New rules: the destruction of the female pop role model
Somewhere between Britney and Billie Eilish, liberated by social media and their direct relationship with fans, millennial and Gen Z women claimed the right to be complicated pop auteurs
May 2016
New band of the week
New band of the week: Tommy Genesis (No 104)
In the beginning, there was rap. Tommy Genesis, from Canada, takes it to a new level with her brittle, daring and cold ATL trap
Angel Haze review – the missing link between Young Fathers and Little Mix
December 2015
Music blog
Gender fluidity went pop in 2015 – and it's not just a phase
Alex Macpherson
In the first of a three-part series on the musical talking points of 2015, a look at how pop stars from Miley Cyrus to Angel Haze are refusing to be pinned down
September 2015
Angel Haze: Back to the Woods review – a return to her bullish best
The rapper and singer abandons crossover gloss in favour of raw beats and rawer emotion
December 2014
Out100 2014: the year's most compelling LGBT people - in pictures
Actor Ellen Page heads a portfolio of stars for this year’s Out100
June 2014
Metallica defy the sceptics to win over the Glastonbury crowd
The metal outfit make festival history, while Lana Del Rey delivers characteristically narcotic torch songs and Arcade Fire bring spectacle and joy to a dazzling show
Glastonbury 2014: Lana Del Rey, Robert Plant, Metallica – Saturday as it happened
All the action on day two of Glastonbury as it happened, from Bombay Bicycle Club to Lana Del Rey
Mad about Dolly Parton – the Glastonbury acts that other Glasto acts want to see
Angel Haze will head for Metallica and Thea Gilmore wants to catch Lana Del Rey – but the main attraction looks like being Dolly
March 2014
Angel Haze review – 'Funny, fierce and fizzing with venom'
The best original photographs from the Observer
Original Observer photography: February
February 2014
Angel Haze: 'My mum knew I was going to tell everything'
Hailed as rap's most original new voice, Tom Lamont discovers that Angel Haze's dramatic life may explain why she calls her music a 'volcanic eruption'
January 2014
Angel Haze: Dirty Gold – review
Angel Haze may have scuppered her debut's commercial chances by forcing its launch, but it still deserves to be heard, writes Alexis Petridis
December 2013
Island to release Angel Haze's debut Dirty Gold this month
After self-leaking her album this week, the rapper's debut now gets a digital release at the end of December
October 2013
This week's new tracks
Parquet Courts, Angel Haze, Dillon Francis: this week's new tracks
Parquet Courts | Angel Haze | Dillon Francis Feat Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs | Fuck Buttons | Miles Kane
September 2013
The Guardian's Music Podcast
Music Weekly podcast: Angel Haze and the month in Metal
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.
July 2013
Gay rap, the unthinkable becomes reality
For decades, hip-hop kept gay voices quiet. Now, at last, they are breaking through
June 2013
Scroobius Pip: 'I don't talk just to fill gaps. I love silence'
The performance poet and XFM DJ talks to Tom Lamont about beards, hip-hop and his singular broadcasting style
May 2013
Music festivals guide 2013
The best new festival acts of 2013
The first-timers most likely to steal the show this summer
