Hope I Get Old Before I Die by David Hepworth review – living legends

From McCartney to Dylan and the Stones, this portrait of rock longevity mixes fascinating detail with rash claims – but is never less than entertaining

Never Understood: The Jesus and Mary Chain review – if the Gallaghers were Scottish

This funny and moving oral history of the influential noise-rock band charts the rise – and the rows – of Jim and William Reid, whose versions of events may vary

The Guardian view on Oasis and sibling rivalry: a variation on an ancient theme

Editorial: The Gallagher brothers might have taken their feuding to extremes, but it is nothing new

Traffic’s Dave Mason: ‘On one level, I could hate every one of them’

Singer-songwriter explores tussles with the band in a frank new memoir looking back at a storied, starry career

So Tell Me What You Want by Nicki Chapman review – breaking pop’s glass ceiling

The TV presenter and former music PR on her eventful rise through the ranks of a male-dominated industry

Avoidance, Drugs, Heartbreak and Dogs by Jordan Stephens review – not so chill

The Rizzle Kicks star explores the fallout from fame in this candid portrait of the artist as a struggling young man

Street-Level Superstar: A Year With Lawrence by Will Hodgkinson review – portrait of a wayward would-be pop star

His bands Felt and Denim never quite made it. So will this sympathetic biography help give indie’s most enigmatic figure the status his stoicism deserves?

‘Steam will come out of readers’ ears!’: Joe Boyd on his epic, enraging history of global music

At over 900 pages, the countercultural icon’s new book covers everything from fifth-century Roma music to Miriam Makeba. But, he argues, the drum machine marked the end of history

The Instrumentalist by Harriet Constable review – compelling tale of Vivaldi’s musical protege

A well-crafted historical fiction inspired by the composer’s tenure as music teacher in a Venetian orphanage

The big idea: are we all beginning to have the same taste?

Music seems to be at the forefront of a rush to uniformity. It’s time to rebel

And the Roots of Rhythm Remain: A Journey Through Global Music by Joe Boyd review – the Proust of music

The producer’s epic account of global music’s cross-pollination is an inspiring tale of seduction, expression and freedom from oppression

‘All this chaos. It’s part of who I am’: Rizzle Kicks’ Jordan Stephens on life after pop stardom

When Jordan Stephens, of pop group Rizzle Kicks, shot to fame at 19, it wasn’t long before addiction and self-destruction followed. As his memoir comes out, he talks about love, loss and finding his way back

On my radar: Zadie Smith’s cultural highlights

The writer on Netflix’s brilliant plague tragicomedy, the best British debut novel she’s read in a while, and her deep love of singer Chappell Roan

Britons splash out on get-togethers as events industry toasts summer boom

Venues and companies report rise in bookings, from family bashes and weddings to date nights, book clubs and Dungeons & Dragons

Earth to Moon by Moon Unit Zappa review – rock and a hard place

Frank Zappa’s daughter on her wildly inappropriate upbringing and its aftermath