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Alexis Petridis

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16 days ago

Mani’s writhing, relentless bass was the Stone Roses’ secret sauce – it taught indie kids how to dance | Alexis Petridis

His love of ‘good northern soul and funk’ was always in evidence and had a lasting impact on alternative music

  • Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield dies aged 63

By any metric, the rise of the Stone Roses was a sudden…

Oneohtrix Point Never: Tranquilizer review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week

(Warp)
Made using a cache of Y2K sample CDs that Daniel Lopatin salvaged from the internet’s fringes, the kaleidoscopic result speaks to contemporary information overload

It should come as no surprise …

58 days ago

Blawan: Sick Elixir review | Alexis Petridis’s album of the week

(XL Recordings)
Jamie Roberts’ unsettling take on bass music is crammed with glitchy rhythms and jolting sounds. It’s as disorienting as it is immersive

SickElixir is not an album much interested in ge…

59 days ago

The Life of a Showgirl is a massive hit – and massively divisive. What should Taylor Swift do next?

Swift’s 12th LP is set to dominate the charts – despite fans lampooning the lyrics and lamenting its quality. Guardian music writers discuss what it means for her career

Laura Snapes Taylor Swift’s 12…

83 days ago

‘The Ziggy Stardust suit sparked my adolescent awakening’: Moby, Goldie, Natalie Merchant and more delve inside Bowie’s archives

As a huge new public collection opens this weekend, famous fans pick out their touchstones – from the game-changing wardrobe that gave birth to glam to the synthesiser that drove his Berlin years

• Al…

3 months ago

David Byrne: Who Is the Sky? review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week

(Matador)
His last album was criticised for being too upbeat during Trump 1.0 but became a phenomenal live show, and the Talking Heads frontman remains sunny – almost to a fault

It is seven years since…

Blood Orange: Essex Honey review | Alexis Petridis’s album of the week

(RCA)
Gorgeous melodies ground Dev Hynes’s questing fifth album, via dancefloor rhythms, indie pop and languorous funk – and cameos from Lorde and Zadie Smith

Dev Hynes’s fifth studio album as Blood Or…

Earl Sweatshirt: Live Laugh Love review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week

(Tan Cressida/Warner Records)
With a sunlit disposition and paeans to his daughter, the mood turns lighter on the US MC’s sixth album – but the glitching, crashing beats are as esoteric as ever

The lau…

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