Pet Shop Boys – review
This seamless five-section show never loses momentum, combining warmth, wit, and spectacle, writes Dorian Lynskey
Slim Whitman obituary
Obituary: Yodelling country singer best known for Rose Marie and Indian Love Call
Jungle (No 1,536)
Unknowns create mesmeric urban-tribal music with potentially viral video
Stornoway’s Brian Briggs: ‘We’ve acquired a very well-behaved crowd’
Ahead of their double Glastonbury booking, Stornoway's frontman talks coastlines, campervans and Californian condors with Michael Hann
Arctic Monkeys – Do I Wanna Know?: New music
With no fanfare at all, Arctic Monkeys have plonked their brand new single on iTunes, and very good it is too
Music festival season: there will be mud
Nothing announces the modern British summer's arrival more than pictures of music lovers drenched and filthy at Glastonbury and the other UK festivals. Would we want it any other way, asks John Harris
Mali hits Glastonbury: Rokia Traoré, Fatoumata Diawara and more
Andy Morgan: When music was banned in Mali, the organisers of Glastonbury festival swung into action and invited the country's top acts over. Here's what to look out for
The Breeders – review
Sisters Kim and Kelley Deal are on boisterous form as they mark 20 years of Last Splash, writes Graeme Virtue
Laura Marling – review
The 23-year-old dazzles with her timeless voice and raw emotion, writes Betty Clarke
Joe McKee (No 1,535)
Formerly with Aussie band Snowman, McKee torches his past to delightful, lushly atmospheric effect
Alex Metric & Jacques Lu Cont feat Malin – Safe With You: New music
Dance behemoths Alex Metric and Jacques Lu Cont have created the ultimate summer anthem with a little help from one of Niki & The Dove
Download 2013 – review
It's hard to imagine this year's headlining performances will ever be topped, writes Dom Lawson
San Fermin – Sonsick: New music
Warm horn blasts and layered vocals are the order of the day in the first single from San Fermin's self-titled album
Phlo Finister (No 1,534)
Enjoy this amazing new ethereal-R&B artist while you can – less voice than void, she may not be here for long
Immortal Technique – review
Felipe Andres Coronel is not as subversive as he thinks, preaching as he is to the converted, writes Paul Lester