Musical duo Baba Stiltz and Okay Kaya: ‘Basically our music’s for losers’
The Scandi stars were building separate careers in the US when a friend got them to team up. Now the pair have become an unlikely folk-pop powerhouse
Lambrini Girls: Who Let the Dogs Out review – stomps straight to the top of British punk’s table
Championed by Iggy Pop and riot grrrl royalty, the Brighton duo pile on the jagged riffs, scabrous humour and swearing for their politically charged debut
‘It’s all just very grimy and filthy’: Gregory Nolan’s photos of the 00s indie scene
The photographer gathered 6,000 images he took at the era’s centre, which offer a hedonistic window into a pre-smartphone era that remains relatively undocumented
Franz Ferdinand: The Human Fear review – stiffness sets in on stodgy sixth
Alex Kapranos and co are finally acting their age, but have lost their cool in the process
‘We’ve been through the wringer’: Doves on addiction, breakdowns – and touring without singer Jimi Goodwin
Their new album Constellations for the Lonely ranks among their best work. But as they prepare to go on the road, the Williams brothers talk about their momentous decision to play without Goodwin
Desi rap, deep jungle and truck-stop concrète: five-star albums you may have missed this year
From Jordana’s sprightly soft rock to Pataka Boys’ collagist UK-Punjabi hip-hop, our writers pick their must-listen gems from 2024
The 2010s are glorified by gen Z. But the ‘indie music’ of that era was unoriginal
So much of early 2000s ‘indie’ music was nothing but a backward-looking rerun of movements past
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
Topped with Charli xcx’s swaggering yet vulnerable Brat, here are the year’s finest LPs as decided by 26 Guardian music writers
TV on the Radio review – US indie rockers roll back the years
Celebrating the 20th anniversary reissue of their debut album, the New Yorkers remain masters of delayed gratification in a cracking set of hits past
Lauren Mayberry: Vicious Creature review – a solo statement of intent
The Chvrches singer’s debut album skips from punk to pop, wilfully unbothered about current notions of cool
Angel Olsen: Cosmic Waves Vol 1 review – intriguing half compilation, half covers
Five rising artists each perform one of their songs, then the US singer-songwriter covers another one of their tracks in a set of woebegone elegance
‘God Save the King makes me sick’: Bobby Gillespie’s honest playlist
The Primal Scream man is resolutely unromantic and really dislikes the royals, but what does he put on at a party when ‘everyone’s had a few’?
The 20 best songs of 2024
Here are the year’s most outstanding tracks – from Fontaines DC to Beyoncé via Kendrick Lamar – as voted for by 26 Guardian music writers
Ambitious and acid-powered, Olivia Tremor Control’s Will Cullen Hart was a genius of lo-fi
The US musician from the Elephant 6 collective, who has died aged 53, was adored for his LSD-spiked artistry – before an MS diagnosis and the death of his bandmate stalled a final album