The Savages frontwoman and actor on her admiration for Cillian Murphy, why she was thrilled by Sex Education and how boxing has kept her body and soul together
June 2021
Bobby Gillespie and Jehnny Beth: Utopian Ashes review – a welcome surprise
The Primal Scream frontman trades brashness for contemplation in this rewarding collaboration with the former Savages singer
June 2020
Jehnny Beth: To Love Is to Live review – intense and provocative
Jehnny Beth: To Love Is to Live review – solo Savage defiant and intimate
February 2020
Jehnny Beth of Savages: 'Sex is a wonderful way to test yourself'
The confrontational singer explores her fears and self-doubt on a solo album and in a collection of erotic fiction. She talks about learning to show her caring side – and finding cannibalism ‘horny’
November 2019
'I made excuses': music industry frets over becoming carbon neutral
Coldplay and Massive Attack have pledged more environmentally sound tours this week – but given the financial and artistic importance of touring, the industry faces tough challenges
December 2016
‘Life goes on – try dancing’: our writers’ favourite music moments of 2016
From the loss of friends and family to the celebration of marriage and parenthood, our writers recall the times when music hit home this year
October 2016
Music blog
Suicide's Dream Baby Dream – the unlikely anthem of 2016
It has been covered by Bruce Springsteen and Arcade Fire, and soundtracks American Honey and new Adam Curtis documentary HyperNormalisation - but is it a song of hope or despair?
September 2016
Mercury prize 2016 goes to Skepta's Konnichiwa
North London grime artist beats the likes of David Bowie, Radiohead and the 1975 to the £25,000 prize
August 2016
Leeds festival review – top marks for Red Hot Chili Peppers at post-GCSE blowout
Bramham Park, Leeds The headliners’ two-hour set inspires multi-generational singalongs while Fall Out Boy and Eagles of Death Metal deliver David Bowie tributes
The 2016 Mercury prize shortlist: hear the albums – and see what our critics thought of them
Read what we said about this year’s 12 Hyundai Mercury prize-shortlisted albums – from Anonhi to the 1975 – and listen to them in full. And let us know what the judges have missed …
David Bowie heads Mercury shortlist with his final album, Blackstar
The singer, who died in January, appears on a list that also recognises the resurgence of UK grime by including Skepta and Kano
July 2016
Pitchfork festival review – jazz, psychedelia and humping clowns
Reflecting the way discerning listeners are becoming ever more eclectic, the festival laid on a bewildering variety of bands from Savages to Sun Ra Arkestra
February 2016
The best original photographs from the Observer
Original Observer photography: January 2016
Tom Hiddleston, Maxine Peake, Aziz Ansari, Alejandro González Iñárritu and Savages feature in this month’s showcase of the best commissioned photography in the Observer
January 2016
Savages review – battling the patriarchy before breakfast
Savages launch album No 2 with a morning workout
Savages: Adore Life review – tackles love from different angles
The post-punk act underline why they’re necessary on their second album whose speedy tracks work best
Alexis Petridis's album of the week
Savages: Adore Life review – the looser, lighter sound of a band moving forward
Savages sound a little less icy and a little less serious on their second album – there are even a few jokes this time
November 2015
Savages: ‘Young people have a duty to rebel, to point out what's wrong
After the austere blitz of Silence Yourself, the London-based post-punk band didn’t set out to write love songs for their second album. But Adore Life is full of sex, pleasure and the complexities of desire
October 2015
Cinema now
Jehnny Beth interview: ‘Amelie is the worst film ever, a lie from start to finish’
The playlist
The playlist – indie: Savages, Field Music, Pumarosa and more
