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Saya Gray: Saya review – oddball heartbreak anthems bounce around pop history

www.wakaticket.com – There are some self-consciously experimental moments, but the Toronto musician’s genre-mashing songs of heartbreak are often focused and fresh…
Saya Gray: Saya review – oddball heartbreak anthems bounce around pop history

Chris Imler: The Internet Will Break My Heart review | Safi Bugel's experimental album of the month

www.wakaticket.com – Musing on topics as varied as porn, cute animals, war and weed, the Berlin artist’s latest release is as seductive and disorientating as a late-night internet rabbit hole…
Chris Imler: The Internet Will Break My Heart review | Safi Bugel's experimental album of the month

‘To say there’s no future is counterproductive’: metal megastars Architects on grief, climate and hope for humanity

www.wakaticket.com – Consumed by anger and still mourning a brother and bandmate, the British quartet have written their masterpiece. They explain how they’re fighting self-loathing and trying to age responsibly…
‘To say there’s no future is counterproductive’: metal megastars Architects on grief, climate and hope for humanity

Motionless in White review – gothically glam US metalcore will put a grin on your face

www.wakaticket.com – Backed by skeletons, cheerleaders and chainsaw-wielders, Chris Cerulli and co dispense any heavy metal menace in favour of a charming sense of fun…
Motionless in White review – gothically glam US metalcore will put a grin on your face

Uriah Heep review – after 56 years, progressive heavy rockers bid a blistering live farewell

www.wakaticket.com – They may not have created any true rock touchstones, but they still have the powerhouse vocals and guitar skills to get the audience on their feet…
Uriah Heep review – after 56 years, progressive heavy rockers bid a blistering live farewell

Sam Fender: People Watching review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week

www.wakaticket.com – On his third album, produced by the War on Drugs, the North Shields singer-songwriter shows just how gifted he is at pairing stadium choruses with sharp, bleak vignettes…
Sam Fender: People Watching review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week

Rick Buckler obituary

www.wakaticket.com – Drummer whose insistent beat underpinned the Jam’s distinctive sound on six top-selling studio albums and 18 consecutive Top 40 UK singles…
Rick Buckler obituary

Der Ring des Nibelungen review – less is more in Regents Opera’s whittled-down Wagner

www.wakaticket.com – With a handful of musicians playing a skilfully reduced score and a minimal staging by Caroline Staunton, this Ring cycle is an intense and involving experience…
Der Ring des Nibelungen review – less is more in Regents Opera’s whittled-down Wagner

‘We’re projecting into the future’: sounds of BBC Radiophonic Workshop made available for public use

www.wakaticket.com – Software goes on sale that replicates the distinctive analogue sounds of celebrated unit where Doctor Who theme was created…
‘We’re projecting into the future’: sounds of BBC Radiophonic Workshop made available for public use

The Righteous Brothers’ Bill Medley: ‘I’ve had some real downs’

www.wakaticket.com – The soul singer is releasing his first album in nearly 20 years and looks back on a career full of major highs and devastating lows…
The Righteous Brothers’ Bill Medley: ‘I’ve had some real downs’

A$AP Rocky found not guilty in gun assault trial

www.wakaticket.com – Verdict comes after former friend A$AP Relli accused rapper of shooting him in Hollywood in 2021…
A$AP Rocky found not guilty in gun assault trial

Billie Eilish review – snarls, seduction and moments of sheer rapture

www.wakaticket.com – At one point the singer soars on a pedestal far into the air – a glorious new-age leader exorcising her heartache…
Billie Eilish review – snarls, seduction and moments of sheer rapture

Bashy, Darkoo and Odeal top winners at 2025 Mobo awards

www.wakaticket.com – There are two awards apiece for the UK artists, while Nigerian singer Ayra Starr also wins two at Newcastle-hosted ceremony for Black musical excellence…
Bashy, Darkoo and Odeal top winners at 2025 Mobo awards

Cue the pig squeal! How The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’s score was stitched back together for its first release

www.wakaticket.com – A soundtrack of wildlife, drones and saucepans ensured the 1974 film became truly horrifying. Its co-creator recalls the can-do spirit that made it happen…
Cue the pig squeal! How The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’s score was stitched back together for its first release

Klangforum Wien review – Vienna focus brings lucid and colour-filled Pierrot Lunaire

www.wakaticket.com – Schoenberg’s revolutionary work powered the new-music ensemble’s second Wigmore programme, based around 20th-century modernism…
Klangforum Wien review – Vienna focus brings lucid and colour-filled Pierrot Lunaire

Commemorating Shostakovich review – vivid and nervy chamber music with Kissin a sensitive voice

www.wakaticket.com – Evgeny Kissin, Gidon Kremer, Maxim Rysanov, Giedrė Dirvanauskaitė, and Alexander Roslavets collaborated in a thoughtful and powerful programme of Shostakovich’s chamber music…
Commemorating Shostakovich review – vivid and nervy chamber music with Kissin a sensitive voice

More rhythm, less algorithm: why Deezer’s boss is vowing to put users in control of their music

www.wakaticket.com – Alexis Lanternier, chief executive of the French streaming service, says it can compete with bigger rivals by rewarding the real musicians its subscribers want to support…
More rhythm, less algorithm: why Deezer’s boss is vowing to put users in control of their music

Chrisette Michelle sang for Trump in 2017. The backlash lasted years: ‘I thought they’d never stop hating me’

www.wakaticket.com – Though she didn’t support the president, the performance nearly destroyed her career. Not so for Snoop Dogg in 2025…
Chrisette Michelle sang for Trump in 2017. The backlash lasted years: ‘I thought they’d never stop hating me’

Placebo frontman Brian Molko charged with calling Meloni ‘fascist’ and ‘racist’

www.wakaticket.com – The singer is being charged with defamation of the far-right Italian prime minister leader while performing at a festival in Turin in 2023…
Placebo frontman Brian Molko charged with calling Meloni ‘fascist’ and ‘racist’

‘It wasn’t my intention to shock!’ Jean-Claude Vannier on working with Serge Gainsbourg and setting his new album in the gutter

www.wakaticket.com – He has influenced everyone from Beck to De La Soul to Arctic Monkeys. As the great musical ‘disruptor’ unveils his new murder-and-mandolins epic, he looks back on his most famous collaboration…
‘It wasn’t my intention to shock!’ Jean-Claude Vannier on working with Serge Gainsbourg and setting his new album in the gutter
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