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Dave Simpson

Dave Simpson is a Guardian music critic and author

November 2024

  • Shed Seven, Sheffield Octagon, 2024

    Shed Seven review – enduring Britpoppers are still going for gold

  • Poppy portrait

    Poppy: Negative Spaces review – screams and sweetness as metalcore meets loungecore

  • Gwen Stefani in a cowboy hat, holding purple irises

    The reader interview
    Gwen Stefani: ‘Don’t Speak changed everything – it’s the heartbeat of who I am’

  • ‘Everything happened so fast’ … from left, Arrion Love, James Smith, James Dunn, Herb Murrell and Russell Thompkins Jr in 1973.

    How we made
    ‘James Brown kept cutting our stage time’ – how the Stylistics made You Make Me Feel Brand New

  • Anger is an energy! Stars and writers on the songs that define punk spirit

  • Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds review – an incredible mass spiritual outpouring

October 2024

  • Bryan Ferry in 1985.

    How we made
    ‘I wanted a hit!’ Bryan Ferry on recording Slave to Love in Bette Midler’s house

  • He strikes a classic rock Joe Strummer-type pose while fireballs bloom behind him

    Sum 41 review – hugs and lasers as emotional pop-punks go out with a bang

  • Tom Ogden of Blossoms at Newcastle City Hall

    Blossoms review – funky indie-pop singalongs (and a 6ft gorilla) send the crowd wild

  • Proud day … celebrations in Bradford as it’s named UK City of Culture 2025.

    ‘Lady Gaga went to our chippy’: how Yorkshire became a cultural powerhouse

  • The Hard Quartet review – cosmically trippy joy from Stephen Malkmus supergroup

  • ‘I never said I was going to retire ...’ Paul Simon on disability, drive and the mystery behind his greatest songs

September 2024

  • ‘I now sing it with a more Twin Peaks vibe’ … Alison Moyet at the Royal Albert Hall, London, in 1986.

    How we made
    ‘It was a really lonely time’: Alison Moyet and Dave Stewart on making Is This Love?

  • Enjoying every minute … Kate Pierson.

    Kate Pierson: Radios & Rainbows review – bops, balls and belles from B-52s singer

  • PR shot of Nelly Furtado in a fur coat.

    The reader interview
    Nelly Furtado: ‘Flames shot out of the speaker when I started making Maneater’

  • Pete Townshend of the Who smashing a guitar up on stage – though there would be even more violent moments between the band.

    ‘Only three more songs till I kick your ass!’ Rock’n’roll’s biggest onstage bust-ups

  • ‘Instantly a very different vibe’: the glory and controversy of Linkin Park’s explosive comeback

  • English Teacher on winning the Mercury: ‘We are proof that arts funding works’

  • The reader interview
    LL Cool J: ‘Hip-hop isn’t underdog music any more’

  • Elvis Costello and Steve Nieve review – 50 years of hits only improved by age

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