Childish Gambino: Bando Stone and the New World review – a frenetic farewell
Donald Glover’s final album as his maverick hip-hop alter ego suffers from overstuffing, with a blend of genres and guests that muffles its impact
January 2023
This Is Australia: First Nations dancers remake Childish Gambino’s This Is America
Dance company Marrugeku has put together a blistering Australian take on the hit song and video, taking in our colonial past and our treatment of refugees
October 2021
Ranked
The greatest songs about the climate crisis – ranked!
Honest playlist
‘The song I secretly like? Agadoo by Black Lace’: Estelle’s honest playlist
May 2021
Childish Gambino sued for alleged This Is America copyright infringement
The artist, whose real name is Donald Glover, is being sued by rapper Kidd Wes who claims his song Made in America is ‘glaringly similar’
March 2020
Kitty Empire's album of the week
Childish Gambino: 3.15.20 review – a deep-dive made for self-isolation
Childish Gambino: 3.15.20 review – at the peak of the zeitgeist
July 2019
Splendour in the Grass 2019: Tame Impala is transcendent while Chance the Rapper bails
Neither Santigold’s swagger nor Wolfmother’s roar could plug the gap left by the rapper’s last-minute cancellation
June 2019
Cardi B and Nipsey Hussle top 2019 BET award winners
Beyoncé, Bruno Mars and Migos among winners at black entertainment awards, where tributes were paid to Nipsey Hussle who was shot dead in March
May 2019
From Billie Eilish to Hall & Oates: the best US summer festival lineups
Across America, this summer will bring with it a variety of genre-spanning live music events, featuring a range of diverse artists
April 2019
Guava Island review — Donald Glover's film has more style than substance
The Coachella experience: California heat and millennial cool
March 2019
Kitty Empire's artist of the week
Childish Gambino review – sings like an angel, raps like a demon
Childish Gambino review – rap's greatest showman is too good for goodbye
February 2019
In silencing Drake, the Grammys continue to have a problem with rap
Alexis Petridis
The Canadian rapper’s speech was cut off, further damaging the standing of the ceremony in the hip-hop community, despite championing more women
Diversity wins as female artists and hip-hop triumph at Grammys
Kacey Musgraves, Childish Gambino, Lady Gaga and Cardi B took home major prizes in a ceremony that provided some landmark victories
Grammys 2019: who will – and should – win the biggest awards
Can Kendrick Lamar convert any of his eight nominations? Will Cardi B be rewarded for her debut album? We pick this year’s likely winners
January 2019
From Childish Gambino to Amy Shark: who’s set to sweep Triple J's Hottest 100?
Australian acts set to dominate top 20 of beloved music poll, with Sydney band Ocean Alley tipped to take the No 1 spot
December 2018
We live in the worst of times – but amid the darkness good things happened in 2018
Brigid Delaney
The people of 2018
'Donald Glover likes to learn, which made my job easier': the choreographer behind This Is America
