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The Guardian's head rock and pop critic Alexis Petridis is joined by writers from the Guardian and the Observer plus special guests for interviews, discussion and features. Available to download every Friday afternoon.
Alexis Petridis's reviews
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3 Oct 2013
Chase and Status's tribute to 90s dance music is strongest when it doesn't just photocopy the past, writes Alexis Petridis
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27 Sep 2013Video (1min 39sec)
The Luaka Bop record label is releasing World Psychedelic Classics 5: Who Is William Onyeabor? next month, having licensed the 'mysterious, widely bootlegged' Nigerian funk artist William Onyeabor's archive
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26 Sep 2013The Haim sisters' breezy debut album goes the full Phil Collins without a knowing smirk – and that takes chutzpah, writes Alexis Petridis
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25 Sep 2013
The only blurred line left by the end of the show is the one between Robin Thicke and a bawdy Butlins redcoat, writes Alexis Petridis
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19 Sep 2013Jessie J certainly isn't lacking in personality herself – so why does her new album sound so cliched and stale, asks Alexis Petridis
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12 Sep 2013Elvis Costello and the Roots turn out to be a surprisingly good musical fit on this eerie, angry collaboration, writes Alexis Petridis
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9 Sep 2013
Elton John's first festival appearance in years tops off triumphant weekend on Isle of Wight
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5 Sep 2013
Janelle Monáe has big ideas and great songs – but can she turn them into major commercial success this time round, asks Alexis Petridis
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2 Sep 2013Pigs and paint fly during gig dubbed Swinefest after a harrowing new song, writes Alexis Petridis
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8 Aug 2013Chillwave was briefly the hippest genre around. That didn't last, but its poster boy seems to have staying power, writes Alexis Petridis
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Audio (43min 34sec), 19 Sep 2013:
Kieran chats to Detroit rapper Angel Haze, Dom Lawson rounds up the month in metal, and we rate new tracks by Lorde, Jessy Lanza and Oneothrix Point Never in Singles Club.
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Audio (52min 29sec), 12 Sep 2013:
Nicky Wire makes a midlife crisis sound amazing, Pete Paphides wrestles with Balls and Coldplay make a surprise entry in Singles Club, along with Kingdom and Julia Holter
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Audio (49min 38sec), 5 Sep 2013:
Wow and flutter! It's Cassette Store Day. Plus the new Pixies single and high hopes for Elton John at Bestival
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Audio (16min 13sec), 1 Jul 2013:
Alexis Petridis reviews the final day of Glastonbury 2013 action before packing up his tent. Kieran Yates and Caspar Llewellyn Smith are also on hand to share their highlights of the festival and what's still to come this summer.
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Audio (38min 35sec), 30 Jun 2013:
Recorded in the wee small hours of Sunday morning, we report on the ongoing Glastonbury messiness as it unfolds. Plus, Norman Cook drops in with advice for touring DJs
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Audio (29min 40sec), 29 Jun 2013:
Alexis Petridis and Kieran Yates descend on Glastonbury for their unique take on the festival – featuring reviews of Beady Eye, Arctic Monkeys and Portishead.
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Audio (23min 21sec), 27 Jun 2013:
In the first of four specials, Alexis Petridis, Kieran Yates and Rebecca Nicholson preview the year's biggest music festival
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Audio (44min 55sec), 20 Jun 2013:
Grant Hart from 1980's hardcore legends Hüsker Dü takes us through his career in five tracks, folky singer-songwriter Phosphorescent on his ten-year overnight success, and Alexis and Michael get excited about the fretless bass.
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Audio (42min 45sec), 13 Jun 2013:
Bonobo ponders a surprise move to neo-hardcore, Stephen Pastels on the history of the Pastels in five tracks. Plus Toy, Lorde and ScHhoolboy Q in Singles Club
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Audio (52min 46sec), 6 Jun 2013:
Patty Griffin takes a voyage round her father, Kieran takes a bite of the Big Apple with Skream and the UK dubstep scene. Plus Just a Band, Stay + and Cooly G
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Audio (56min 15sec), 30 May 2013:
Behold the Beardytron 500 – music and machine in harmony. We've also got Parallel History of Pop in 1981, Kanye West, These New Puritans and Mayer Hawthorne in Singles club
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Audio (51min 17sec), 23 May 2013:
Justice nominate their favourite Ed Bangers, to mark 10 years of the French dance label. Public Service Broadcasting tell Alexis how they make pop out of old propoganda, and MØ, Daphni and the Orwells hang out in Singles Club
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Audio (43min 11sec), 16 May 2013:
Charlie Boyer & the Voyeurs play Name That Tune, and we get spiritual with Brooklyn hip-hoppers Flatbush Zombies
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Audio (48min 59sec), 9 May 2013:
Bobby Gillespie on what he really thinks of hippies. Plus, floorbanging from Kode9 and Mariah Carey in Singles Club
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Audio (43min 38sec), 2 May 2013:
The unlikely pairing of Mike 'The Streets' Skinner and the Music's Rob Harvey are back with a second album in under a year: they explain their union to us. Pete Paphides delves into another parallel year in music and there's reviews of new singles by Pet Shop Boys, Shola Ama and Savages.
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