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Thurston Moore: ‘I didn’t want to get into a Morrissey thing of settling scores’

The singer and musician helped define alternative culture through his band Sonic Youth. This year he wrote a memoir about his life in music

John Lydon on The Sex Pistols, or ‘those unpleasant f**ks I used to work with’

The punk rock legend feels betrayed by his former bandmates and upcoming Disney+ series, Pistol

‘Having a daughter stunted my creativity’: How pop stars cope with fatherhood

Pop’s mums have told of guilt, loneliness and prejudice. Do men face the same problems?

Kim Gordon: ‘I never think of myself as famous – I’m barely famous’

The Sonic Youth co-founder on her new exhibition at IMMA, her relationship with fame, the changing face of feminism and her strange fascination with Airbnb

Paddy Hanna: Frankly, I Mutate review – morphing into a monster musical force

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Chelsea Manning’s release is the inspiring proof: we can overcome

Chelsea has taught me that no matter how huge the obstacles to social and political change may seem, when people come together nothing is impossible

How Music Works: Is it possible to teach rock’n’roll?

Niall Byrne talks to Irish people who make a living in the music industry. This week, Dara Kilkenny of the British and Irish Modern Music Institute in Dublin

Kim Gordon: The bands, the blues, and other sonic truths

‘Girl in a Band’ is a story of a city and of artistic families – and it delivers on the musical gossip too

Sonic Youth, Nirvana, The Frank & Walters – remember when they played Sir Henrys?

Cork’s renowned but long-defunct music venue is the star of a new show. What was it like to work there?

Review: Autoluminescent – Rowland S Howard

Body/Head: Coming Apart