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Caroline Polachek

March 2024

  • This year’s Brit awards trophy, designed by Rachel Jones.

    Brit awards 2024 – full list of winners

    The winners of every category at the 2024 Brits, updated as the ceremony progresses

February 2024

  • Taylor Swift at the 2024 Grammy awards

    Grammy awards 2024 red carpet: new Taylor Swift, Boygenius, and Billie goes Barbie – in pictures

    Plus the youngest ever Grammys nominee, Miley Cyrus’s first red carpet in almost a year, and plenty of parental plus-ones

December 2023

  • Composite: Alexis' Year in Pop 2023. Blur, Taylor Swift, Mitski

    Best music of 2023
    Blank space: how Taylor Swift – and an aching sense of loss – dominated music in 2023

  • Forever diving or running or flying … Caroline Polachek.

    Best music of 2023
    The 50 best albums of 2023, No 3 – Caroline Polachek: Desire, I Want to Turn Into You

November 2023

  • ‘I owe the internet everything I own’: Elliot Ulm.

    The funniest things on the internet
    Elliot Ulm: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)

    The graphic designer and comedian (AKA elliotisacoolguy) lives online. His list includes several human-sounding animals – and one animal-sounding human

June 2023

  • (from left) Young Fathers, Ailbhe Reddy and Caroline Polachek

    Best culture of 2023 so far
    ‘It’s like tapping into the animating energy of the universe’ – Guardian readers’ best albums of 2023 so far

    From melancholy pop to jubilant rap, potent African pop and accessible jazz, Guardian readers worldwide pick out the new music that has most impressed them so far this year
  • CMAT, Central Cee and Yaya Bey, three of the must-see acts at Glastonbury 2023.

    Ragga-metal, Y2K R&B and folk legends: 30 acts to see at Glastonbury

    From big names including Arctic Monkeys and Kelis to must-see cult acts such as Yaya Bey and Vigro Deep, our music editors pick out the essential sets
  • From left: Yaeji, Jessie Ware, Lil Yachty, Everything But the Girl, Lankum.

    Best culture of 2023 so far
    The best albums of 2023 so far

    From the unique sonic world of Yaeji to the dark folk music of Lankum, here are our picks of the best LPs from the first half of the year

February 2023

  • Star of Taiwanese short film,Tank Fairy, Marian Mesula.

    The best original photographs from the Observer
    Original Observer Photography

  • Caroline Polachek at the Eventim Apollo.

    Kitty Empire's artist of the week
    Caroline Polachek review – a heady, howling triumph

January 2023

  • ‘There’s a side of vulnerability that’s not always pretty’ … Caroline Polachek.

    Caroline Polachek: ‘Seeing Fiona Apple and Björk succeed without compromise felt so aspirational’

    The American avant-pop star started out as an indie darling who went on to write songs for Beyoncé. Now, she’s back with an album that could make her Gen Z’s Kate Bush

June 2022

  • Kendrick Lamar headlines the Pyramid stage.

    Sunday at Glastonbury: Kendrick Lamar, Diana Ross and Jack White – as it happened

    The US rap star headlined the main stage on the last night of the festival, while Pet Shop Boys, Charli XCX, Jarvis Cocker and a host more brought the festival to a close

March 2022

  • Charli XCX

    Alexis Petridis's album of the week
    Charli XCX: Crash review – subverting pop’s rules, or just playing by them?

  • Glastonbury 2022 stars Megan Thee Stallion, Paul McCartney, Kendrick Lamar, Kacey Musgrave and Olivia Rodrigo. McCartney and Lamar had been slated to headline Glastonbury's 50th anniversary festival in 2020, which was cancelled due to the pandemic.

    Paul McCartney and Kendrick Lamar to headline Glastonbury 2022

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