Friday, August 30, 2013

Sleeve notes: Sly Stone's planned comeback with an all-albino band

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He was the musical genius who reinvented pop with the Family Stone – and threw it all away in a haze of drugs and paranoia. Now, at the age of 70, he tells Alexis Petridis in a remarkable interview about his planned comeback with an all-albino band
By law, every breakout rap star must have a back-up crew. Thankfully, the new breed of henchmen can actually rap
Sean Michaels: Parents Television Council, backed by Billy Ray Cyrus, says MTV manipulated the content rating on 'adults-only material'
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Fred Stobaugh wrote lyrics to Oh Sweet Lorraine after she died aged 91, just before their 73rd wedding anniversary
The psychedelic rock band featuring Kills singer Alison Mosshart have begun working on a third album to follow Sea of Cowards
Collaboration on bonus track Heat of the Moment marks a high point in their once-rocky relationship
Singer Gary Jarman says band will make one 'pop' and one 'noisy' record, possibly using songs recorded with Steve Albini
Just days after Cyrus's controversial VMAs performance, a new song praising the dance craze leaks online
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Paul McCartney's got a new song and a new album coming out. He's called them both New.
From gourmet ice cream to low-on-the-bill surprises, End of the Road offers a taste of something special
For the video for his new single, Community, Gold Panda's created an ode to his local, er, community
A day of free concerts celebrated Lucerne's 75th birthday, while Abbado's spiritual take on Schubert and Bruckner was compelling and deeply affecting, writes Tom Service
Laura Barton: Peculiar, contagious and surreal – giggles and chuckles in song are an invitation to join the fun
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Peggy Reynolds and guests discuss Benjamin Britten's opera, based on a Hermann Melville short story.
PJ Harvey has released a new song to highlight the ongoing detention of the last British resident held in Guantánamo Bay
Peggy Reynolds and guests discuss Donizetti's work, its commedia dell'arte roots, how it teams with beautiful music, and why Donizetti broke the mould with this, his, 64th of 66 operas. The performance on Tuesday 6 August will be streamed here live from Glyndebourne and then available to watch again demand until 31 August.
Peggy Reynolds and guests introduce Rameau's 1733 opera, based on Racine's tragedy Phèdre.
Alexis Petridis reviews the final day of Glastonbury 2013 action before packing up his tent. Kieran Yates and Caspar Llewellyn Smith are also on hand to share their highlights of the festival and what's still to come this summer.
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Tim Jonze: Critics are praising the South African band for its progressive credentials, thanks to its multiracial lineup. But, as far as the founder John Withers and singer Emmanuel Nzaramba are concerned, it's about the music
The Throbbing Gristle founder, once branded a 'wrecker of civilisation', talks to Dave Simpson about being given a poetry prize by Philip Larkin and reaching marital unity through plastic surgery
So precisely calibrated to the pop of 1983 is this debut album, it's like a John Hughes soundtrack that never was, writes Michael Hann
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