You wanted a hit? LCD Soundsystem’s 20 best songs – ranked!
With Daft Punk Is Playing at My House turning 20 and a new album being worked on, we select the dance-rock musos’ finest tracks
Laneway festival review – Charli xcx headlines a euphoric festival for the masses
Brisbane Showgrounds, then touring AustraliaAs other events collapse, the rapturous young crowds turning out for the 20th Laneway proves that there is still a huge appetite in Australia for the festival experience
Floating Points review – an unclassifiable triumph
On the first of a three-night London residency, British dance producer Sam Shepherd conjures up a transcendent set that’s equal parts body-jacking rave and harp-laced, retina-melting art show
Rose Gray: Louder, Please review – escapist dance-pop fizzes with inventiveness
The London musician’s assured debut runs the gamut from aggressive jungle to uplifting house, toggling between hedonism and introspection
‘Professionals’ to some, ‘a shambles’ to others: can the UK’s biggest nightclub stay open?
Drumsheds can host as many as 15,000 people in a former Ikea and is lauded by many – but following a licensing review, there are concerns it’s too big to function
‘We were strapped to this babbling circus’: Scissor Sisters on their reunion, rightwing reactionaries – and riotous origins
Jake Shears, Del Marquis and Babydaddy are reuniting as a trio to celebrate 20 years since their debut album. They talk electroclash, Elton John and connecting with the UK’s ‘weird’ energy
Barcelona electro-punk duo Dame Area: ‘Seeing other women playing weird stuff made me want to try’
Blending noise and techno, the pair are determined to make dance music more than a ‘functional, metronomic thing’ – and to never play the same set twice
French flirting, flute fusion and love flowin’ free: the best old music we discovered this year
A little crate-digging can yield buried treasure – as our music writers found this year when they discovered everything from Taiwanese pop star to Cher’s disco era
DJ Alfredo, icon of Ibiza’s dance music scene, dies aged 71
DJ whose anything-goes spirit had a huge influence on British club culture had suffered a stroke in 2021
Clubbing has changed dramatically in the past 25 years: is the party over, or just getting started?
When the millennium dawned Britain’s nightlife was as strong as it had ever been. Now, 25 years later the situation is very different – but not all change has been bad, DJs and promoters say
From Charli xcx to Chat Pile: Guardian readers’ favourite albums of 2024
Tyler, the Creator’s ‘pure vocal power’, Jamie xx’s ‘sheer genius’ and Ashe’s ‘beautiful storytelling’ – our readers pick out the new music that has most impressed them this year
The 50 best albums of 2024: No 1 – Charli xcx: Brat (and Brat and It’s Completely Different But Also Still Brat)
Smart, funny, moving and full of big tunes, the in-your-face masterpiece was the right album at the right time, striking a cultural nerve and defining a change in mindset
You and I are gonna live forever: why 2024’s pop was all about sharing the moment
Pop may be full of solo artists and individually tailored streams, but the Eras tour, Brat summer and Oasis reunion showed we still long to be part of a crowd
Aphex Twin: Music from the Merch Desk (2016-2023) review – Santa’s sack overspills with AFX bounty
Compiling the highly sought-after limited vinyl releases sold at recent festival sets, this surprise 38-track release filled with bangers and beauty is a trove for fans
‘Like Depeche Mode, but evil’: the sweaty, sexual music of 80s EBM
As documented in a new book, electronic body music swept Belgium and Germany as its artists strove to make something entirely new – but their militaristic look became controversial