‘The Bene Gesserit can kill with their voices. That’s what I try to do’: the musicians mining Dune for tunes
Iron Maiden, Fatboy Slim and Grimes have all made music inspired by Frank Herbert’s 1960s sci-fi epic. So what makes ‘Dunecore’ different to other interpretive genres?
April 2023
Grimes invites people to use her voice in AI songs
Canadian singer says she likes the ideas of ‘killing copyright’, as music industry scrambles to catch up with implications of AI-generated tracks
October 2022
Discovery channels
‘I was blown away!’: readers on their best music discoveries – and listening habits
Concluding our Discovery Channels series, Guardian readers share the music that’s new to them – and how they came across it
August 2022
I was a teenage Napster obsessive – and illegal downloading changed my music taste for good
Emma Garland
The P2P giant was shut down 20 years ago this week. But the omnivorous mindset it encouraged in a generation resonates in the very best of today’s genre-smashing pop
April 2022
Down the rabbit hole
What links ‘Nick Cage’ to David Lynch’s Dune and an all-time turkey from Adam Sandler?
Steal a Ferrari and race it down the rabbit hole with one of Hollywood’s most bombastic stars, along with Elon Musk’s ex-wife and director Tom McCarthy
March 2022
Grimes and Elon Musk welcomed second child via surrogate in December
Musician reveals in Vanity Fair interview that she and the Tesla CEO welcomed a baby girl named Exa Dark Sideræl Musk
December 2021
Elon Musk is learning a hard lesson: never date a musician
Arwa Mahdawi
The SpaceX billionaire has found himself immortalised in song by his ex, Grimes. It may be unflattering, but given the kind of insults he often doles out, he’s getting off lightly, writes Arwa Mahdawi
October 2021
Pass notes
Why Karl Marx’s Communist Manifesto is having a moment
The Canadian musician Grimes tweeted an image of herself with the 1848 document last week – just after her reported split from the world’s richest man, Elon Musk. She isn’t the only one reading it right now
September 2021
From minimalist to menocore! The 21 biggest style tribes of 2021
Can’t tell your angelcore from your mermaidcore? Struggling with the very concept of pastel goths? We’re here to help
August 2021
Bryan Adams photographs Cher, Grimes and Iggy Pop for Pirelli calendar
Jennifer Hudson, St Vincent and other music stars also feature in touring-themed photoshoots conceived by rocker-photographer
March 2021
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The hidden cost of the craze for non-fungible tokens
Over the past few months a technological craze has swept across the internet: the buying and selling of non-fungible tokens to sell things like digital art. How do NFTs work, and what are the hidden costs?
How non-fungible tokens became the latest tech speculation bubble
From animated cats and sex tapes to major albums, artists are using NFTs to sell their work. But why?
Grimes sells digital art collection for $6m
‘Non-fungible tokens’ craze sees musician sell video pieces for $7,500 each at short-notice auction
December 2020
Best music of 2020
The 50 best albums of 2020: the full list
Our countdown is complete, topped by a mercurial work of sprawling invention by a woman who has dug deep to survive. Taken as a whole, these choices contain drama, solace, poetry and fire, a fitting selection for a turbulent year
July 2020
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Why should Elon Musk look after his own baby? He’s already saving humanity
The Tesla CEO says ‘there’s not much I can do’ to take care of his infant son. What planet is he on?
