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Picks of the week
People misbehave and make mistakes. They don't know better
Red Hot Chili Peppers / People misbehave and make mistakes. They don't know better
As they reunite for their 12th album, the punk-funk rockers are trying to age gracefully after a youth full of sex and drugs. So why does Anthony Kiedis hang up after a difficult question?
The reader interview / 'I experience joy very easily': Patti Smith on Springsteen, the climate fight and the meaning of punk
Mick Jagger on acting / Jack Nicholson told me to start with a character's sex life
'I'm living for the ones who didn't make it' / Bonnie Raitt on her unquenchable thirst for music
FKA twigs / I don't have secrets. I'm not ashamed of anything
Grammy awards 2022 / Who will win – and who should
Reviews
Harry Styles: As It Was / A pop star in his own sunlit lane
A pop star in his own sunlit lane
Alexis Petridis's album of the week / Father John Misty: Chloë and the Next 20th Century – pop's funniest storyteller is back at his best
Contemporary album of the month / David Friend & Jerome Begin: Post- – weirdly brutal American minimalism
Album review / Pillow Queens: Leave the Light On – brooding, atmospheric indie
Spotlight
Mira Calix was an open-hearted musician who brought magic to the everyday
Music / Mira Calix was an open-hearted musician who brought magic to the everyday
The Warp Records producer and composer, who has died at 51, broke out of the album format to make immersive, haunting, deeply human works of sound art
Classical
Classical album of the week / Franck: Complete Songs and Duets – elegant and refined vocal works
Franck: Complete Songs and Duets – elegant and refined vocal works
Concert review / Kaufmann/Damrau and Deutsch – deeply felt, rapturous performance
Kaufmann/Damrau and Deutsch – deeply felt, rapturous performance
Concert review / SoundState: LPO/Edward Gardner – a compelling musical journey
SoundState: LPO/Edward Gardner – a compelling musical journey
Wigmore Hall / Music and art combine to highlight child refugee crisis
Music and art combine to highlight child refugee crisis
Concert review / Handel in Hackney – easy beauty and determined string playing
Handel in Hackney – easy beauty and determined string playing
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Summer of soul / Meet the stars of the UK soul renaissance
Meet the stars of the UK soul renaissance
On my radar / Jehnny Beth's cultural highlights
One to watch / Sprints
You may have missed
The abstract beauty of Branko Mataja
From labour camp to guitar hero / The abstract beauty of Branko Mataja
The Yugoslavian was forced to Germany, then moved to the US and brought psychedelic wonder to his native music. After a rediscovery in a Hollywood record store, he can finally be heard
John Darnielle / Being an American is like living in a Terry Gilliam world
The Mountain Goats singer and novelist is using his new novel to interrogate his country's politics. He talks about 'castle doctrine', making an album about his abusive stepfather and why he's a sucker for things that make him cry
Hardcore punks Soul Glo / The real character of America is sheer apathy
Finding their voice despite racist resistance, the Philadelphia band have made a thrilling, ferocious album – but after abuse allegations against a former member, the future is uncertain
'A lot of stars are freaks or introverts' / Jim Kerr on Live Aid, ex-wives and four decades of Simple Minds
Two years after Covid cancelled his world tour, the singer is back on the road. He talks about his journey from a Glasgow tower block, life with Chrissie Hynde and Patsy Kensit, and the tough times of the early 2000s
'A full-force trinity' / The glory and tragedy of reggae group the Mighty Diamonds
The death in a drive-by shooting of singer Donald 'Tabby Diamond' Shaw this week brings to an end a group whose gorgeous harmonies made them genre greats
Live music this week
The Weather Station / Emotional release rains down
Emotional release rains down
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