while 90 Days is perhaps the album’s most varied song structurally and sonically. Pink can afford to take risks: when she does, there’s plenty to enjoy.
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Album reviews: Aldous Harding, The Cranberries, Soak, and Catfish and the Bottlemen
On her third record, Aldous Harding combines the gothic folk of her self-titled 2014 debut with the dramatically intimate tones of her follow-up album Party. It’s layered with whimsical flutes, intricate guitar picking and sombre bass lines that meander with casual abandon. At an age where the pressure is on to have everything worked out, Harding sounds delightfully free.
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Blood Orange and more added to line-up for Florence and the Machine at BST Hyde Park
More acts have been added to the line-up for Florence and the Machine and the National’s joint-headline show in Hyde Park this summer. Blood Orange, who has collaborated and toured with Florence Welch in the past, is the biggest name to join the bill on July 13. Aldous Harding, Marlon Williams, Let’s Eat Grandma and Goat Girl are the other new acts slated to appear at the concert, which is part of the Barclaycard presents British Summer Time series.
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End of the Road 2018: Vampire Weekend, St Vincent & Feist to headline
Vampire Weekend, St Vincent and Feist have been confirmed as headliners of End of the Road festival 2018.
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Jesca Hoop at Union Chapel, London, review: Older material leaves little impression
An extraordinary feast of talented female singer-songwriters are lighting up the music scene at present. For me, Hoop’s current LP – Memories Are Now – is the pick of the bunch, combining folksy loveliness with stranger, more unsettling tracks that hint at a wealth of ideas behind the delicate strumming.
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