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‘I didn’t know who I was’: Tom Misch on fame burnout, becoming a barista – and returning to music

silverguide.site – His debut LP brought success, but fame messed with his mental health. After stepping away for three years to surf, travel, and work as a barista, the Londoner is back – and has fixed his relationship with music…
‘I didn’t know who I was’: Tom Misch on fame burnout, becoming a barista – and returning to music

Post your questions for Flying Lotus

silverguide.site – As he prepares a new EP for release, the electronic musician and esoteric film-maker will answer your questions…
Post your questions for Flying Lotus

Add to playlist: the genre-busting, buttery falsetto of Natanya and the week’s best new tracks

silverguide.site – The Londoner defies classification, writing, producing and arranging her unique mix of neosoul, R&B, indie and grunge – and gathering some big-name backers along the way…
Add to playlist: the genre-busting, buttery falsetto of Natanya and the week’s best new tracks

Converge: Love Is Not Enough review – metalcore veterans’ rage remains fresh and furious

silverguide.site – Even after 35 years, the intricacies and emotional pangs of these masters of technicality remain undimmed, drawing from a seemingly bottomless well of inspiration…
Converge: Love Is Not Enough review – metalcore veterans’ rage remains fresh and furious

Joshua Chuquimia Crampton: Anata review | Safi Bugel's experimental album of the month

silverguide.site – The Aymara musician takes inspiration from an Andean tradition, resulting in a scrappy sonic meditation with woozy melodies and pockets of warmth…
Joshua Chuquimia Crampton: Anata review | Safi Bugel's experimental album of the month

Ensemble Intercontemporain: Unsuk Chin album review – rich and strange music of kaleidoscopic colours

silverguide.site – Berlin-based Chin’s intricate music is performed with panache in this disc of three of her orchestral works…
Ensemble Intercontemporain: Unsuk Chin album review – rich and strange music of kaleidoscopic colours

‘Choosing happy is a hell of a process’: Thundercat on funk, lost friends and being fired by Snoop Dogg (possibly)

silverguide.site – The genre-hopping bass virtuoso has backed Ariana Grande and Herbie Hancock, appeared in Star Wars and become a dedicated boxer. Ahead of his fifth album, Stephen Bruner explains his polymath mindset…
‘Choosing happy is a hell of a process’: Thundercat on funk, lost friends and being fired by Snoop Dogg (possibly)

Handel: Sosarme album review – Marco Angioloni makes the case for this little-known work

silverguide.site – Doubling as vocalist and conductor, Angiolini is joined by fine singers in this rarely recorded late work. Giacomo Nanni’s sonorous ‘Fra l’ombre e gl’orrori’ is a particular highlight…
Handel: Sosarme album review – Marco Angioloni makes the case for this little-known work

From Brontë to Ballard, Orwell to Okri: the best songs inspired by literature – ranked!

silverguide.site – As Kate Bush’s Wuthering Heights gets a boost from a new film adaptation, we survey the surprising, seditious and sensual ways in which prose has influenced pop…
From Brontë to Ballard, Orwell to Okri: the best songs inspired by literature – ranked!

LPO/Benjamin review – music of crystalline clarity and hedonistic pleasure

silverguide.site – George Benjamin conducted this meticulously programmed and beautifully executed concert of his own Palimpsests alongside music by Scriabin, Stravinsky and Ravel…
LPO/Benjamin review – music of crystalline clarity and hedonistic pleasure

Hemlocke Springs: The Apple Tree Under the Sea review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week

silverguide.site – On her self-released debut, the singer-songwriter championed by Chappell Roan doubles down on the wonky charm that made her go viral on TikTok…
Hemlocke Springs: The Apple Tree Under the Sea review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week

Snippets? Apps? Visuals? Why classical music should stop trying to be pop

silverguide.site – Classical music’s blessing is also its curse: you’ve simply got to pay it attention. Plus: No wonder Rossini was an Olympics hit – he invented disco…
Snippets? Apps? Visuals? Why classical music should stop trying to be pop

The Beach Boys: We Gotta Groove review – box set of lost 70s music has all of Brian Wilson’s turmoil and talent

silverguide.site – Spanning 1974-77, this collection shows Wilson was capable of stunning pre-rock’n’roll homage – on the previously unheard Adult/Child – while also writing wayward songs about organic food…
The Beach Boys: We Gotta Groove review – box set of lost 70s music has all of Brian Wilson’s turmoil and talent

​AI slop, begone! The viral musical virtuosos bringing brains and brilliance back to social media

silverguide.site – Whether making microtonal pop or playing Renaissance instruments with sheep bones, a crop of bold artists are making genuinely strange music go mainstream – but are they at the mercy of the algorithm?…
​AI slop, begone! The viral musical virtuosos bringing brains and brilliance back to social media

Britney Spears sells rights to music catalog for undisclosed sum, say reports

silverguide.site – Music publisher Primary Wave said to have bought rights to pop star’s music, including Toxic and Baby One More Time…
Britney Spears sells rights to music catalog for undisclosed sum, say reports

‘Holy grail’ footage of David Bowie at his peak to feature in immersive London show

silverguide.site – Earl’s Court performance of Heroes in 1978 is among highlights of exhibition exploring singer’s life and work…
‘Holy grail’ footage of David Bowie at his peak to feature in immersive London show

Masterpiece, fridge magnet, phone case … opera: how Hokusai’s The Great Wave hit the stage

silverguide.site – He survived a stroke, a lightning strike, a fire – and created one of the world’s most recognisable images. Now the Japanese artist’s ‘wild, fascinating’ life has inspired an opera…
Masterpiece, fridge magnet, phone case … opera: how Hokusai’s The Great Wave hit the stage

J Cole: The Fall Off review – rap legend’s final album is a self-obsessed hip-hop history lesson

silverguide.site – (Interscope)Bowing out after six consecutive US No 1 albums, Cole references rap greats and even conjures a convo between Biggie and 2Pac – but the lens rarely strays from himself…
J Cole: The Fall Off review – rap legend’s final album is a self-obsessed hip-hop history lesson

Florence + the Machine review – ​a thrilling shift in tone towards stark, sombre catharsis

silverguide.site – Florence Welch is backed by the folk-horror dramatics of a petticoat-clad choir – but quite capable of transfixing the crowd with her billowing voice alone…
Florence + the Machine review – ​a thrilling shift in tone towards stark, sombre catharsis

It’s known for making submarines. So how does this remote Cumbrian venue attract the world’s boldest musicians?

silverguide.site – In a park keeper’s lodge in Barrow-in-Furness, Full of Noises has hosted the likes of Julia Holter and Lonnie Holley – and is a model for why arts funding matters…
It’s known for making submarines. So how does this remote Cumbrian venue attract the world’s boldest musicians?
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