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(Modern Love)The producer’s second album is a granular dissection of cumbia rebajada, forcing the listener to focus on the strangeness of every moment in her ambient soundworldMexican-American producer Delia Beatriz, AKA Debit, has a talent for making historical sounds her own. Her 2022 breakthrough...
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(Mass Appeal)The first release since the death of their founding member dwells on the afterlife, yet doesn’t forsake their perpetually sunny soundCabin in the Sky, the tenth album by De La Soul – and first since the 2023 death of founding member Trugoy the Dove, AKA Dave Jolicoeur – is, loosely, a c...
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Irish indie acts used to be ignored, even on Irish radio. But songs confronting the Troubles, poverty and oppression are now going global – and changing how Ireland sees itselfOn a hot Saturday afternoon at Glastonbury, while many are nursing halfway-point hangovers, the Dublin garage punk quartet S...
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A collection of columns by the German Booker winner reveals a keen eye for details that mark the passing of timeJenny Erpenbeck wrote the pieces collected in this compact yet kaleidoscopic book for a column in the newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung; published in German in 2009, they now appear...
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Gemma becomes a mum in the second series of Daddy Issues. Plus, the final episode of Empire With David Olusoga. Here’s what to watch this evening9.35pm, BBC OneAimee Lou Wood and David Morrissey’s sweet father-and-daughter comedy returns – and they’re now joined by baby Sadie. Gemma (Wood) is grappl...
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Dorfman theatre, London David Eldridge’s two-hander depicts the difficult conversations that follow one partner’s cancer diagnosisDavid Eldridge’s trilogy has travelled across the early and mid stages of coupledom to come to this finish. The play marks the end of an era in more ways than one. Progra...
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In May, Cannes went weak at the knees for Harry Lighton’s tale of BDSM and bootlicking in suburbia. Ahead of its release, the director and his stars reveal the explicit shots snipped from the final cut and discuss why Pride has become too sanitisedHarry Melling knows the secret to being a good boot-...
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Derby City Council said it would remove flags on street furniture in September
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'He is not evil, he is not a bad person. He made a terrible, terrible error,' the prosecution said
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The Government is due to decide on how a massive local council shake-up will look
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Glossop's Market Hall will be home to bars and restaurants, vintage shops and a grocery store