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Ayra Starr – ‘The Year I Turned 21’ review: breathing new life into Afropop

The Beninese-Nigerian artist's second album is pristine, freeing and muscular, proving her ambition comes with deep reserves of resilience

English Teacher live in London: art-rock champs keeping indie out of the swamp

The Leeds indie heroes deliver an emotional victory lap for 'This Could Be Texas'

An afternoon in the passenger seat with suburban storyteller KiLLOWEN

The west London rapper and producer is pushing an articulate, narrative-driven strain of UK garage

Glastonbury 2024: BBC Music Introducing stage line-up revealed

The venue will showcase the "best new artists" and host an "open call for emerging DJs"

Dylan: “I want to headline Wembley – playing there with Ed Sheeran gave me the hunger”

The rising singer-songwriter talks touring with Sheeran, being a Swiftie, upcoming single ‘Perfect Revenge’, and how her debut album is "pop music, but you can tell that I was brought up with rock‘n’roll"

Watch English Teacher cover LCD Soundsystem and The Smiths at Manchester gig

The live shows come in support of their debut album ‘This Could Be Texas’

Pozer: meet the dexterous drill star making UK chart history

Last month, the Croydon-raised artist became the first British rapper to have their first two singles in the UK chart at the same time

Master Peace is “going crazy” with indie sleaze on “wild” second album

"We’re going sleazier, we’re going poppier. We’re live, man – we’re live"

Girl And Girl – ‘Call A Doctor’ review: brilliantly bonkers indie-rock from Brisbane

Playful, ragged-sounding but tightly written, this is a fantastic debut from a sparkly and singular new band

Chloe Slater: the firebrand songwriter that’s about to be everywhere

The indie artist fills her addictive songs with observations of the issues affecting Gen Z, from influencer culture to the state of UK politics
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