James: Getting Away With It review – hippies, hardnuts and dreamers unite
Auto-hagiography it may be – most of the interviewees were in the band at some point – but this portrait of the seminal Manchester indie group is charming stuff
Post your questions for Amy Lee of Evanescence
The metal icon is here to answer your questions about the band’s 90s origins, MTV fame and being trailblazer in a male dominated genre
‘She’s the voice of a really particular moment’: how Phoebe Bridgers became her generation’s defining songwriter
The US songwriter’s third album has drawn rave reviews, she counts Taylor Swift as a fan and pop bears the imprint of her wit and pathos. Her peers explain how she did it
‘There is an alternative to capitalism’: after addiction and losing a home to LA wildfires, indie rockers Diiv start again
No stranger to rebuilding after disaster, the US band’s frontman Zachary Cole Smith now sees the entire capitalist project as ripe for reinvention, on a surprisingly upbeat new AG Cook-produced album
Throwing Muses frontwoman Kristin Hersh: ‘I was compelled to make music after cracking my skull open’
The alt-rock veteran answers your questions on Buddhist time travel techniques, duetting with Michael Stipe, and her autobiographical new album
Phoebe Bridgers: Lost Weekend review – long-awaited return is a thrilling, daring study in dislocation
After sweeping the Grammys and being scrutinised by the press, Bridgers deploys electronics and unsettling sound design to brilliantly evoke emotional turmoil
‘I put a raging dent in Neil Young’s forehead!’ Tim Pope on his riotous videos for the Cure, Bowie, Queen, Soft Cell and more
He dressed Freddie Mercury as a prawn, got Paul Weller to wear lipstick, locked the Cure in a flooded wardrobe and created a 75ft penis for Hall & Oates. Pope looks back on is wild adventures with titans of music
‘I was so self-assured in my early 20s. Then my frontal lobe hit’: Rachel Chinouriri, every pop star’s favourite UK pop star
She faced racist bullying as a child – then pigeonholing as an artist. Now following up a hit debut album championed by the A-list, the Croydon singer-songwriter says she finally understands who she really is
Add to playlist: the ramshackle, soulful twang of Twisted Teens and the week’s best new tracks
The New Orleans country-punk duo are on a hot streak, about to release their third album in a year, and the crunchy, literate hooks keep coming
The Strokes: Reality Awaits review – a perfect marriage of mayhem and melody on their best album in years
Allying the crackpot strangeness of Julian Casablancas’ side projects with his band’s gift for pop minimalism, the New Yorkers are on playful, joyous form
’Ian Curtis didn’t have a chance’: the Durutti Column on departed friends, Factory Records and fun with Morrissey
As they release their first album in 16 years, the Vini Reilly-fronted band answer your questions on sandpaper record sleeves, having Harry Styles as a fan and inventing a new style of guitar music
‘My life’s work was being delightful. That really hurt me’: breakout Americana star Brennan Wedl on freeing herself through song
With her roots stretching from the Catholic church to riot grrrl, the US singer-songwriter explains how sobriety and self-analysis powered her classic new Waxahatchee-produced album
Post your questions for Kristin Hersh, of Throwing Muses and more
The alt-rock icon is preparing to release her latest solo album Sugar on Blackstone, and will answer your questions about her five-decade career
‘More real than anything you’ll see scrolling’: the radical resurgence of UK fanzines, 50 years after punk
Five decades since punk bible Sniffin’ Glue, DIY magazines are in rude, rich health. Their creators talk fandom, community-building and resisting the algorithm
‘Fun, propulsive, full of queer joy’: readers’ favourite albums of 2026 so far, from Muna to Raye and J Cole
After the Guardian’s music critics chose their best of the half-year, we asked you for your picks – from Brian Jackson and Arlo Parks to Maya Hawke, Flea and more