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We pick out some highlights from The Boss’ stellar six-decade career

Released on June 15, 1979, Joy Division's bleak, beautiful masterpiece has lost none of its power or stark dread

With fans in Bono and Rod Stewart, the Noughties group were going to be the biggest Irish band since U2 – then they vanished. On the 20th anniversary of their debut, Ed Power speaks with The Thrills and their former manager to chronicle the band’s staggering rise to the top…

In 1972, Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger was furious about what he saw as a Tory government attempt to crush civil liberties

Some people got a little carried away with the mistaken belief that Black Sabbath were a Satan-worshipping occult band

After blasting out of the underground via the acid-laced rocket fuel of Silver Machine, Hawkwind created a spectacular multimedia live show unlike anything seen or heard before: the Space Ritual

Lust and longing turned me on to Eve Babitz – the writer who spells out that the real female equivalent of male power is not beauty but self-possession

In this week’s newsletter: The baroque Brixton band came out of nowhere to be one of indie’s hottest new acts – but is there more to their hype than there seems?

After her shock split from Joe Alwyn, rumours are swirling that Taylor Swift has once again found love in the UK, this time with The 1975 frontman Matty Healy. Emma Loffhagen takes a look at Healy’s past relationships, controversies, and why he said the notion of dating Swift would be…