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  • Elvis Costello on stage in 1984

    Elvis Costello is twice as honest as the average musician

    Letter: His integrity is one reason I’ve stuck with him, says Nick Davey
  • Band Pushbike's three members stand outdoors near trees and a brick building

    Add to playlist
    Add to playlist: the fizzing fuzz-pop racket of Pushbike and the week’s best new tracks

    Drawing from post-hardcore, twee and emo, the Exeter trio’s intoxicating energy feels like an invitation to form your own band
  • Jess Williamson looks at the camera wihle standing in a doorway

    Jess Williamson: A Mile South of Heaven review – alt-country singer’s love-hate affair with LA

    Following 2023 breakout Time Ain’t Accidental, the best songs here are when Williamson strips back country music, rebuilding it as something familiar yet different
  • Portrait of Australian musician Troye Sivan, with dark hair, wearing a distressed grandad top over a t-shirt

    Alexis Petridis's album of the week
    Troye Sivan: She’s the Best review – a strange, singular pop star who deserves to be multiplatinum

  • A portrait of alienation and egotism … (left to right) Tom Coll, Conor Deegan, Grian Chatten, Conor Curley and Carlos O’Connell of Fontaines DC.

    Ranked
    Fierce, frantic and loaded with menace: Fontaines DC’s 20 greatest songs – ranked!

  • Split Enz. Clownz, 1975. (Mike, Wally, Emlyn, Tim, Phil, Noel and Eddie.) This photo shows Eddie’s voluminous trousers rather nicely.

    Six buds in a freaky coat: Split Enz share stories behind their colourful costumes – in pictures

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  • black and white photo of three men jumping and smiling

    ‘Spend time going down rabbit holes’: how the Avalanches created their wildest album yet

  • Gretta Ray standing beside a traffic pole, holding it and leaning to one side

    Guardian Australia's headline act
    ‘You think you’re invincible, and you’re not’: Gretta Ray on sickness, surviving and finding her new sound

    After a life-threatening infection, the Australian singer-songwriter has rebuilt her relationship with music – and her third album ‘sounds nothing like the last’
  • Freddie Jackson pictured in 2016.

    Freddie Jackson, romantic US singer with 10 R&B chart-toppers, dies aged 70

    Celebrated for his earnest, dextrous voice, Jackson crossed into the pop charts with the hits Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times Sake) and You Are My Lady
  • Danielle Ponder poses in a red dress against a teal wall

    ‘Men are a scam!’ The trials of Danielle Ponder, the lawyer turned singer rooting for a better world

    After representing society’s dispossessed, Ponder started a music career in her 40s – then faced miscarriage, anxiety and more. She explains her survival instinct
  • Tyla at the 2026 MTV Video Music awards in Los Angeles last weekend.

    double quotation markThe west has a blinkered view of African music – and it’s hurting the whole continent’s culture

    Chibuzo Emmanuel
    The term Afrobeats is applied to all sorts of genres, flattening them into one. Artists, media and the music industry must do better at showing off the richness of African pop
  • Olivia Dean, Glasgow Hydro, 22 April 2026

    Olivia Dean review – a powerful, affirming night with a pop star at the height of her powers

    The singer’s first stop on her Australia and New Zealand tour is a fun but sincere demonstration of the power of pop to get at what love’s all about
  • Band performing with graveyard image behind them

    Metallica review – metal titans on fine form in spectacular rarities-focused show

    The first night of a new residency is an immersive plunge into the band’s visual world that showcases the depth of their catalog
  • Sass Jordan sings into a microphone on stage, raising one arm upward

    Sass Jordan, Canadian rock singer-songwriter, dies aged 65

    Musician who had hit albums with Racine and Rats later became a judge on six seasons of Canadian Idol
  • The Undertones originally formed in Derry, Northern Ireland in 1974. Currently - Paul McLoone – lead vocals, John O'Neill – rhythm guitar, Michael Bradley – bass guitar, keyboards, Billy Doherty – drums Damian O'Neill – lead guitar, keyboards, seen playing at The Corn Exchange, Edinburgh, Scotland UK 03/10/2026 © COPYRIGHT PHOTO BY MURDO MACLEOD All Rights Reserved Tel + 44 131 669 9659 Mobile +44 7831 504 531 Email: m@murdophoto.com STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLY See details at http://www.murdophoto.com/T%26Cs.html No syndication, no redistribution. A22U4Y, sgealbadh, A22R4S

    The Undertones review – silver-haired fans get Teenage Kicks once more

  • Closeup of a man holding a hand to his forehead

    Honest playlist
    ‘I can’t listen to Pink Floyd - I find their music dreary’: Elvis Costello’s honest playlist

  • Ella Hooper rests her arms on a table, smiling gently, wearing a beaded red and white jacket

    10 Chaotic Questions
    Ella Hooper: ‘Most embarrassing celebrity encounter? I said the classic thing you don’t ever say to Billy Bragg’

  • 2026 Wilderness FestivalCHARLBURY, OXFORDSHIRE - AUGUST 01: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Jake Shears of Scissor Sisters performs during the 2026 Wilderness Festival on August 01, 2026 in Charlbury, Oxfordshire. (Photo by Jim Dyson/Getty Images)

    ‘My hips can’t help but move’: readers on the songs that always get them dancing

  • A still from Cameron Winter at Carnegie Hall.

    First look review
    Cameron Winter at Carnegie Hall review – Paul Thomas Anderson’s sumptuous recording is an immediate classic

  • A black and white photo of Venom frontman Cronos holding a snake by the throat as they both stick their tongues out at one another

    double quotation markNo one could terrify like Cronos, the black metal innovator who reignited rock’s hellraising attitude

    Matt Mills
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