Haim: I Quit review – the messiest breakup album of recent times, in every sense
(Polydor)The three LA sisters dwell on the bitter end of a relationship in tracks that range from replayable valley-girl rap to plodding country-pop
‘He taught the world how to smile’: Brian Wilson bandmates pay tribute along with Bob Dylan, Elton John and more
Beach Boys members Al Jardine and Mike Love give lengthy tributes to late songwriter, with Jardine calling him a ‘humble musical giant’
Douglas McCarthy, frontman with industrial group Nitzer Ebb, dies aged 58
No cause of death given for influential electronic body music vocalist whose punchy, declarative style found fans across both rock and dance
Whether wistful or euphoric, Brian Wilson made pop’s most overwhelmingly beautiful music
He was the Beach Boys’ resident genius, seeping melancholy into even peppy teenybopper hits. Beyond all the myths about his life, that brilliance is still intoxicating
Brian Wilson obituary
Leader of the Beach Boys who found fame with hymns to California beach culture and developed into a musician of outstanding range and imagination
Twelve of Brian Wilson’s greatest songs – from surf to psychedelia and beyond
Elaborating classic pop and doo-wop into divinely beautiful and inimitable hitmaking, these are some of the late musician’s most unmistakable masterpieces
Brian Wilson, visionary creative spirit for the Beach Boys, dies aged 82
Musician, who suffered from mental health problems, wrote and produced the 1966 album Pet Sounds – seen by many as the greatest album of all time
The best albums of 2025 so far
Bon Iver straddles stark indie-folk and poppy R&B while PinkPantheress makes an unarguable case for going out out as we revisit six months of the music you mustn’t miss
Taylor Swift granted restraining order against alleged stalker
Forty-five-year-old Brian Jason Wagner reportedly made numerous visits to Swift’s Los Angeles home and claimed he shared a child with her
Sly Stone obituary
Funk and soul musician whose band, Sly and the Family Stone, had a profound effect on US music in the 1960s and 70s
‘I’m closer to the end than the beginning’: British soul legend Omar on EastEnders, Stevie Wonder and his industry battles
He’s worked with the cream of US neo-soul and is seen as a national treasure by his peers – so why is Omar underrated? From hits to label struggles, he revisits the highs and lows
Governors Ball 2025: Olivia Rodrigo and Hozier reign over New York festival
While there were less zeitgeisty moments in this edition, acts like Young Miko and Benson Boone still brought energy to New York’s cheaper Coachella
Sly Stone, pioneering funk and soul musician, dies aged 82
American songwriter lit up generations of dancefloors with his group Sly and the Family Stone
‘I watched Bob Dylan play tennis with three of the Beatles’: how we made the Isle of Wight festival
‘It’s a myth that Jimi Hendrix played while the stage was on fire. It was a firework’
Pitbull review – like a children’s party, but with loads of booze
With a hedonistic seize-the-day message, the pop-rapper resembles a cult leader or motivational speaker – and his followers are willing to overlook the faults in his live show