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January 2025

‘It’s all just very grimy and filthy’: Gregory Nolan’s photos of the 00s indie scene

The photographer gathered 6,000 images he took at the era’s centre, which offer a hedonistic window into a pre-smartphone era that remains relatively undocumented

October 2024

Why pop at the Proms hits the right note

Letters: Roger Downie and Liz Fuller respond to a letter on the ‘dumbing down’ of the Proms

September 2024

Miranda Sawyer on podcasts and radio
The week in audio: Sara & Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club; The Coming Storm; Proms 2024

Florence + the Machine: Symphony of Lungs review – one crescendo of ecstasy after another

April 2024

BBC unveils 2024 Proms lineup: Daniel Barenboim, Daleks and disco

Breakups, fantasies and her most cutting lyrics: inside Taylor’s Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department

August 2023

Florence Welch reveals she had life-saving emergency surgery

Florence + the Machine singer cancelled European festival gigs but vows to make final dates of tour

May 2023

Wet Leg named songwriters of the year at Ivor Novello awards

Isle of Wight duo hailed for ‘fresh, unapologetic and direct’ songs, while Harry Styles, Raye, Sault, Charli XCX and Florence + the Machine are among the other winners

April 2023

Harry Styles, Cleo Sol and Inflo top nominations for 2023 Ivor Novello awards

British songwriting awards also acknowledge Florence + the Machine, Wet Leg, Central Cee and more

March 2023

Womadelaide 2023: blockbuster headliners and record crowds drive a euphoric long weekend

Florence and the Machine, Bon Iver, Sampa the Great and a blizzard of feathers headline a festival striving to recapture its pre-pandemic glory

January 2023

‘A fundamental blow’: anger over threat to BBC Introducing music discovery platform

Fans and bands fear regional network that helped launch careers of Ed Sheeran and Little Simz will be cut back as BBC confirms changes to schedules

Brit awards: all-male best artist category reveals wider music industry sickness

Laura Snapes
Out of the 71 acts eligible for the gender-neutral award, only 13 were female or non-binary. The dearth exposes the British industry’s inability to develop anyone but young men

UK artists dominate Top 10 singles of 2022 for first time since records began

A clean sweep led by Harry Styles was an ‘astonishing’ high note for the music industry – but the domination of older songs reflected the impact of streaming

November 2022

‘They said I’m a badass and Hollywood needs me’: how Florence’s Machine took Tinseltown

Florence Welch cancels UK tour after breaking foot on stage

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Florence + the Machine review – a rock’n’roll fever dream

Florence + the Machine review – athletic feats and eerie rock’n’roll

May 2022

Why do female musicians have to fake it on TikTok?

Rebecca Lucy Taylor, Self Esteem
Everyone from FKA twigs to Florence is under pressure to provide viral social media content, but it’s at the expense of building a sustainable fanbase and honing one’s craft

The best original photographs from the Observer
Original Observer photography
From Dua Lipa at the O2 to a dispatch from Ukraine, the best original photographs from the Observer commissioned in May 2022

Florence + the Machine: Dance Fever review – Florence Welch exorcises her demons

The singer spares no details on her confessional, pared-back fifth album with nods to Madonna and the Stones

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