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Chinese punk and autumnal hip hop

By Tom Ravenscroft - 29 September

There must be a scene in Shanghai I don't know about.

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Grammy Awards 2012: in pictures

By Alice Gribbin - 13 February

Adele thanks "doctors who brought my voice back" as she takes home six Grammys.

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A year in culture: Pop music

By Tom Ravenscroft - 12 December

Critics' Choice: The Best of 2011

"Through the Cervix of Hawwah": don't judge a song by its title

By Tom Ravenscroft - 17 November

The oddly-named metal records you must listen to.

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The decline and fall of EMI

By Stuart Maconie - 16 November

Million dollar baby

By Stuart Maconie - 31 October

Nirvana’s explosive, multiple-platinum album Nevermind, released 20 years ago this autumn, is the sound of rock music curdled with contempt for its own culture.

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My Planet Rocks (Planet Rock)

By Antonia Quirke - 12 September

Andy Copping does Desert Island Discs for rockers.

Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction to Its Own Past

Simon Reynolds

Reviewed by Jude Rogers

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Grateful dads

By Daniel Trilling

On Status Quo's "Down Down".

Imperial blather

By Daniel Trilling

On Jay-Z's "Empire State of Mind".

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Culture: Rock & Pop (Albums)

The value of a quiet voice

The Fixer

Ralph Fiennes

The Muppets return

A life in pictures

Hemingway's Boat

Mind your B-sides

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