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Alexis Petridis

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Alexis Petridis is the Guardian's head rock and pop critic

June 2026

  • A black man wearing shades, a white shirt and sporting blond hair and a woman with long dark hair in a white vest, jeans and a cowboy hat.

    Best culture of 2026 so far
    The best albums of 2026 so far

    From Thundercat’s all-star funk to Kacey Musgraves’ hymns to solitude, we look at some of our favourite music of the last six months from across the pop spectrum
  • Ibrahim Alfa Jr

    ‘In prison, I made a little studio in my head. It kept me sane’: Ibrahim Alfa Jr, British techno’s great survivor

    He moved from Nigeria to middle England and was swept up into the rave scene – then battled through incarceration and near-death illness. After making 500 tracks while living on porridge and lettuce, he explains how he kept going

    • ‘I knew it was over for us’: the bands who got left behind when punk exploded

    • Alexis Petridis's album of the week
      Lizzo: Bitch review – a spirited star who just can’t rediscover her groove

    • Book of the day
      Tonight the Music Seems So Loud by Sathnam Sanghera review – a heartbreaking portrait of George Michael

May 2026

  • The songs have a sparkle, despite making love sound like mortal combat … Iceage.

    Alexis Petridis's album of the week
    Iceage: For Love of Grace & the Hereafter review – Danish punks ace sixth stellar album on the trot

  • Paul McCartney.

    Paul McCartney: The Boys of Dungeon Lane review – at 83, his gift for melody still astounds

  • A woman with short hair wearing sunglasses and a black jacket

    Ranked
    Big science and uncanny prescience: Laurie Anderson’s greatest songs – ranked!

  • Nina Simone's gum. Credit Royal Danish Library, Anders Sune Berg

    Behold! Nina Simone’s chewing gum! Inside the show celebrating extreme pop fandom

  • Harry Styles review – a genuinely charismatic performer who has pulled off one of the hardest tricks in pop

  • Drake: Iceman / Maid of Honour / Habibti review – ​triple-album comeback is a boring, bloated disaster

  • Alexis Petridis's album of the week
    Kevin Morby: Little Wide Open review – midwestern elegist mulls over the mystery of life’s big questions

  • Charli xcx: Rock Music review – is she really pivoting from pop? Don’t be so sure …

  • Ranked
    Flutes, freestyles and infectious fun: Lizzo’s greatest songs – ranked!

  • Alexis Petridis's album of the week
    Aldous Harding: Train on the Island review – even whimsy-resistant listeners will love these lucid, luminous songs

  • Rosalía review – ribcage-rattling riot is one of the boldest, most highbrow arena shows in pop history

  • You Are Here review: Danny Boyle’s postwar pop-culture tribute lets it all hang out

  • Spotify has ruined mood playlists – so our critics have made some better ones instead

  • Alexis Petridis's album of the week
    Kneecap: Fenian review – their new album is terrific, triumphant yet tortured

April 2026

  • Everything But The Girl, Ben Watt, Tracey Thorn(1995)

    Ranked
    What’s missing? Everything But the Girl’s 20 greatest songs – ranked!

    With their sublime confection of heartbreak and dancefloor power, Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt have never sounded like anyone else. Thirty years since Walking Wounded, here’s the duo’s very best
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