Charli xcx leads male-dominated Brit awards nominations – with first Beatles nod since 1977
Brat scores the British pop star five nominations, while male acts make up 53% of the overall field and mixed acts 12%
Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy: ‘With music, we give ourselves up. It’s when we’re allowed to be ourselves’
Revered American musician Will Oldham on recording his new album with some of Nashville’s finest, helping Johnny Cash sing I See a Darkness, and his dismay at US politics
Ex-Vöid: In Love Again review – all of indie rock is here
This latest iteration of Lan McArdle and Owen Williams’s Joanna Gruesome turns their lush vocals, guitar heroics and recent heartbreaks into melodic gold
Mogwai: The Bad Fire review – noise stalwarts’ journey into hell is unexpectedly heavenly
(Rock Action)While old-school fans may lament their softening, the Glasgow band swap rage for refuge as they face personal strife – and their 30th anniversary
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