Elliot Grainge is ready to step out from his father’s shadow

Elliot Grainge

Elliot Grainge runs 10K Projects, a record label that counts hip-hop sensation Ice Spice among its recent successes. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) Last summer, over sushi at Nobu in Malibu, Elliot […]

Rachel McAdams turned down a string of huge movies – and we should all be thankful | Rachel McAdams

Rachel McAdams and Jason Bateman in Game Night.

Hollywood etiquette dictates that when a Hollywood star passes on a role, they don’t talk about it. To do so wouldn’t be fair on the actor who eventually took the role, since this would doom […]

‘We paved the way for the Rolling Stones’: Ottilie Patterson, the forgotten first lady of British blues | Blues

Ottilie Patterson (left) and Sister Rosetta Tharpe rehearsing at the Marquee Club, London in 1960.

The late British jazz singer George Melly used to ask his audiences: “Who is the greatest blues vocalist Britain has ever produced?” He’d tease them, asking, “Mick Jagger? No! Steve Winwood? No! Van Morrison? No!”, […]

‘We got bored waiting for Oasis to re-form’: AIsis, the band fronted by an AI Liam Gallagher | Oasis

Classic lineup … Oasis ahead of their famous performance at Knebworth in 1996.

Before you do anything else with your day, you need to listen to this. A new “lost” Oasis album has been released, from the period between their third album, 1997’s Be Here Now, and their […]

‘AI isn’t a threat’ – Boris Eldagsen, whose fake photo duped the Sony judges, hits back | Photography

‘I love photography, I love generating images’ … Eldagsen.

Since 52-year-old German artist Boris Eldagsen went public with the fact that he won a Sony world photography award with an AI-generated image, relations between him and the award body have soured. Sony have issued […]

Celebrity cemeteries and haunted libraries: how musician Lael Neale channels Hollywood’s dark side | Music

Lael Neale

In the video for Lael Neale’s recent single, In Verona, she takes us on a woozy walk through the streets of Hollywood. Alongside grainy footage of the Walk of Fame, we find her drifting through […]

Aldous Harding review – performative strangeness can’t hide great melodies | Aldous Harding

‘Not easy to define.’

Twenty minutes into Aldous Harding’s set, after a spellbinding version of Treasure, from her 2019 breakthrough album Designer, has provoked a particularly vociferous response from the crowd, she speaks her first words to the audience. […]

‘I’m glad people call it a lesbian anthem’: how Sophie B Hawkins made Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover | Culture

Eric Bazilian.

Sophie B Hawkins, singer, songwriter I was Bryan Ferry’s percussionist but got fired after two weeks. He very nicely said: “You can’t play the Cuban congas as well as so-and-so who’s coming in to replace […]

‘Like an exploded iPhone’: why Sarah Sze is the perfect artist for the age of information overload | Art and design

Overwhelming … Measuring the Infinite by Sarah Sze, at the Guggenheim.

In 1972, John Berger’s revelatory TV series and subsequent book, Ways of Seeing, began by discussing the changing ways we experience art via the then recent innovation of colour televisions in homes. Berger argued that […]

Soundtrack Loops, Cherry Audio Team Up for ‘Humble Bundle’

Soundtrack Loops, Cherry Audio power charitable Humble Bundle (Photo Credit: Humble Bundle)

Photo Credit: Humble Bundle Soundtrack Loops produces royalty-free samples, loops, and music for films, creative artists, beat makers, producers, DJs, and music lovers. The company recently announced a charitable partnership with Cherry Audio to create […]

Jai Paul has only released three singles in 12 years. So why is he one of Coachella’s biggest draws? | Music

Notoriously private, Jai Paul made a cameo in Donald Glover’s TV show Atlanta.

The Coachella lineup sparks discourse every year without fail: it can tell you who might have an album dropping soon or who’s less famous than they may have initially seemed, the sounds that will dominate […]

Metallica: 72 Seasons review – a poignant if protracted nostalgia kick | Metallica

The artwork for 72 Seasons.

Metallica frontman James Hetfield has said their 11th studio album is rooted in the past, its title a reference to “the first 18 years of our lives, that form our true or false selves … […]

Recognition at last for male divas. But if Elton John qualifies, why not Drake – or Kendall Roy? | Rachel Aroesti

Drake

Who do you think of when you hear the word diva? A trailblazing punk singer? A civil rights activist and second world war spy? A man? Well, maybe – especially if that man is Elton […]

Why Alicia Witt Calls Her ‘The Masked Singer’ Appearance ‘Divine Timing’

Alicia Witt at The Art of Elysium's 13th Annual Black Tie Artistic Experience 'Heaven'

Actress Alicia Witt is delighted to finally be able to reveal that she performed as the Dandeloin on season 9 of “The Masked Singer.” The 47-year-old actress took to Instagram shortly after her identity was unveiled Wednesday […]

Up all night to get jeté! Thomas Bangalter on hanging up his Daft Punk helmet – and leaping into ballet | Music

‘I multitasked for 20 years’ … Bangalter, in the silver helmet, in Daft Punk.

On 1 January 2000, childhood friends Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo decided to become robots. For the release of their second album, Discovery, the Daft Punk duo enlisted Hollywood effects designer Tony Gardner to […]