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Emir Taha: “I want to put Turkey on the global music map. We deserve to be on there”

The Brixton-based alt-R&B artist wants to ‘do for Turkish music what Rosalía has done for flamenco’
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Las Vegas festival Life Is Beautiful set for return in September

IU confirms new album title and release date

Rapper OMB Peezy arrested over shooting at Roddy Ricch’s music video set

New York Governor says music venues can reopen at one-third capacity in April

Billboard Charts will now count Facebook music video streams

ALBUM REVIEWS

Tom Grennan – ‘Evering Road’ review: as nice but nondescript as the street it’s named after

Nick Cave & Warren Ellis – ‘Carnage’ review: the peak of their powers

Zara Larsson – ‘Poster Girl’ review: Swedish pop don riffs on love in all its messy glory

A Day To Remember – ‘You’re Welcome’ review: a mish-mash of sounds and moany lyrics

FEATURES

With Daft Punk powered down, where will pop’s mystery come from now?

Comic genius: Eddie Murphy’s 10 best films

Andra Day: “Billie Holiday’s message was clear: ‘Stop fucking killing us'”

Julien Baker on ‘Little Oblivions’: “I had to unlearn the idea of recovery being linear”

Eight reasons New York rap needs Bobby Shmurda back

The Golden Globes say representation is vital – why has it taken them so long to realise that?

GIG REVIEWS

Bicep live in London: Irish dance duo raise the bar for livestreams

SG Lewis live in London: ‘times: The Live Experience’ is a much-missed night out

Mogwai live in Glasgow: the white noise specialists unleash their latest record

BLACKPINK live in Seoul: Superstar girl group make indelible mark with ‘The Show’

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS

‘Framing Britney Spears’: what happens now in the pop star’s conservatorship fight?

Emir Taha: “I want to put Turkey on the global music map. We deserve to be on there”

Ben Gibbard on his new Fender signature guitar – and how it’s influencing the new Death Cab For Cutie album

Andra Day: “Billie Holiday’s message was clear: ‘Stop fucking killing us'”

Cosha breaks free from the high-pressure hype machine with fearless debut album

Julien Baker on ‘Little Oblivions’: “I had to unlearn the idea of recovery being linear”

THE BIG READ

Madison Beer: “I have a voice and it deserves to be heard”

London Grammar: “I always end up being the only female in the room”

Zara Larsson: “I think I’m obsessed with love”

Foo Fighters: “Our connection is beyond music”

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Remi Wolf and Dominic Fike team up on new version of ‘Photo ID’

Hear A.G. Cook’s remix of Perfume Genius’ ‘Describe’

Listen to a snippet of Charli XCX, The 1975 and No Rome’s new single ‘Spinning’

Lena Dunham secretly directs first film in a decade

Listen to Porter Robinson’s celebratory new song ‘Musician’

‘Tiger King’ star Carole Baskin is working on her own big cat documentary series

Will Smith says he’s never met a smart racist

RADAR - NEW MUSIC

Kam-Bu: “‘Black on Black’ has negative connotations – I want to turn that on its head”

Cosha breaks free from the high-pressure hype machine with fearless debut album

Digga D – ‘Made In The Pyrex’ review: UK drill star plots a global course

Emir Taha: “I want to put Turkey on the global music map. We deserve to be on there”

FILM & TV NEWS

Lena Dunham secretly directs first film in a decade

‘Tiger King’ star Carole Baskin is working on her own big cat documentary series

Will Smith says he’s never met a smart racist

Evan Peters likely to return in ‘WandaVision’ finale, says director

Comedian Chris D’Elia is facing a child porn lawsuit

Thousands of Netflix users experience outages

BAFTA Rising Star 2021 nominees announced

‘Tiger King’ star Joe Exotic hires new lawyers to seek another trial

FILM REVIEWS

‘Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliché’ review: the perfect tribute to punk’s forgotten queen

‘Lucky’ review: time-loop horror replays trauma of domestic violence

‘Moxie’ review: a riot grrrl resurgence in Gen Z suburbia

‘Biggie: I Got A Story To Tell’ review: a look at the life of rap’s most notorious figure

GAMING NEWS

‘Hogwarts Legacy’ reported to feature trangender characters

‘Valheim’ players are building Whiterun from ‘Skyrim’

‘Destiny 2’ developer files Bungiecon trademark

‘Dead By Daylight’’s new killer is a fictional K-pop star

‘Crash Bandicoot: On The Run!’ lands March release date

Co-op survival game ‘Aliens: Fireteam’ announced

Epic Games announces ‘Fall Guys’ developer Mediatonic acquisition

‘The Last Of Us II’ leads the nominations for the BAFTA Game Awards

GAME REVIEWS

‘Bravely Default 2’ review: a classic JRPG that doesn’t pull any punches

‘Ghosts ’n Goblins Resurrection’ review: the punishing classic is back with more fighting chances

‘Taxi Chaos’ review: you might not want to waste your fare on this cheap imitation

‘Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury’ review: so much more than a port

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