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Deep Purple: “We were dangerous, unpredictable… it wasn’t cabaret”

Their magnificent guitarist, Ritchie Blackmore, has long since left the band for a life of quasi-medieval music-making. Their keyboard player, that classically trained gentleman...

Visage singer Steve Strange dies aged 55

Steve Strange, the lead singer of 80s pop outfit Visage, has passed away. The news was confirmed today by BBC News, with Strange reported to have suffered a heart attack. Strange died in hospital in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt on Thursday (February 12). In December 2014, Strange had been admitted to hospital in Wales after suffering "breathing difficulties". Reports at the time cited a "bronchial infection and an intestinal blockage".

D’Angelo’s “Black Messiah”: some first thoughts

When Thom Yorke sneaked out his new solo album a few months back, I managed to hold out for 66 hours before writing a review of "Tomorrow's Modern Boxes". Since waking up early yesterday morning to a lot of very excited Americans on my Twitter timeline, I've been playing D'Angelo's "Black Messiah" many times: another rich and complex album that seems fundamentally ill-suited to any kind of snap judgment reviewing.
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