Evanescence review – devastating power and range from one of rock’s great vocal talents
The titanic choruses and stormy metal riffs of latest album Sanctuary are the perfect foundation for Amy Lee’s astonishing, skyscraping vocal range
Even better than the Real Thing? The overlooked Black music scene of 1970s Liverpool
Despite the city’s backdrop of deprivation and racism, vibrant nightclubs and daring artists thrived – but after No 1 success for the Real Thing, why was the scene ignored?
‘Would they fight or hug?’ The Oasis comeback film’s makers on shooting fans, vicars, police – and the Gallaghers
The crowds wept and prayed, police used their song lyrics for briefings and a vicar gave a sermon about brotherly forgiveness. The directors of Don’t Look Back in Anger relive their wildest ride ever
Don’t Forget Me review – Eddie Cochran bio-doc boasts top-notch roster of talking heads
Director Kirsty Bell alternates archival footage with tacky dramatised filler, but it’s the breadth of appreciation, from Keith Richards to Kiefer Sutherland that impresses
Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger: what we learned from the year’s biggest rockumentary
Capturing the band’s 2025 global comeback tour, this two-hour film reveals the tense first rehearsal with Liam, Noel being a big softie and the Gallaghers’ politics – just don’t expect any mention of ticket prices
Bugs’ Jordan Brunoli is 30 and may have weeks to live – but the band are making the most of their time together
With their bassist in palliative care for colorectal cancer, the group have a new album and two live shows to play. They reflect on friendship, facing terminal illness and ‘taking each day as it comes’
‘The more famous I got, the bigger my beehive got’: how Mari Wilson made Just What I Always Wanted
‘I was trying to bring back some glamour. The backcombed hair was like architecture really. It took more than 45 minutes to style’
Oasis recordings up for auction despite band’s objections
Guide price of archive documenting concerts, rehearsals, soundchecks and conversations between £1.2m and £1.6m
End of the Road festival review – Pulp and CMAT lead indie landmark’s joyous birthday party
Hitting 20, this festival has grown into a warm, genre-hopping powerhouse where fringe experimental acts are greeted as warmly as the star headliners
Craig Douglas obituary
Singer who enjoyed huge chart success in the UK and a No 1 hit with his cover version of Only Sixteen in 1959
‘I’m trying to figure out where I’m supposed to be’: singer Momo Boyd on making space for herself
The Infinity Song artist is embracing uncertainty as she launches her solo career, while challenging the assumptions placed on Black women in music
It felt as if the world had tired of rock music, yet Geese are the perfect soundtrack for this age of disquiet
This young American band, led by Cameron Winter, make music for a generation on the edge, says Guardian columnist John Harris
‘When there’s joy, there’s room for hope’: Eberechi Eze, Leona Lewis, and Yinka Ilori in conversation with Ezra Collective
Bandleader Femi Koleoso gathers the England and Arsenal star, as well as the musician and artist, to discuss hope, creativity and Black British culture
The rise of south-east Asia’s girl bands: ‘The talent and popularity were always here’
Girl bands from the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand are going global with their fusion of traditional and modern sounds
Holly Throsby: ‘I was proud to not make a breakup album’
The writer and musician on returning to music, finding herself, and why right now is a terrifying time to be an artist