The Guide #206: Indie ​bands ​are quitting Spotify, what could it mean for the future of music streaming?

​T​he biggest streaming platform has shaped how music is consumed ​a​nd how it is valued. But recent controversies suggest the bargain may no longer feel worth it

My cultural awakening: an Asian Dub Foundation song gave me the courage to take a stand against racism

The group’s campaigning single Free Satpal Ram, about a south Asian man jailed for murder after an alleged racist attack, led me to become an activist – with their lead singer as my mentor

From Caught Stealing to CMAT: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead

Darren Aronofsky’s back with a new crime caper starring Austin Butler, and the festival-slaying singer-songwriter releases her long-awaited third album

‘Jeff Buckley was a once-in-a-lifetime’: Australia’s 30-year love affair with an enduring, tragic talent

The 30th anniversary of the US singer’s first tour of Australia – which loved his ethereal sound, unlike the US – coincides with a revival of interest in his life and death at just 30

Addison Rae review – pop’s newest A-lister has the stagecraft of a veteran

Once a viral TikTok dancer, Rae has only performed live a handful of times, but is remarkably assured as her voice glides across pounding club-ready beats

Sabrina Carpenter: Man’s Best Friend review – smut and stunning craft from pop’s best in show

​The controversy-courting star is in perfect alignment with producer Jack Antonoff, on detailed and utterly delightful tracks that make her previous hit album seem rudimentary in comparison

Add to playlist: jazz harp progressives Flur and the week’s best new tracks

Off-kilter London trio match lush arrangements with angular melodies and textural rhythm to take them on altogether fresh sonic adventures

Post your questions for Girls Aloud’s Nicola Roberts

After a stellar girl group career the singer is heading to London’s West End with the musical Hadestown, and will answer your questions

‘It’s a symbol of hope and defiance for Ume Sámi and its speakers’: singer Katarina Barruk on her Proms debut

Joiking comes to the Proms this weekend in a collaboration between Katarina Barruk and violinist Pekka Kuusisto. The two tell us how they have enriched each other’s musical worlds

Neil Young confronts Donald Trump in new song Big Crime: ‘Don’t want soldiers on the streets’

Veteran rocker characterises US administration as fascistic in song recorded at Chicago sound check

Cmat: Euro-Country review – deeply relatable, gloriously catchy Celtic pop from a true one-off

Who else could combine soul, yodelling, Jamie Oliver and Calpol into such charming songs about the messy modern psyche? Only Europe’s best new breakout star

Titanic: Hagen review – Mabe Fratti and Hector Tosta darken their ecstatic experimental earworms

On their second collaborative album, the couple based in Mexico City add pop shimmer and thundering blastbeats to their unique, always-surprising sound

Nova Twins: Parasites & Butterflies review – fearless rock duo balance anthems and introspection

Trailblazers Amy Love and Georgia South push the boundaries of their trademark hybrid rock sound while confronting mental health and naysayers

Aphex Twin, a Brixton squat and a load of wet mattresses: revisiting Telepathic Fish, the heart of the 90s chillout boom

Before it became naff music for health spas, chillout was cool – and this London club night was key. As a new generation carry its spirit forward, the originators remember the beats and bedding

Lindberg & Aho: Clarinet Concertos album review – Julian Bliss’s performances are immaculate

With Taavi Oramo (also a clarinettist) conducting the BBC Scottish Symphony, Bliss is virtuosic in these two technically demanding but approachable concertos