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Break-up comes after Butler faced misconduct allegations, which he denies, three years ago

Lifting the lid on the lost years, creative blocks and colossal sample-clearing process that resulted in the immaculate Wildflower

Music journalism has lost its edge, wrote Kelefa Sanneh in the New Yorker recently, causing a huge stir online amongst critics and music fans. Was the age of witty and brutal music journalism dead, they wondered? Are we doomed to fawning, ever-positive album and live show reviews for evermore?

With her latest album Something Beautiful debuting at number four in the Billboard 200 and in contention to reach the top of the UK album charts, Miley Cyrus’s commercial appeal appears as strong as ever.

Record Store Day 2025 promises tons of unmissable music for every kind of music fan –here are my picks.

Already staggeringly popular since its long-awaited release on Friday, the Atlantan rapper shows off his almost mystical level of vocal range on his jaded, narcotised third LP

From winding up death metal legend Glen Benton to chaotic live shows in their underpants, Chat Pile are one of metal's wildest new bands

Steve Marion tells us why his career highlights include a severely negative Pitchfork review, making an album he hated and Kanye sampling him… then not releasing the track

Around £300,000 worth of cheddar was stolen in a sophisticated scam by fraudsters posing as a well-known wholesaler