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Iceboy Violet on their experimental, thrilling new material: “I really don’t care what anyone thinks about it”

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Tiny Habits find power in their awe-inspiring friendship

RM – ‘Right Place, Wrong Person’ review: an intriguing interrogation of feeling lost in life

‘Hit Man’ review: Richard Linklater’s screwball assassin comedy is serious fun

‘Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2’ review: great to look at – but otherwise disappointing

The Black Keys break silence after cancelling whole North American tour

Liam Gallagher “blown away” by ‘Definitely Maybe’ live production: “It’s like they’ve taken a photo of what’s in my mind”

Sabrina Carpenter responds to BBC asking her to keep ‘Nonsense’ outro “PG” with cheeky Radio 1 Big Weekend performance

ABBA tease the one way they could appear at Glastonbury

Six countries wanted to pull out of Eurovision 2024 just 25 minutes before the final

‘Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6’ has officially been announced

ALBUM REVIEWS

Bring Me The Horizon – ‘Post Human: Nex Gen’ review: bombastic and brilliant

aespa – ‘Armageddon’ review: the girl group shine brightest at their most experimental

Wallows – ‘Model’ review: indie-pop that stays in the comfort zone

Billie Eilish – ‘Hit Me Hard and Soft’ review: bold, brilliant and somewhat brighter

FEATURES

Thundercat on the inspiration behind new material: “This time, there’s an air of just letting things be what they are”

TNA wrestler Joe Hendry on his theme song charting: “I’ve achieved both of my dreams in one”

Inside the tribute album to Talking Heads’ ‘Stop Making Sense’: “The music is just so striking”

A. G. Cook: “PC Music was called ‘futuristic’, but I’m interested in the present”

Drake and Kendrick Lamar’s feud: the full timeline

How Kings of Leon got their swagger back: “We’re not ready to quit”

GIG REVIEWS

Jane’s Addiction live in London: the alt-rock icons make an explosive return to the UK

Laufey live in London: an exquisite evening of pure musical excellence

Elbow live in Manchester: a belated, but brilliant opening of the Co-Op Live

Olivia Rodrigo live in London: quite possibly 2024’s most fun tour

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS

Iceboy Violet on their experimental, thrilling new material: “I really don’t care what anyone thinks about it”

Bat For Lashes on ‘The Dream Of Delphi’: “A cosmic, raw, maternal look at love”

CMAT: “The Irish have always been brilliant – but there is a lot of trauma”

Master Peace is “going crazy” with indie sleaze on “wild” second album

KT Tunstall: “Azealia Banks doesn’t say nice stuff about people that often”

Alt-J’s Joe Newman tells us about his “Americana, Motown, soul” influenced solo album

THE COVER

Tiny Habits find power in their awe-inspiring friendship

Coco Jones is getting the second chance she deserves

Breakthrough rapper Songer on his life-changing year: “I’ve been pretty fearless”

MORE NEWS

Fans confused as Nicki Minaj asks for moment of silence for “dear friend” Princess Diana

Here’s what Pulp played at their first live show of 2024

Wolf Alice look back on 10 years of breakthrough ‘Creature Songs’ EP

Here’s every song on the ‘Buying London’ soundtrack

Amyl & The Sniffers announce 2024 UK and European tour

Jane’s Addiction announce 2024 North American tour with Love & Rockets

‘Furiosa’ flops at box office in opening weekend

Tina Knowles on how Beyoncé dealt with childhood bullies

RADAR - NEW MUSIC

How a surprise Fred Again.. collab helped I Am Roze find their voice

Mary In The Junkyard – ‘This Old House’ EP review: bewitching art-pop soars above the hype

Girl And Girl – ‘Call A Doctor’ review: brilliantly bonkers indie-rock from Brisbane

Chloe Slater: the firebrand songwriter that’s about to be everywhere

FILM & TV NEWS

Here’s every song on the ‘Buying London’ soundtrack

‘Furiosa’ flops at box office in opening weekend

‘28 Years Later’ has reportedly begun filming in the North-East

David Lynch might be releasing a new project next month

Konami announces ‘Silent Hill Transmission’ stream for this month

Halle Berry remembers “important” role in ‘The Flintstones’ as “big step forward” for Black women

Johnny Wactor was protecting co-worker when he was fatally shot, his brother says

James Blunt blames ‘Star Wars’ workload for Carrie Fisher’s drugs relapse

FILM & TV REVIEWS

‘Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga’ review: another mighty, petrol-soaked masterpiece

‘Megalopolis’ review: as mad and memorable as everyone is saying

‘Bridgerton’ season three review: still sweet and seductive but the taste is growing stale

‘The Beach Boys’ review: re-telling the Californian lads’ not-always-sunny story

GAMING NEWS

Valve says you can’t include your Steam account in a will

‘Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6’ trailer teases return of fan-favourite character

Konami announces ‘Silent Hill Transmission’ stream for this month

‘Rainbow Six Siege’ fans boo subscription service announcement

Hell-hound Karanak is coming to ‘Total War: Warhammer 3’ for free

‘The Last Of Us’ director says AI will “revolutionize how content is being created”

‘Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6’ has officially been announced

‘Nintendogs’-style idle game ‘Weyrdlets’ gets free demo

GAME REVIEWS

‘Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door’ review: doesn’t fold under pressure

‘Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2’ review: great to look at – but otherwise disappointing

‘Sand Land’ review: a charming adaptation of Akira Toriyama’s legendary manga

‘Tales Of Kenzera: Zau’ review: a beautiful fusion of tragedy and adventure