‘I could eat that girl for lunch’: the sexually explicit queer female pop topping the charts
April 2024
St Vincent: All Born Screaming review – magnificently dark, heavy and loud
Alexis Petridis's album of the week
St Vincent: All Born Screaming review – the unmasking of a great American songwriter
March 2024
‘I‘d rather people scratch their heads than yawn’: St Vincent on death, Dave Grohl and dividing her fans
Despite its unflinching title, the artist’s new album, All Born Screaming, is a deeply romantic record
December 2022
Giant clitorises, sex parties and porn addiction: Cara Delevingne’s eye-opening journey to Planet Sex
Women lick salt off her thighs at an erotic gathering, she poignantly confesses her struggles with homophobia and is hugely funny throughout. The model is an absolute TV natural
July 2022
The best original photographs from the Observer
Original Observer photography
From maître d’ Fred Sirieix’s best places to eat in Paris to kangaroos at Glastonbury, the best original photographs from the Observer commissioned in June 2022
June 2022
‘Miraculously we’re here’: St Vincent, Paul McCartney, Billie Eilish and more meet biggest Glastonbury crowd in years
McCartney sealed an unforgettable Saturday night after a Friday during which female performers called all the shots
St Vincent review – Annie, get your scream on
O2 Academy, Oxford Annie Clark unleashes extraordinary vocal power and guitar work as she kicks off the UK tour for her cathartic latest album, Daddy’s Home
Honest playlist
‘Nine Inch Nails is inappropriate for a Christmas party’: St Vincent’s honest playlist
The art-pop star was raised on Pearl Jam, wants Jacques Brel played at her funeral and thinks Iggy is sexy. But which song would she interrupt a haircut for?
December 2021
Best music of 2021
The 50 best albums of 2021
And finally – a deserving winner, whose second solo album is a truly relatable, pin-sharp pop classic. We reveal our No 1 album of 2021
October 2021
The Nowhere Inn review – St Vincent mockumentary snarks on music stardom
Pop acts St Vincent and Carrie Brownstein try to tackle issues of control, authenticity and stardom in music but get mired in anxiety
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
June 2021
Best culture of 2021 so far
The best albums of 2021 so far
The month's best album reviews
Olivia Rodrigo, DMX, Wolf Alice and more: June’s best album reviews
May 2021
Alexis Petridis's album of the week
St Vincent: Daddy’s Home review – master of reinvention warps the sounds of the 70s
Playing with identity and touching on family matters, Annie Clark’s sixth album with wilfully twisted musical backing is hugely impressive
The month's best album reviews
Marianne Faithfull, AJ Tracey and more: May’s best album reviews
Read all the Guardian and Observer’s four- and five-star album reviews from the last month, spanning pop, classical and more
Kitty Empire's album of the week
St Vincent: Daddy’s Home review – a compelling family affair
Channelling 70s New York funk and her father’s release from prison, the ever brilliant Annie Clark loosens up on her soulful sixth album
April 2021
Julia Stone on working with St Vincent and changing her sound: ‘This feels like a first record’
With a bigger, brighter and more shimmering sound, Stone’s new album is the one she’s long wanted to make
March 2021
St Vincent: ‘I’d been feral for so long. I was sort of in outer space’
Inspired by her father’s release from prison, Annie Clark’s new album asks where to run when ‘the outlaw’s inside you’. She discusses his incarceration, the delusions of love – and why she remains as perverse as ever
