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Amy Pettifer

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Lead Review: Amy Pettifer On Bat For Lashes’ The Bride
The Bride

In Natasha Khan's latest outing under the moniker, Amy Pettifer finds Bat For Lashes with her influences on her sleeve and her music on high-narrative form — a different story, set in a familiar sonic universe

Art

Life On The Edge: BRINK At Dilston Grove

At London’s Dilston Grove, Amy Pettifer discovers works by Eric Pauwels, Chris Saunders, Jean-Paul Kelly, Lucy Skaer and Graham Dolphin exploring the precarity of contemporary life

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The Panpopticon With Amy Pettifer: The Year In Pop

Amy Pettifer recaps 2015 in pop by concentrating on stars, rather than tracks or albums...

Reviews

Grimes
Art Angels

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Panpopticon: September’s Pop Reviewed By Amy Pettifer

Amy Pettifer looks at the different ways that ideas and images of masculinity are changing in pop, while catching up with the careers of Justin Bieber, Nick Jonas, Hurts, One Direction and more. Main image DirecTV

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The Panpopticon With Amy Pettifer: July In Pop

Amy Pettifer reviews all of this month's perfect pop and looks at how the genre is becoming a (personal, social and political) platform for its performers

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Ruffled Feather Music: PC Music & More In This Month’s Panpopticon

Amy Pettifer returns with her new pop column that this month takes a dizzying sprint from Years & Years to Will Young and Britney Spears and Ciara to Elle Exxe. And lock up your grumpy uncles! What's she got to say about the new PC Music compilation?

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The Panpopticon With Amy Pettifer: This Month In Pop

Just as the late winter slowly loosens its icy grip, pop offers cold hearts with the promise of future sunshine, writes Amy Pettifer

Track-by-Track

Madonna’s Rebel Heart: A Track By Track Review

After attending a recent playback, Amy Pettifer gives her initial impressions of Madonna's latest musical offering; ballads, EDM and all

Reviews

Taylor Swift
1989

News

Things Learned At: Pitchfork Paris

Amy Pettifer heads to Paris to witness a seamless sequences of performances in an old abattoir. But is it too polished? Photos by Nick Pickles.

News

Things Learned At: Siren Festival

Feeling right at home in the downpour, Amy Pettifer spends a weekend in Vasto, Italy amongst buoyant crowds and bands familiar and new. Photos by Dandaddy.

News

PREVEW: Vasto Siren Festival 2014

Amy Pettifer gets ready to watch Mogwai, Fuck Buttons, Marco Fasolo and more on the Adriatic coastline. And we're not envious. Not at all...

Anniversary

An Exceedingly Female Space: Hole’s Live Through This Revisited

25 years since its release, Amy Pettifer examines a classic album, in part driven by the conflicts between its riot grrl roots and its mainstream feminist agenda, and in part (unwittingly) driven by tragedy

Reviews

Gary War / Purple Pilgrims
Split

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Lead Review: Amy Pettifer On Bat For Lashes’ The Bride The Bride