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No Rome: “Shoegaze R&B” master designing a new world of invention and unity

The Dirty Hit artist talks his long-awaited debut album ‘It’s All Smiles’, his keen desire to break new ground and remembering to “smile and move forward”

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LATEST NEWS

Stephen Fretwell announces 2022 UK and Ireland tour dates

Ari Lennox says she has been arrested for “reacting to a woman racially profiling me”

Teyana Taylor updates fans after being hospitalised for exhaustion

Radio 1 DJ Adele Roberts returns to show after cancer diagnosis: “I owe the NHS my life”

Legendary Indigenous Australian actor David Gulpilil dies aged 68

Bilbao BBK organisers announce new Spanish festival with Arctic Monkeys, Kraftwerk and more

ALBUM REVIEWS

Kaytranada – ‘Intimidated’ EP review: warming electro-soul to get you through the winter

Denise Chaila – ‘It’s A Mixtape’ review: rising star effortlessly levels up

Snoop Dogg – ‘Algorithm’ review: Snoop’s shot at making old-school hip-hop great again

Kills Birds – ‘Married’ review: a rich, vital rock album to rally behind

FEATURES

‘The Beatles: Get Back’ documentary: what you need to know before watching

Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?! – Starsailor’s James Walsh

New doc ‘Queens Of Rap’ reinforces the importance of ‘WAP’, more than a year on

What the hell has happened at Activision and why should you care?

Lancey Foux: “I wish the UK acknowledged rap the same way they do punk”

Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul: Belgian electro-pop duo laughing in the face of everything

GIG REVIEWS

Sleaford Mods live in Nottingham: bewildering joy at duo’s first-ever headline arena show

Sports Team live in London: connection amid the confetti cannons

Geese live in London: intimacy and intensity from fast-rising Brooklyn teens

Easy Life live at Brixton Academy: the Leicester group’s triumphant shows in pictures

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS

No Rome: “Shoegaze R&B” master designing a new world of invention and unity

Reggie Yates: “I’m a kid of working-class immigrants – I know what it feels like to be hungry”

Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?! – Starsailor’s James Walsh

Halsey: “I’ve always been driven to reinvent myself and reinvent my genre”

‘The Beatles: Get Back’ documentary: what you need to know before watching

Tems: Afro-R&B’s radiant leader planning a global takeover

THE BIG READ

Halsey: “I’ve always been driven to reinvent myself and reinvent my genre”

Summer Walker: “I’m a vulnerable, open person. I’m really emotional and shit”

IDLES: “I wanted to be more than what we were becoming”

Swedish House Mafia: “Dance music is freedom – that’s our language”

MORE NEWS

Peter Jackson defends ‘The Beatles: Get Back’ doc’s lengthy runtime

Megan Thee Stallion, Kehlani and more come out in support of Rico Nasty after Playboi Carti tour confession

Taylor Swift says Billy Joel comparing her to The Beatles “broke my brain”

Adele’s ’30’ scores biggest opening sales of 2021 in US

Elliot Page praised after posting “amazing” topless selfie

Halsey says asking Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross to collaborate was like “writing a letter to Santa”

Turnstile announced as co-headliners for 2000trees festival 2022

Keira Knightley reveals she has COVID-19: “I’m feeling pretty rubbish”

RADAR - NEW MUSIC

No Rome: “Shoegaze R&B” master designing a new world of invention and unity

Tems: Afro-R&B’s radiant leader planning a global takeover

Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul: Belgian electro-pop duo laughing in the face of everything

Infinite Coles: the unifying force between R&B and ballroom culture

FILM & TV NEWS

Legendary Indigenous Australian actor David Gulpilil dies aged 68

Peter Jackson defends ‘The Beatles: Get Back’ doc’s lengthy runtime

Elliot Page praised after posting “amazing” topless selfie

Keira Knightley reveals she has COVID-19: “I’m feeling pretty rubbish”

Matthew McConaughey says he will not run for Texas governor

Tom Ford on ‘House of Gucci’: “I often laughed out loud, but was I supposed to?”

Ma Dong-seok on being cast in ‘Eternals’: “They changed the character to suit me”

‘Snowdrop’: Jung Hae-in, BLACKPINK’s Jisoo’s romance turns sour in new teaser

FILM & TV REVIEWS

‘The Beatles: Get Back’ review: Peter Jackson’s long and winding but utterly unmissable epic

‘Licorice Pizza’ review: a sunny slice of California life topped with Alana Haim

‘Freddie Mercury: The Final Act’ review: inside the rock god’s prejudice-defying curtain call

‘House Of Gucci’ review: Lady Gaga’s bad romance soon turns ugly

GAMING NEWS

‘Halo Infinite’ live action ad channels generations of warfare

Ubisoft encourages fans to show interest in ‘Rainbow Six Siege’ Steam Deck support

‘Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered’s’ multiplayer has gone to the afterlife

‘Halo Infinite’ dev says multiplayer progression issue is “top of the list”

Modder discovers stars in ‘Majora’s Mask’ are linked to your file name

‘Halo Infinite’ datamine seemingly reveals February multiplayer event early

‘Train Simulator’ fan drives trains on the train

‘Apex Legends’ player finds a powerful combo that enables map-wide flight

GAME REVIEWS

‘Shin Megami Tensei V’ review: an apocalyptic rave through a sadistic RPG masterclass

‘Pokémon Brilliant Diamond’ review: a semi-triumphant return

‘Ruined King: A League Of Legends Story’ review: an intricate love letter to the ‘League Of Legends’ universe

‘The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Anniversary Edition’: review: a warm return to a familiar land