‘I am the ultimate UK vocalist!’ Flowdan, the first British MC to win a Grammy

He helped create grime and his baritone growl causes frenzies on the dancefloor. Now that the MC is finally getting his dues, what are his plans? To conquer America – and create more mayhem

Printworks London may reopen by 2026 after developers submit plans

British Land and AustraliaSuper want to create cultural venue that will include offices and shops

Orbital’s Paul and Phil Hartnoll look back: ‘At times you think: why am I doing this and giving you half the money?’

The rave pioneers on bricklaying, bust-ups and going to therapy

Kali Malone: All Life Long review – music to blot out the world’s clamour

Returning to the organ-playing that made her name and adding brass and vocals, the Thom Yorke-approved composer revels in the possibilities of her instruments

Future Islands: People Who Aren’t There Anymore review – back to melancholy banger mode

Some perfectly constructed pop offsets dark musings on a record elevated by Samuel T Herring’s ever richer vocals

Visionary composer, polymath and ‘true cosmopolitan’: Greece finally pays tribute to Iannis Xenakis

National museum in Athens mounts major retrospective for pioneer of avant-garde music and apprentice to Le Corbusier who was sentenced to death by the military

‘It was like a toxic relationship’: the exiled Russian musicians starting again abroad

Acts such as psych-rock four-piece Lucidvox have had to up sticks thanks to the war. But with their peers facing prison sentences for speaking out, they know they are the lucky ones

One to watch: Holly Walker

The diamond-sharp vocalist best known for her work with Maribou State goes solo with a debut album of lean, melancholy funk-pop

Pop, drill and inhuman metalcore: new music to get excited about in 2024

Eight fresh acts to check out, from the astonishing flows of Brixton rapper Cristale to the southern rock of MJ Lenderman

‘Clubbing just isn’t cool’: UK’s New Year’s Eve revellers switch to warehouse or home parties

Smaller clubs are losing out to mega raves, private events and even livestreams, say music industry insiders

‘The Party of London’: Rio’s favela funk raves look to the world

Naming trend began about five years ago, but these bailes are far more than the ear-shattering raves vilified by the authorities

‘A tonic that no medication can give’: readers’ favourite albums of 2023

From Raye’s multi-genre majesty to Zach Bryan’s blue-collar country, these are the LPs that most affected readers this year

The 10 best contemporary albums of 2023

There was soothing minimalism and bowel-quaking low end as Neil Gaiman got some wonderfully quizzical accompaniments and Manchester’s answer to Sun Ra freaked out

Kylie, Jen Cloher, Troye Sivan and others: the 17 best Australian albums of 2023

From queer ecstasy to award-winning post-punk, here are our critics’ favourite releases of the year

The 10 best global albums of 2023

Dragonchild delivered a genre-hopping debut, Thandi Ntuli collaborated with Carlos Niño on a stripped back, joyous record and Titanic conjured visionary free-improv chamber pop