Alexis Petridis
Alexis Petridis is the Guardian's head rock and pop critic
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5 out of 5 stars.Alexis Petridis's album of the weekJessie Ware: That! Feels Good! review – 21st-century disco packed with personalityThe retro mood of Ware’s brash pop never feels like a costume, as her tight melodies, killer choruses and dry humour wear vintage details with style
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The Pop Group’s lead singer, who has died at 62, whipped political confrontation into a thrilling mix of avant-funk and crashing soundscapes
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5 out of 5 stars.Alexis Petridis's album of the weekEverything But the Girl: Fuse review – still staking out pop’s frontier after 40 yearsTracey Thorn and Ben Watt have absorbed the revolutions in dance and electronic music since their previous album in 1999, and shaped them into melancholic, finely detailed stories
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4 out of 5 stars.There’s an almost David Byrneish awkwardness to the singer’s self-presentation, but the tunes are straightforwardly winning
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Rooted in house, jungle and working-class London, the monstrous basslines and warped samples of speed garage spread into both pop and the underground. Its creators remember the chaos – and a stoned Wesley Snipes
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She made her name with Ike, but her stardom became all her own. As Tina: The Tina Turner Musical celebrates five years in the West End, we round up the best of a barnstorming performer
Andy Rourke was the other melodic genius in the Smiths: spry, funky and masterful