‘There’s endless choice, but you’re not listening’: fans quitting Spotify to save their love of music

Former streaming service subscribers on why they have ditched mod cons for MP3s, CDs and other DIY music formats

My latest worry as a parent is headphones: they’ve become a tool in the generation wars in my house

I grew up listening to my parent’s music and learning the lessons that came with it. These days kids can tune out for hours on end and never run out of content

Has streaming made it harder to discover new music?

Services such as Spotify and Apple Music give us access to the entire history of popular songs. But has that access made us lazy listeners? And could TikTok or TV really help us rediscover our passion for discovery?

K-everything: the rise and rise of Korean culture

From music to film, technology to food, the world has fallen in love with everything South Korean. Tim Adams visits Seoul in search of the origins of hallyu – the Korean wave

On my radar: Rhian Teasdale from Wet Leg’s cultural highlights

The musician on the artistic commitment of Mitski, the lasting value of Peep Show and her new favourite snacks

I was a teenage Napster obsessive – and illegal downloading changed my music taste for good

The P2P giant was shut down 20 years ago this week. But the omnivorous mindset it encouraged in a generation resonates in the very best of today’s genre-smashing pop

Rapper’s delight or weapons-grade nonsense? The app that uses AI to help MCs bust a rhyme

New tech is promising to take rap artists to new lyrical heights. But will its algorithm be able to handle our novice writer’s rubbish rhymes?

In the streaming era, Substack helps indie rockers pay the bills. Can it last?

The email subscription platform has been a source of inspiration and financial freedom for Pitchfork favourites struggling in the streaming economy

Sales from the crypto: Muse NFT album to become first new chart-eligible format in seven years

Industry figures hail ‘the future of music’ as rock band announce first album of its kind to qualify for official UK charts

Tim Dowling: I’m at a cashless festival – why does it feel like a dystopian future?

It took me half an hour to add £30 to my wristband and buy a pint at a festival – no wonder the fiddle player looks dazed

Bronwyn Kuss: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)

The comedian is ‘bad at the internet’, but has done her best at sharing her online faves – including a 1990s rugby league ad and a fight from Home and Away

Jay-Z’s bitcoin school met with skepticism in his former housing project: ‘I don’t have money to be losing’

The hip-hop mogul loves to rap about his roots in Brooklyn’s Marcy housing projects. But classes in cryptocurrency show the billionaire is out of touch, residents say

Can Abba recreate the feel of a concert using digital versions of themselves 41 years after their last set?

This week the supergroup begin seven months of gigs in a purpose-built London arena… with the band members elsewhere

Jimi Hendrix, Rolling Stones and Kate Bush: the multimillion-pound deal that could turn them into 3D works of art

Classic images and unpublished shots by photographer Gered Mankowitz join treasure trove of pictures set for radical image makeover

RIP the iPod. I resisted you at first, but for 20 years, you were my musical life

It held my favourite mainstream tracks – and the obscure ones. But it couldn’t hold off the march of time, and Spotify, says freelance writer Dorian Lynskey