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The sound of “Dubai Star” by HRISTELIN

HRISTELIN writes like a guitarist who trusts silence as much as sound. His sessions begin with a simple motif on a clean electric line, then he adds space, texture, and just enough tension for the melody to decide where it wants to go. The result is music that feels precise rather than ornamental, even when the arrangement grows large. Dubai is present in these tracks without leaning on clichés. The city’s pace shows up as crisp percussion and wide synth pads that leave room for air. You hear it in “Dubai Star” with Julia Kirilova on vocals, where the...
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Pixies announce 40th anniversary tour dates

Pixies are kicking off their 40th anniversary celebrations with a headline worldwide tour for 2026 titled Pixies 40. Founding members Black Francis, Joey Santiago and David Lovering, together with bassist Emma Richardson, have so far announced dates across the UK, Ireland, Germany, Italy and The Netherlands to celebrate, including their first performance at the Royal Albert Hall. Advertisement Tour dates confirmed so far are below and tickets are available here from September 26. Pixies 40 2026 UK / European Tour Dates May 20 – Barbican, YorkMay 21 – Alhambra theatre, DunfermlineMay 25 – Aviva Studios, ManchesterMay 28 – Royal Albert Hall, LondonMay 31 – Live at...
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Read Bob Dylan’s and Neil Young’s setlists from Farm Aid 40

Bob Dylan and Neil Young performed at Farm Aid last night . Founded by Willie Nelson – who headlined – the event raising money for farmers across America celebrated its 40th anniversary. The line-up at the Huntington Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, Minnesota, also included John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews, Margo Price, Waxahatchee and Billy Strings. Advertisement Dylan and his band, who have recently finished the Outlaw Festival Tour with Nelson, played: All Along The WatchtowerI Can Tell To RamonaHighway 61 RevisitedDon’t Think Twice, It’s All Right Dylan was accompanied by his current touring band: Advertisement Tony Garnier...
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Katie Runnels Channels Academic Insights into New Experimental Music

Twenty years of working three jobs simultaneously prepared Katie Runnels for artistic independence most musicians never achieve. Her latest project, “Imperfect Beauty,” represents the convergence of academic rigor and experimental vulnerability—a sonic thesis written in ambient electronics and deliberate imperfection. As an educator primarily in Title I schools, Runnels brings scholarly perspective to music-making. She understands how narratives shift cultures, citing Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment alongside contemporary neuroscience podcasts. “Music has a PROFOUND ability to influence people,” she explains, connecting her work to historical moments where art catalyzed social change. Her theory about musical impact runs deeper than typical...
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Peter Gabriel on his Genesis swansong: “It was a journey into the soul”

“We wanted to do something ambitious” Peter Gabriel joined former Genesis bandmates Tony Banks, Mike Rutherford and Steve Hackett to celebrate the 50th anniversary reissue of The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway at an exclusive listening party and Q&A in London’s Soho yesterday (September 19), discussing the classic double album’s “difficult” making and inscrutable plot. “Who the fuck knows?” Gabriel joked when asked by host Alexis Petredis what the album – receiving a deluxe 4CD/5LP box set re-release next week, featuring demos, a live show and Dolby Atmos remix – was all about. “I can say what I think I...
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Peter Gabriel on his Genesis swansong: “It was a journey into the soul”

“We wanted to do something ambitious” Peter Gabriel joined former Genesis bandmates Tony Banks, Mike Rutherford and Steve Hackett to celebrate the 50th anniversary reissue of The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway at an exclusive listening party and Q&A in London’s Soho yesterday (September 19), discussing the classic double album’s “difficult” making and inscrutable plot. “Who the fuck knows?” Gabriel joked when asked by host Alexis Petredis what the album – receiving a deluxe 4CD/5LP box set re-release next week, featuring demos, a live show and Dolby Atmos remix – was all about. “I can say what I think I...
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“God Will Be My Peace”: Peg Luke Re-Releases a Defining Song

Peg Luke, the Emmy- and Grammy-nominated artist known for her authenticity and spiritual depth, has re-released one of her most moving songs, “God Will Be My Peace.” The track returns as a reminder of Luke’s ability to create music that blends timeless faith with contemporary resonance. At just over two and a half minutes, the song carries remarkable emotional weight. Luke’s luminous vocals rise above a delicate piano melody, gradually joined by layered harmonies that expand into something stirring and full of grandeur. Compact yet sweeping, it’s a piece that draws listeners back again and again. Her recent projects...
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Micah Nelson on touring with Neil Young: “rock‘n’roll energy!”

As the youngest son of Willie Nelson, guitarist Micah Nelson has been in Neil Young’s circle since childhood. He later played with Young between 2014 and 2019 as a member of of The Promise Of The Real, recording two studio albums The Monsanto Years and The Visitor and a live album Earth. More recently, as a member of Young’s latest backing band The Chrome Hearts, Nelson has appeared on Young’s latest studio album Talkin To The Trees and the Love Earth World Tour — which wrapped on September 15 at the Hollywood Bowl. Here, Nelson talks us through some...
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“It’s a very sensual song” Suede on the making of “The Drowners”

As Suede conclude their triumphant Southbank Takeover, here’s Brett Anderson, Bernard Butler, Mat Osman, Simon Gilbert and producer Ed Buller remembering the creation of their debut single, “The Drowners”. Inspired by glam and “engorged flesh”, it earned the band celebrity fans and a record deal, and helped change the course of ’90s indie…  For Suede, it was, in many ways, the worst of times. Singer Brett Anderson had broken up with girlfriend Justine Frischmann, losing along the way his residence in her plush Kensington flat, and her hustle as ersatz band manager. Advertisement It was also the best of...
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One Battle After Another reviewed: sensational and hysterical take on Pynchon’s counterculture yarn

Dissenting voices face their own challenges Once upon a time it felt like Hollywood had a monopoly on channeling the dream life of America, what Norman Mailer called “that subterranean river of untapped, ferocious, lonely, and romantic desires, that concentration of ecstasy and violence”. Today that river is barely below the surface – it gushes right out of the sewers and straight down main street, via the relentless torrents of social media. Dissenting voices face their own challenges. Networks are pulling talk show hosts, newspapers are firing columnists, and distributors are so shy of antagonising MAGA that...
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