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‘My first impression was this person’s a genius’: the life and legacy of producer pioneer Sophie

Feature
‘The whole human condition is encased in the story’: why Beatles films just keep coming
Midas Man and One Hand Clapping are just the latest in a stream of movies telling a story we seemingly can’t get enough of

Interview
‘Fame is like going through puberty’: Chappell Roan on sexuality, superstardom and the joy of drag
She’s gone from obscurity to the A-list, but not without struggle. On the road in the UK, the singer talks teenage angst, her queer inspirations ... and why she hasn’t endorsed Kamala Harris

Album review
Katy Perry: 143 – wan Europop revival falls short of total catastrophe

Demi Lovato’s starry documentary Child Star offers hard truths

Adrian Horton

Folk album of the month
The Rheingans Sisters: Start Close In – a radical leap into darkness

Album review
Kate Pierson: Radios & Rainbows – bops, balls and belles from B-52s singer

Loads more stories and moves focus to first new story.

Rock
‘I love it when things get out of hand’: the return of outrageous 90s rockers the Jesus Lizard

Pop
Hendrix, Jagger, Bowie and me: Terry Reid, the British pop outlier adored by the greats

You ask the questions
‘My whole life’s interconnected’: Neneh Cherry on the relationships that inspire her, leaving home at 15, and the joy of a trashy box set

10 Chaotic Questions
Nic Cester from Jet: ‘I wrote the majority of Get Born while sitting on the toilet’

Loads more stories and moves focus to first new story.

Alexis Petridis's album of the week
Jamie xx: In Waves – bright, blissful bangers for 3am on big speakers

Alexis Petridis's album of the week
Tindersticks: Soft Tissue – still ruling their own twilit world after 30 years

Loads more stories and moves focus to first new story.

Electronic
Moby – full of teenage energy on first tour in over a decade

Pop
Chappell Roan – having the time of her life

Loads more stories and moves focus to first new story.

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Honest playlist
‘I’m not a singer but I can just about do Sweet Dreams at karaoke’: Eve’s honest playlist

One to watch
Friedberg

Track review
The Weeknd: Dancing in the Flames – another apocalyptic romance, and another surefire hit

Honest playlist
‘I fancied Matt Goss. When Will I Be Famous? was an awakening’: Gok Wan’s honest playlist

Loads more stories and moves focus to first new story.

Obituaries

Obituary
British 60s R&B star Zoot Money

Obituary
Herbie Flowers

Maze’s Frankie Beverly united Black America with his everyman brilliance

Alexis Petridis

Tribute
Sérgio Mendes, the musician who left Brazil to bring the sounds of his country to the world

Loads more stories and moves focus to first new story.

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

Loads more stories and moves focus to first new story.

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