Fontaines DC: Romance review – their best record yet
The all-conquering Dublin five-piece hit expansive new heights on an album full of highlights
Spirit of the Beehive: You’ll Have to Lose Something review – like an arthouse horror movie in sound
Disruptive, disorienting and disturbing, the trio are still making creative leaps on their fifth album, mixing up slacker indie with strange beats and plenty of screaming
‘They couldn’t even afford a bag of chips!’: Scotland’s great lost all-female bands
From the Edinburgh duo who toured with the Beatles to the ribbon-festooned Strawberry Switchblade, Scotland produced thrilling girl bands. So why couldn’t they sustain their success? A new film tells their stories
One to Watch: Wishy
The Indianapolis band’s hook-heavy take on indie-disco nostalgia is somehow very 2024
Illuminati Hotties: Power review – melody-rich, fat-free indie rock
Producer Sarah Tudzin returns to her performer alias with a collection of effortless-sounding bangers
Pom Poko: Champion review – garage rockers finding joy in the everyday
The third album from the Norwegian indie group reflects on their seven years together and the dramas of normal life – it’s the victorious sound of a band ‘still having fun’
Fontaines DC: Romance review – arenas await, but on the band’s own strange terms
On their most approachable album the Irish rockers add pop melodies, nu-metal touches and lush orchestration – while their troubled view of the world remains
Beabadoobee: This Is How Tomorrow Moves review – a nostalgic gen Z gem
The British indie star and Taylor Swift support act’s hotly anticipated third album is a nuanced 21st-century take on 90s guitar, super-produced by Rick Rubin
Ravyn Lenae: Bird’s Eye review – a breathtaking R&B follow-up
The US singer-songwriter’s featherlight voice and distinctive lyrics skip easily between styles on her strikingly self-assured second album
The Postal Service’s Ben Gibbard: ‘You write things when you were 21 that you wouldn’t write today’
The frontman of Death Cab for Cutie and the Postal Service is playing shows to celebrate the 20th anniversary of both acts’ breakout albums. Is he still happy to be the poster boy for 00s teenage angst?
‘Fame is like inhaling a toxic substance’: the The’s Matt Johnson on pop, politics and his death-defying return
After some big 80s hits, success went to his head – and his life fell apart. Johnson explains how he came back after grief, illness and 24 long years
Martin Phillipps obituary
Singer and songwriter whose band, the Chills, were pioneers of the melodic, offbeat lo-fi rock known as the Dunedin sound
Crack Cloud: Red Mile review – aggressively tuneful rock about life’s big questions
The Canadian indie-garage-rockers take the mickey out of pop, punk and the stories we tell ourselves, but strong feeling outweighs the cynicism
Interpol: ‘I’m very glad we said yes to putting a song in Friends – it was a pretty hardcore moment’
As they gear up for a 20th anniversary tour, Daniel Kessler and Paul Banks answer your questions on getting stuck for two days in snow, playing Glastonbury in the mud and which Killers song they would cover
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