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Interview
Sunday with Chilly Gonzales: ‘I’ll be piling up my pancakes’

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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – up close and existential with rock’s great everyman
In an expansive, transporting show, the singer-songwriter turned all-round guru reaches for the stars – and anyone within touching distance

This much I know
Frankie Bridge: ‘I was anxious from the womb. It’s who I am’
The singer, 35, opens up about fame before social media, psychiatric support, and the one thing she’d change about her wedding

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News
Beyoncé leads Grammy award nominations with 11 nods

Feature
‘Leave your ego at the door’: from Thriller to Sinatra, Quincy Jones collaborators tell the stories behind his songs

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Pop
‘We were a bit naive about privacy’: LadBaby on blackmail, backlash – and their Christmas No 1s

Rock
‘Somebody’s up there saying: good karma!’ Phil Manzanera on Roxy Music, Cuban grooves and making a fortune off Jay-Z and Kanye West

The reader interview
Dolly Parton: ‘I was sorry when Dolly the sheep died – though I don’t want to be cloned’

Experimental
Fishing lines, mobile phones and Wirral wind: the oddly harmonious music of Ex-Easter Island Head

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Alexis Petridis's album of the week
Peter Perrett: The Cleansing – a late-career triumph that dances in the face of death

Global album of the month
Annarella and Django: Jouer review – flute and west African lute shine in expressive new partnership

Pop
Autre Ne Veut: Love, Guess Who?? – long-awaited return is like peak Magic FM
Rap
IDK: Bravado + Intimo – bright beats, retrograde rhymes
Rap
Tyler, the Creator: Chromakopia – candour, artfulness – and Mom
Jazz
Michael Mayo: Fly – a bravura fusion of original work and jazz standards
Alexis Petridis's album of the week
Amyl and the Sniffers: Cartoon Darkness – Aussie punks still spit, but add a bit more polish
Kitty Empire's artist of the week
The Cure: Songs of a Lost World – as promised, ‘very, very doom and gloom’

Loads more stories and moves focus to first new story.

Folk
Laura Marling – gently transcendent songs of motherhood and domesticity

Rap
Ice Spice – rapid-fire hits from rap’s new princess

Rock
Beak> – cosmic rockers’ noisy, glorious send-off for Geoff Barrow
Pop
Mk.gee – is this the world’s most exciting young guitarist?
Indie
Iron & Wine – shadow puppets and folk-pop combine in singular gig

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Honest playlist
‘Last Nite by the Strokes is dead to me’: Julian Casablancas’s honest playlist

One to watch
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Review
Lady Gaga: Disease – a return to form, and to her classic sound

Ranked
Just like heaven: the Cure’s 20 greatest songs

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Obituaries

News
Liam Payne, former One Direction singer, dies aged 31

Feature
‘He had all the stuff you need to be a pop star’: how Liam Payne helped One Direction to global glory

Liam Payne seemed unsure of who he was – but the brutality of fame denied him the chance to find out

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Grief and shock at Buenos Aires hotel where Liam Payne died: ‘I came to say goodbye’

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Mitski, the US’s best young songwriter
I’m a black hole where people dump their feelings
With songs about heartbreak and capitalism, the cult pop singer is on the brink of the mainstream – but the intensity of her fandom has her fearing for her safety

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