<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title><![CDATA[Music - Newslocker]]></title><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/music/</link><atom:link rel="self" href="https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/music/rss/" /><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com" /><description><![CDATA[Find your latest Music news with just one click. Don't miss out on anything happening!]]></description><language>en-uk</language><copyright>Copyright (C) 2026 newslocker.com</copyright><lastBuildDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 17:18:00 +0200</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Add to playlist: the introspective ‘Afromood’ of Nigerian star Strei and the week’s best new tracks]]></title><description><![CDATA[Less interested in spectacle than vibe, the Delta State artist&rsquo;s subtle atmospheric projects are carving a quietly distinctive pathFrom Delta State, Nigeria<br />
Recommended if you like Omah Lay, Rema, XXXTentacion, Juice WRLD<br />
Up next Album Night out nowBorn and raised in Delta State and now based in Lagos, Strei is part of a new generation of Nigerian musicians turning away from Afropop&rsquo;s extroverted certainties and towards something more inward-looking. His self-described &ldquo;Afromoo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/music/add-to-playlist-the-introspective-afromood-of-nigerian-star-strei-and-the-weeks-best-new-tracks/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 17:18:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/music/add-to-playlist-the-introspective-afromood-of-nigerian-star-strei-and-the-weeks-best-new-tracks/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From G-Flip to Tame Impala: why Australian music is soundtracking so much TV right now]]></title><description><![CDATA[From Off Campus to the Summer I Turned Pretty, it seems like Australian artists are everywhere right now &ndash; but what does the exposure actually mean?Last month, a new Amazon Prime series, Off Campus, fought its way to the top of the streaming TV pile. Releasing its first season all at once, the glossy campus drama &ndash; set around an elite hockey team at a fictional US university &ndash; racked up 36 million viewers in its first 12 days, becoming the platform&rsquo;s biggest debut among w]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/music/from-g-flip-to-tame-impala-why-australian-music-is-soundtracking-so-much-tv-right-now/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/music/from-g-flip-to-tame-impala-why-australian-music-is-soundtracking-so-much-tv-right-now/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With warmth, kindness and unlimited energy, Kanya King revolutionised Black British culture]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Mobo founder, who has died aged 57, had an unprecedented vision: to give Black British music a glitzy and joyful awards ceremony. But her impact went well beyond it&bull; News: Kanya King, founder of Mobo awards for Black British music, dies aged 57I first met Kanya King in the mid-1990s, when I was still reeling from the failure of my own attempt to target the Black audience via my newspaper, Black Briton. Kanya came along a couple of years later and showed how it should be done. In framing]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/music/with-warmth-kindness-and-unlimited-energy-kanya-king-revolutionised-black-british-culture/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 14:55:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/music/with-warmth-kindness-and-unlimited-energy-kanya-king-revolutionised-black-british-culture/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dua Lipa and Callum Turner wedding divides Palermo: ‘I could understand if it was for the pope’]]></title><description><![CDATA[While some residents are proud to host celebrations, others lament road closures and city&rsquo;s transformation into a &lsquo;theme park&rsquo;Concetta Chillemi was chatting to friends outside her shop next to Palermo&rsquo;s gallery for modern art housed in a sublime baroque church in the city&rsquo;s historic centre. A few metres away, an Italian TV crew had its camera trained on the tiny square in front of the church where event staff in black T-shirts scurried around in the heat.They were p]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/music/dua-lipa-and-callum-turner-wedding-divides-palermo-i-could-understand-if-it-was-for-the-pope/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 14:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/music/dua-lipa-and-callum-turner-wedding-divides-palermo-i-could-understand-if-it-was-for-the-pope/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Taylor Swift: I Knew It, I Knew You review – giddy up! Song for Toy Story cowgirl Jessie is Swift’s best in years]]></title><description><![CDATA[Full of handcrafted care and the rootsy soul of her country origins, this gently elated song is a reminder of what fans love about Swift &hellip; and the film seriesTaylor Swift does not fear a challenge. She&rsquo;s broken records then broken those records; taken Grammy snubs as a sign she just has to work harder; mounted probably the most physically exhausting tour of all time. But in writing a song for Toy Story&rsquo;s cowgirl Jessie, she&rsquo;s set herself a deranged task: how could anyone]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/music/taylor-swift-i-knew-it-i-knew-you-review-giddy-up-song-for-toy-story-cowgirl-jessie-is-swifts-best-in-years/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 12:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/music/taylor-swift-i-knew-it-i-knew-you-review-giddy-up-song-for-toy-story-cowgirl-jessie-is-swifts-best-in-years/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lizzo: Bitch review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week]]></title><description><![CDATA[(Atlantic)<br />
After scrapping an album and starting anew, Lizzo still sounds lost amid these weak genre-hopping songs. Perhaps the zeitgeist has simply left her behindJust over a year ago, Lizzo appeared on Saturday Night Live, announcing a new album called Love in Real Life in grandstanding style. Wielding an electric guitar, clad in a Trump-baiting T-shirt that read Tariffied, she performed its title track and two other new songs, Still Bad and Don&rsquo;t Make Me Love U. As with her appearance e]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/music/lizzo-bitch-review-alexis-petridiss-album-of-the-week/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/music/lizzo-bitch-review-alexis-petridiss-album-of-the-week/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘I knew it was over for us’: the bands who got left behind when punk exploded]]></title><description><![CDATA[Fifty years ago this week, the Sex Pistols played their first Manchester gig &ndash; and upended pop culture. But what was 1976 really like before punk arrived? From swing bands to &lsquo;spaghetti rock&rsquo;, we discover a lost historyIn January 1976, the cover of the NME didn&rsquo;t feature an artist, but a photo of a room damaged by an IRA bomb: there had been a string of terrorist attacks in London the previous year. The headline: &ldquo;Is rock&rsquo;n&rsquo;roll ready for 1976 &hellip; I]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/music/i-knew-it-was-over-for-us-the-bands-who-got-left-behind-when-punk-exploded/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/music/i-knew-it-was-over-for-us-the-bands-who-got-left-behind-when-punk-exploded/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sing when you’re winning: the 20 greatest songs about football – ranked!]]></title><description><![CDATA[&#8203;As World Cup fever begins, we go beyond terrace chants and team anthems to look at footy-mad songwriting, from Cardiff rap to Zimbabwean rumbira ... and Rod StewartAh, fathers and sons and football. Here, Rod gets teary-eyed remembering how his dad used to cheer him from the touchline: an inessential but sweet and heartfelt song. Though Rod once told me that he tended to shout at his own son from the touchline, because he never tracked back. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/music/sing-when-youre-winning-the-20-greatest-songs-about-football-ranked/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 14:33:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/music/sing-when-youre-winning-the-20-greatest-songs-about-football-ranked/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mike D review – ex-Beastie Boy’s first UK gig in two decades, in a Tyneside bingo hall, is uproarious fun]]></title><description><![CDATA[King Street Social Club, North Shields<br />
Teeing up a forthcoming solo album, the rapper doesn&rsquo;t reheat his old Beastie Boys sound, instead throwing down everything from ballads to Kraftwerk referencesAdam Yauch AKA MCA&rsquo;s death in 2012 from cancer aged 47 effectively ended the stellar recording and performing career of hip-hop trio Beastie Boys. Since then, bandmates Adam &ldquo;Ad-Rock&rdquo; Horovitz and Michael &ldquo;Mike D&rdquo; Diamond have made few public appearances but the lat]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/music/mike-d-review-ex-beastie-boys-first-uk-gig-in-two-decades-in-a-tyneside-bingo-hall-is-uproarious-fun/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 13:36:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/music/mike-d-review-ex-beastie-boys-first-uk-gig-in-two-decades-in-a-tyneside-bingo-hall-is-uproarious-fun/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘I don’t listen to indie music any more’: Ed O’Brien’s honest playlist]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Radiohead guitarist once serenaded a girl with the Smiths and thinks George Michael was a genius. But what is his favourite football song?The first single I boughtAlly&rsquo;s Tartan Army, the 1978 Scottish World Cup song, because England hadn&rsquo;t qualified. I loved that Scottish team &ndash; Alan Rough, Martin Buchan, Gordon McQueen, Kenny Dalglish &ndash; and the 10-year-old me got completely swept up in World Cup fever.The first song I fell in love withWhen I was 17, I fell in love wi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/music/i-dont-listen-to-indie-music-any-more-ed-obriens-honest-playlist/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 12:42:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/music/i-dont-listen-to-indie-music-any-more-ed-obriens-honest-playlist/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peabo Bryson, R&amp;B singer behind classic Disney duets, dies aged 75]]></title><description><![CDATA[Two-time Grammy winner was best known for songs from Beauty and the Beast and AladdinPeabo Bryson, the R&amp;B singer best known as the voice behind the Oscar-winning Disney film duets Beauty and the Beast with Celine Dion, and A Whole New World with Regina Belle from Aladdin, has died. He was 75.His family said in a statement that Bryson, who won two Grammy awards, died on Tuesday, days after having a stroke. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/music/peabo-bryson-rampb-singer-behind-classic-disney-duets-dies-aged-75/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 15:51:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/music/peabo-bryson-rampb-singer-behind-classic-disney-duets-dies-aged-75/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘We’re really good. I don’t mean that arrogantly’: Yard Act on bullying, imposter syndrome and their heavy new album]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Leeds group arrived in a frenzy of post-punk energy, picking at the scabs of society &ndash; then started questioning their instant success. They talk about dodging &lsquo;the megaband treadmill&rsquo; to make their surreal new albumIt&rsquo;s certainly a novel way to announce your comeback. On the opening song of Yard Act&rsquo;s new album, over a cacophony of doomy piano chords and crashing drums, singer James Smith announces: &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve got absolutely nothing &ndash; absolutely not]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/music/were-really-good-i-dont-mean-that-arrogantly-yard-act-on-bullying-imposter-syndrome-and-their-heavy-new-album/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/music/were-really-good-i-dont-mean-that-arrogantly-yard-act-on-bullying-imposter-syndrome-and-their-heavy-new-album/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take That review – stadium redux of Circus tour has maximal razzle-dazzle]]></title><description><![CDATA[St Mary&rsquo;s Stadium, Southampton<br />
Elephants, clowns, aerialists hanging by their hair &hellip; the Big Top concept doesn&rsquo;t let up at this hugely enjoyable outing for a boy band with hits to spareTake That have never been shy when it comes to repackaging their past. In 2018, they followed two official best-of collections with Odyssey, a Stuart Price-produced curio in which they &ldquo;re-imagined&rdquo; their greatest hits. Around the same time, band captain Gary Barlow &ndash; now overs]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/music/take-that-review-stadium-redux-of-circus-tour-has-maximal-razzle-dazzle/</link><pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/music/take-that-review-stadium-redux-of-circus-tour-has-maximal-razzle-dazzle/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Add to playlist: the whimsy and warped electronics of duo Ear and the week’s best new tracks]]></title><description><![CDATA[There&rsquo;s nostalgia to the New York/London duo&rsquo;s lo-fi laptop sound, but their second album pushes them into vivid, weirder new territoryFrom Hudson valley, New York, and London<br />
Recommended if you like the Books, Leila, Worldpeace DMT<br />
Up next Rumspringa released 29 MayJonah Paz and Yaelle Avtan recorded their first ever track as Ear on an iPhone in the Bard College library. That song, Nerves, pits their murmuring voices against weightless strings and barely perceptible drums. Just as i]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/music/add-to-playlist-the-whimsy-and-warped-electronics-of-duo-ear-and-the-weeks-best-new-tracks/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/music/add-to-playlist-the-whimsy-and-warped-electronics-of-duo-ear-and-the-weeks-best-new-tracks/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mat&iacute;as Aguayo: Anenoa review | Ammar Kalia's global album of the month]]></title><description><![CDATA[(Platoon)<br />
The Chilean-German producer&rsquo;s shapeshifting vocals stir Latin rhythms, ghetto house, trance and more into a playful partyOver the past two decades, Chilean-German vocalist and producer Mat&iacute;as Aguayo&rsquo;s mutable, instinctive singing has been an instantly identifiable ingredient of leftfield electronic music. On Battles&rsquo; 2011 track Ice Cream, he squealed and tripped through syllables against a thunderous synth backing, while Japanese synth-pop group Crystal&rsquo;s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/music/matiacuteas-aguayo-anenoa-review-ammar-kalias-global-album-of-the-month/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 10:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/music/matiacuteas-aguayo-anenoa-review-ammar-kalias-global-album-of-the-month/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Violet Grohl: Be Sweet to Me review – alt-rock arriviste aces the part]]></title><description><![CDATA[(Island)<br />
The daughter of Foo Fighters&rsquo; Dave does a serviceable line in 90s throwback sounds, though the nostalgia is too reverent&lsquo;I&rsquo;ll eat your liver,&rdquo; Violet Grohl threatens on 595, a scuzzy, slasher-inspired alt-rock single that feels made for 90s MTV. Arch, deadpan verses give way to a big, bluesy, intentionally sleazy chorus, finished with blown-out guitar and squealing feedback: part Veruca Salt, part Queens of the Stone Age. Despite just turning 20, Grohl has the ro]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/music/violet-grohl-be-sweet-to-me-review-alt-rock-arriviste-aces-the-part/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 09:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/music/violet-grohl-be-sweet-to-me-review-alt-rock-arriviste-aces-the-part/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘I can gauge John’s reaction: that’s good, stick that in’: Paul McCartney on how old bandmates – and Oasis – inspired his nostalgic new album]]></title><description><![CDATA[At 83, McCartney is looking back for his 18th solo LP, to formative flirtations, family singalongs, even his own birth &ndash; and the febrile times that mirror our own. It&rsquo;s given him &lsquo;every hope that we&rsquo;ll get through&rsquo;&bull; Alexis Petridis reviews The Boys of Dungeon Lane: &lsquo;At 83, his gift for melody still astounds&rsquo;<br />
&lsquo;How far do you want to go back?&rdquo; In his office overlooking Soho Square in London, Paul McCartney and I sit together on a small sof]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/music/i-can-gauge-johns-reaction-thats-good-stick-that-in-paul-mccartney-on-how-old-bandmates-and-oasis-inspired-his-nostalgic-new-album/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/music/i-can-gauge-johns-reaction-thats-good-stick-that-in-paul-mccartney-on-how-old-bandmates-and-oasis-inspired-his-nostalgic-new-album/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘The biggest myth? That I left Sister Sledge’: Kathy Sledge on sibling rivalry, Chic and disco’s political power]]></title><description><![CDATA[One of disco&rsquo;s biggest stars answers your questions, recalling tours with Rick James, inspiration for Destiny&rsquo;s Child and what she wished she asked Michael JacksonYou have been an active contributor to an astounding canon of music. What was the essential ingredient that made it all happen? eamonmccThe first word that comes to mind is passion &ndash; for the music, for what I do. If you get to be the voice of a song like We Are Family, which is here for generations to come &ndash; to]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/music/the-biggest-myth-that-i-left-sister-sledge-kathy-sledge-on-sibling-rivalry-chic-and-discos-political-power/</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 16:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/music/the-biggest-myth-that-i-left-sister-sledge-kathy-sledge-on-sibling-rivalry-chic-and-discos-political-power/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iceage: For Love of Grace &amp; the Hereafter review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week]]></title><description><![CDATA[(Mexican Summer)<br />
The quintet add shoegaze, country and 50s rock&rsquo;n&rsquo;roll to their core indie-punk sound, resulting in songs that offset lyrical bleakness with gleeful, uplifting musicIceage have always seemed like a band in a state of constant development. You might say that&rsquo;s understandable, given the Danish musicians were in their teens when their debut album New Brigade was released in 2011: if you don&rsquo;t change between the age of 18 and your early 30s, you&rsquo;re proba]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/music/iceage-for-love-of-grace-amp-the-hereafter-review-alexis-petridiss-album-of-the-week/</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/music/iceage-for-love-of-grace-amp-the-hereafter-review-alexis-petridiss-album-of-the-week/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sonny Rollins obituary]]></title><description><![CDATA[One of the great American jazz saxophonists regarded as an improvising genius by fans all over the worldThe flyers for his shows often called the saxophonist Sonny Rollins &ldquo;the greatest living improviser&rdquo;. On the face of it, that statement appeared to collide with the evidence, because many of the elements of a Rollins gig were repeated from one show to another.But you had to listen beyond the themes of favourite Rollins vehicles such as St Thomas, Don&rsquo;t Stop the Carnival and A]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/music/sonny-rollins-obituary/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 18:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/music/sonny-rollins-obituary/</guid></item></channel></rss>