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27 December 2023
2024 culture preview
The best pop and classical music to look
out for in 2024
Hotly anticipated second albums from the Smile and Olivia Rodrigo, UK tours by L’Rain, Ghetts
and Margo Price – plus new takes on Elektra, Simon Boccanegra and more
More from the 2024 culture preview
by Alexis Petridis (pop) and Andrew Clements (classical)
Wed 27 Dec 2023 06.00 GMT
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Sleater-Kinney – Little Rope
It seemed questionable whether Sleater-Kinney would ever record another album – their last,
2021’s Path of Wellness, attracted the usual critical acclaim but was marked by the departure of
longstanding drummer Janet Weiss – yet here we are. Little Rope is likely to be a powerful,
moving release: part of it was written and recorded in the wake of Carrie Brownstein’s mother and
stepfather dying in a car accident.
19 January
The Smile – Wall of Eyes
The Smile – Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood and Sons of Kemet drummer Tom
Skinner – have thus far released two orchestrated singles from their forthcoming second album:
Bending Heretic unexpectedly turned into a snarling guitar anthem; the title track was more misty
and subdued. Expectations understandably run high.
26 January
