Laurie Anderson: Amelia review – return flight with aviation pioneer is a long haul

The US musician’s reboot of a 2000 work about Amelia Earhart is frustratingly slow to take off

Jon Hopkins: Ritual review – cosmic catharsis lacks lift-off

Originally written for an installation with mind-altering intentions, the producer’s seventh album is occasionally engaging but dissolves into drift

Rally festival review – thrilling blend of cult DJs and indie darlings

Mount Kimbie’s electro-acoustic jams capture the ethos of this celebration of the boundary pushing that included sets from Two Shell, Nilüfer Yanya and bar italia

All for you! Janet Jackson, Snõõper, Bob Dylan and more: the best music of autumn 2024

From Chat Pile’s apocalyptic noise to Nala Sinephro’s celestial bliss, plus posthumous releases from MC5 and Sophie, here are the albums and tours not to miss – while in classical, Kahchun Wong takes over at the Hallé

On my radar: Jon Hopkins’s cultural highlights

The influential electronic music artist on altered mental states, the importance of breathing exercises, and hazy IPAs by the sea

Mura Masa: Curve 1 review – relentlessly above par

The Grammy-winning UK producer’s first album on his new label is a masterclass in hardcore dancefloor and bittersweet feeling

Critic’s pick: X Club, the hard and fast DJ duo raving around the world

Since breaking out in the early pandemic, the Brisbane pair have captured dancers globally craving raucous, strobing techno. They’ll leave you breathless

‘Identifying as underrated isn’t healthy’: Tinashe on staging the pop comeback of the year

The raw sexuality of her track Nasty made it a viral sensation, moving the singer out of major label hell. But she says the industry is still toxic and racially segregated

Techno godfather Juan Atkins: ‘There were 5,000 white kids going crazy to my music’

How did a kid from rural Michigan – who lived among cows, haybales and strawberry festivals – change the face of music? As Atkins blazes into the UK, he relives his wild times at early British raves

New summer classics playlist: 15 artists pick sunshine tracks

From road-trip energy to lazy-days vibes, artists including Nia Archives, Joe Goddard, Beabadoobee, Arlo Parks and Lias Saoudi name the best summer tunes of the past decade

Western DJs accused of ‘normalising war’ for playing at Russian techno events

Ukrainian activists say summer music festivals give a false idea that life continues as normal, despite the conflict

Mercury prize 2024: Charli xcx, the Last Dinner Party and Beth Gibbons among nominees

The British music industry’s award for outstanding albums features eight debuts, from the likes of Nia Archives and Barry Can’t Swim, as the prize fails to find a sponsor

Watch me work it, I’m perfect! The return of electro-house, pop’s trashiest, brattiest sound

Mutating out of trance and electroclash in the 00s, the subgenre soon topped the charts – and thanks to Charli xcx, Saltburn and more, it’s back for another round of alcopops

Low’s Alan Sparhawk on the death of his wife and bandmate Mimi Parker: ‘If you fall in love, you know this could happen’

Sparhawk spent four decades with Parker, three of them as the core of alt-rock legends Low, before she died from cancer aged 55. He discusses finding his new, digitally-altered voice amid grief – and why he’s channelling Cher

Eno review – exhilarating Brian Eno documentary that’s different at every screening

Gary Huswit’s suitably innovative profile of the mercurial British musician, activist and artist uses specially developed software to create endless iterations of the same film