‘I was a bit scared of success’: jazz-pop star Laufey on filling arenas, mansplainers, and confronting the haters

With her retro blend of jazz-pop, the Icelandic artist seems an unlikely superstar. She discusses her surprising path to fame – and how much of her personal life she is willing to put into her music

David Byrne, Little Simz, Jasmine.4.t and more: the best music of autumn 2025

From CMAT’s provocative pop to Taylor Swift’s 12th album, plus tours from Kneecap, Lady Gaga and Stereolab, here’s the pop not to miss – while in classical, Mark-Anthony Turnage adapts The Railway Children

Emma Louise on her late-in-life autism diagnosis: ‘I wish I knew earlier, because I’ve suffered so much’

The singer’s diagnoses with autism and ADHD have fueled a collaborative album with Flume titled Dumb – a word that ‘captures everything that I’ve had to overcome’

Nourished By Time: The Passionate Ones review – committed, full-hearted post-R&B

Marcus Brown’s second album makes a plea for big feelings in earthy vocals, rolling breakbeats and a contender for song of the summer

Do you remember the first time? Why Britpop nostalgia just won’t go away

Robbie Williams has named his new album after it, there’s a new play about the Oasis and Blur rivalry, an avalanche of books, fashion lines … and even a Britpop lager

‘Israel and Iran’s governments aren’t good. Neither is ours’: Lowen, the metal band confronting a troubled Middle East

Fronted by the daughter of Iranian refugees, the UK trio are sampling the sound of Israeli bombs and championing women’s rights as they confront a troubled region

Bleak Squad: Strange Love review – Australia’s newest supergroup sound like they’ve been together for years

Four music greats – Mick Harvey, Mick Turner, Adalita and Marty Brown – have created a genuine collaboration that leaves room for all their talents

Deftones singer Chino Moreno: ‘I’ve got hundreds of drawings of myself in my house’

Ahead of their 10th album, Private Music, the vocalist of the Californian alt-metal heroes answers your questions on covering Sade, loving Duran Duran and his terrifying time in Sunday school

This Is Spinal Tap review – a glorious heavy-rock nightmare that was ahead of its time

Rereleased ahead of its forthcoming sequel, the classic mockumentary about the mythic pomp of a musical colossus on the decline is still a joy

‘Status, hierarchy, cool – none of it matters’: Dinosaur Pile-Up’s frontman on the chronic illness that changed his life

Doctors were baffled as Matt Bigland bled internally and his body became unrecognisable. He’s now channelled the trauma into a headbanging new album

‘Liam Gallagher is funnier than most standups!’: Is comedy the new rock’n’roll – or vice versa?

Oasis’s tour gobbled up Edinburgh audiences while fringe comics put on shows about Britpop and Arctic Monkeys. The music industry and the funny business could be more entwined than ever

Noel Gallagher opens up about his brother Liam on Oasis reunion tour: ‘He’s been amazing’

Noel says his long-estranged brother is ‘smashing it’ during the band’s stadium shows and that he’s ‘proud’ of him

‘The King Lear in I Am the Walrus? That came from John Cage’: Paul McCartney on the Beatles’ debt to great avant-garde composers

In the mid-60s, the Beatles tuned in to the world’s most audacious experimental musicians. Paul McCartney reveals how many of the Fab Four’s ‘far-out’ masterpieces were inspired by their sonic breakthroughs

Coldplay review – after 12m tickets sold, this tour is still a mindblowing spectacle

They may be as cloyingly earnest as ever, but even amid an overwhelming production full of fireworks and lovehearts, Chris Martin and co are in total control

‘There was so much vitriol’: Willis Chimano on being outed while in Africa’s biggest boy band

The Kenyan singer, part of the wildly popular Sauti Sol, faced hatred and threats but it made him determined to push for change in a country where being gay is still illegal