Alexis Petridis
Alexis Petridis is the Guardian's head rock and pop critic and the music editor of GQ magazine. He also presents the Music Weekly podcast
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Adele review – a lesson in control from the end of the pierSSE Arena, Belfast
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Andrew Weatherall: ‘Anyone can make music. What a double-edged sword’After three decades as a disco maverick, the acid-house DJ tells us why he’s still got an ear for ‘full-knacker panel-beaters-from-Prague-’ere-we-go techno’
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The 1975: I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It review – great pop, if not great artA severe case of the Serious Artists can’t dispel the fact that the 1975’s second album is packed full of fantastic pop songs and smart lyrics
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Brit awards 2016: there's no fun in being told what you already knowAgainst the odds, the much-discussed tribute to David Bowie was the only surprise in an otherwise predictable show
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Alexis Petridis on glam rock - the Guardian Radio Hour podcastLet’s face it glam’s had a bad press. But does it deserve a second try? Alexis puts the case for its inclusion in the rock canon
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Massive Attack: ‘There was always someone out there ready to bash your head in’In the 90s, they were paranoid about being beaten up while walking to the shop. Now Bristol’s trip-hop geniuses, working with Tricky again, are on a spectacular multimedia tour that warns about the dangers of ‘utopian tech companies’
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Rihanna: Anti review – brave, bold … and confusedSprawling, uneven and opaque – Rihanna’s eighth album sounds as uncertain as its botched launch. But, in a risk-averse world, its daring invention pays off
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Sia: This Is Acting review – pop hitmaker pushes her winning formula to its limitsSia Furler has broken the pop rule that songwriters can’t be performers – but there’s a sense here that her chart-conquering technique could yet wear stale
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Lemmy: the contrarian hell-raiser who rejected adorationMotörhead’s inimitable frontman, who disowned his genre and disregarded his band’s totemic status, will remain loved for his articulate grit and realism
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Slamming, smiling and unearthly silence – the music gigs our writers loved most in 2015From Mary J Blige in the rain to Coldplay in a church and Craig Finn at the seaside – here are our writer’s most memorable shows of the year
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When music makes sense of life – our writers' favourite musical moments of 2015From Wales to Cambodia, from impromptu choirs to high-end hi-fi, our writers recall the moments music really hit home this year
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Never mind the polls: the old albums we loved revisiting in 2015From Simple Minds to Public Enemy, here are the albums our writers turned to when they’d had enough of new releases
Alexis Petridis's album of the week Various Artists: Wayfaring Strangers: Cosmic American Music review – beautiful country rock from the fringes