Browsing: Music

We are repeatedly sold a painfully two-dimensional picture of the motivations of those seeking shelter in Britain. According to this picture, migrants are eager to experience…

Podcasts have devastated my relationship to music. Confirmation of that sad fact came earlier this month in the form of my Spotify “Wrapped,” the streaming service’s…

One might think a drag version of a baroque oratorio with lyrics taken entirely from the King James Bible would be something out of a fever…

Nottingham will be the only Russell Group university not to teach modern foreign languages degrees if it approves plans to close a swath of courses including…

At two minutes 45 seconds it’s about the same length as With a Little Help From My Friends. But Paul McCartney’s first new recording in five…

From BrightonRecommended if you like Osees, Ty Segall, the noisier bits of King GizzardUp next Currently working on a debut album for release next year.A city…

There’s a moment when I’m interviewing Vybz Kartel in the courtyard of the Four Seasons hotel in Tower Bridge, London, and the UK government emergency alert…

Three songs generated by artificial intelligence topped music charts this week, reaching the highest spots on Spotify and Billboard charts.Walk My Walk and Livin’ on Borrowed…

The noise around Spotify this year has been louder than ever, from Liz Pelly’s book Mood Machine – a biting indictment of the company and its…

Our playlists are becoming a playground for AI-generated music. And that’s making us uneasy, especially because it’s becoming increasingly difficult to distinguish the genuine, human-made tunes…