Emma Anderson: Pearlies review – intriguing and subtle reinvention
The Lush singer’s first solo album is a hypnotic, electro-pop slow-burner
Lost Girls: Selvutsletter review – flashes of brilliance from Jenny Hval
The Norwegian musician’s second album with guitarist-husband Håvard Volden is a digressive affair illuminated by some glorious moments
One to watch: Underscores
The US dubstep-pop-punk artist has supported 100 Gecs, and on her second album brings to life a fictional Michigan town…
The Chemical Brothers: ‘We played on top of a toilet block with sequencers on the loo’
As they head out on tour and publish a visual memoir, the dance duo answer your questions on their greatest gig, courting Kate Bush and Bob Dylan, and dismaying Björk with slap bass
Sampha: Lahai review – how to make an existential crisis sound sublime
Six years after the Mercury prize-winning Process, Sampha Sisay’s follow-up is jittery with anxiety and indecision, yet poised and luscious
The 20 greatest concert films – ranked!
As Taylor Swift’s Eras tour reaches cinemas, with Beyoncé’s Renaissance following soon, we pick the films that best converted the live experience to the screen
Post your questions for the Chemical Brothers
The dance duo are publishing a coffee table book and touring the UK and Ireland. They will answer your questions before they head off – post them in the comments below
Maple Glider, Quan, Logic1000: Australia’s best new music for October
Each month our critics pick 20 new songs for our Spotify playlist. Read about 10 of our favourites here
‘The catwalk is our riot’: How Paris’s booming ballroom scene found its home in the city of lights
Ballroom, first established by the New York Black and Latin drag community, has taken a firm hold in the French capital – and within it, a thriving, caring culture is flourishing
‘Difficult, time-consuming and painful’: Nihiloxica on the ‘hell’ of touring the UK
Punitive UK visa restrictions have added extra fire to the already blazing sound of British-Ugandan drum and doom outfit Nihiloxica
Oneohtrix Point Never: Again review – producer teams with AI to take pop to the outer limits
Daniel Lopatin now adds post-rock, prog and artificial intelligence to his melting pot of avant garde electronics
The 20 greatest Detroit techno tracks – ranked!
As scene legends Cybotron return with their first new music in 28 years, we pick the best of the Motor City’s masterful, mechanical techno music
‘It was like Blade Runner meets Berlin rave’: the Manchester sink estate with the UK’s wildest nightclub
Hulme Crescents was Europe’s biggest housing estate, and soon deemed its worst. But a vibrant squatter community moved in – along with Mick Hucknall – to make a countercultural mecca
‘People have weapons, but it’s to celebrate!’ Jantra, the Sudanese keyboardist making wild party music
In his first ever interview from wartorn Sudan, Jantra explains how he hacked hardware to create melodies that send dancers into a rapturous frenzy
Yeule: Softscars review – digital dreampopper gets loud
Ethereal tendencies give way to screamo and shredding on the Singaporean-British songwriter’s third album