On Perverts, Ethel Cain is lost in the meticulous crafting of her own horror noise
Listening to the alt-pop artist’s latest project feels like being trapped in a serial killer’s underground network of post-industrial tunnels
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Snoop Dogg has a spring in his step on his relentlessly interesting Dr Dre collaboration Missionary
Rapper and producer team up for the first time since their 1993 album ‘Doggystyle’
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Rebecca Ferguson on life after The X Factor: ‘When people speak out in showbiz, they get blackballed’
The Scouse singer won the hearts of the nation and a record deal with her underdog story and soulful voice on ‘The X Factor’, but behind the scenes, she was overworked and overwhelmed. She speaks to Helen Brown about that tough time, her new Christmas song – and remembers the ‘young, innocent’ Liam Payne she met for the first time at Euston station in 2010
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The best albums of 2024, ranked
Bidding farewell to 2024, The Independent’s music critics Mark Beaumont and Helen Brown count down the best albums of the year
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If Mahashmashana is an elegy for Father John Misty, it’s rather a wonderful one
On his sixth record, the alter ego of Josh Tillman finds himself swilling around queasy questions of mortality and self-obsession
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