The Music Quiz: Which boy band did Simon Cowell call the ‘ugliest band I have ever seen’?
Plus: What is Brandon Flowers’ middle name?
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Hilary Rose’s Spotify playlist: ‘Jenny Greene said I was the love child of Annie Mac and Diplo’
Check out the Young Offenders star and former DJ’s playlist of songs she’s been listening to lately
The best Irish and international albums of 2020
The year of the pandemic produced outstanding, thoughtful music across all forms
‘Having a daughter stunted my creativity’: How pop stars cope with fatherhood
Pop’s mums have told of guilt, loneliness and prejudice. Do men face the same problems?
James Acaster: ‘There’s not much positive about being English today’
The standup discusses podcasts, Irish comedy and why 2016 was the best year for music
Listen up: Podcasts adapt to thrive in self-isolation
Listening figures are up, says Acast, as audiences seek both coronavirus updates and escape
Galway fishmonger will deliver fresh fish to your door
Food File: Food podcast by singer Jessie Ware's cookery launches a cook book
Bombay Bicycle Club: ‘We had no plans to do anything again’
The indie-rock quartet are back with a new album after a six-year hiatus
Food made simple: Yotam Ottolenghi pares things back
The chef explains why he changed his food mantra to ‘minimum hassle, maximum joy’
Not at Electric Picnic? St Vincent perfectly judges the last-night mood
Also on Sunday: Garbage, Jessie Ware and Fontaines DC, reviewed
Electric Picnic review: Jessie Ware – Great songs but a flat performance
The singer manages to rouse a lethargic audience, but her gig still feels like a filler
Mercury prize 2018: full list of nominations for album of the year
Arctic Monkeys, Lily Allen, Noel Gallagher, Florence + the Machine among nominees for album of the year
New artist of the week: Charlotte Day Wilson
Plus, songs you have to hear from Seinabo Sey and ZHU featuring Tame Impala
Retro R&B: Why pop is getting jiggy with the 1990s
Nostalgia for the 1980s is so last decade. Pop stars like Bruno Mars, Cardi B and SZA are drawing from old-school artists like Craig David, TLC, D’Angelo and Destiny’s Child
Electric Picnic 2018 line-up revealed
Kendrick Lamar, St Vincent, N.E.R.D, Dua Lipa and Massive Attack among acts announced
Brit awards nominations 2018: Dua Lipa gets five, beating Ed Sheeran
Singer who scored a big summer hit with New Rules singer caps breakthrough year with the most nominations
Jessie Ware: My mum hates the song I wrote with Ed Sheeran
The London singer, who’s just had a baby and released her third album, discusses writing with Ed Sheeran and adoring being a mother
Sampha beats Ed Sheeran to take home Mercury Prize
South London musician says ‘he feels like I’m dreaming’ as he scoops this year’s award
Charli XCX rounds up all the boys, and Kesha sits by the beach
Track of the week is summer crush mixtape fave Jessie Ware with “Midnight”
James Vincent McMorrow: Taking back his tunes
After his second album, ‘Post Tropical’, the Dubliner found himself in demand as a songwriter for hire, but decided to keep the songs for his new album, ‘We Move’
Radiohead, Anohni and David Bowie on Mercury music prize shortlist
Twelve acts are up for this year’s prize, which picks the best album by a UK or Irish act
From Beyoncé to James Blake: why collaboration is the new hit of pop music
Musical connectors are bringing together musicians and producers to blend methods and styles, and radically changing the way pop music is being made
Julio Bashmore: ‘When I started to DJ, it was always going to be house’ | Electric Picnic
Matt Walker’s boots are made for knockin’, according to the DJ and producer’s debut album of dance music and ‘more song-based stuff’
Hozier in good company as he picks up Brit Award nomination
Bray singer up against Beck, Jack White, John Legend and Pharrell Williams
10 things we learned from this year's Other Voices
The open, authentic Dingle festival shows no sign of losing its Midas touch despite a drop-off in media attention
Jessie Ware: when the going gets tough... the love keeps her going
Weary from promoting new album ‘Tough Love’, Jessie Ware talks (in a croaky voice) about getting lifted by her fans, and getting encouragment from such collaborators as Miguel, Ed Sheeran, Dev Hynes and BenZel
Damon Albarn’s roots manoeuvre - why the only way was Essex
Following the successful revival of Blur, not to mention his many other musical projects,Damon Albarn has finally recorded a solo album,‘Everyday Robots’. And he went back to his old stomping grounds of East London and Colchester for inspiration
Pop album of the year from a duo who don’t settle for less than perfect
Sibling duo Disclosure have made probably the pop album of the year. Older brother Guy Lawrence talks about their eureka moment on the dancefloor, and working with AlunaGeorge, Eliza Doolittle, Jamie Woon and Ed MacFarlane from Friendly Fires
Primavera picks of the festival field
Many festival thoroughbreds had their first run-out at Primavera last weekend, so who tops the form card?
Primavera Sound review: Phoenix, The Postal Service, Jessie Ware
The Barcelona festival kicked off with some heavyweight, guitar-driven, bona fide rock stars, but away from the arenas, Jessie Ware was stealing the show
Crosswords & Puzzles
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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