Fresh from supporting Bombay Bicycle Club and Everything Everything, the Nottingham four-piece’s richly diverse sound is made for big-hearted storytelling
Kitty Empire's artist of the week
Jack White review – rock’n’roll showman makes believers of us all
Touring his 2024 solo album No Name in a barnstorming gig, the former White Stripe plays fast and loose with the truth but is absolutely the real deal
‘We joke about who’s getting their knees done’: the rock veterans still touring into their late 70s
Yoga and ice baths have replaced all-nighters, but musicians such as Graham Nash, Bonnie Raitt, Rick Wakeman and Elkie Brooks aren’t planning to retire any time soon
New Order review – classics front and centre, but electronic pop pioneers can still surprise
Among Joy Division anthems and dancefloor classics that conjured the Haçienda’s heyday, the Mancunian icons showed they can still switch it up
Alexis Petridis's album of the week
Lady Gaga: Mayhem review – a fabulous return to her freaky first principles
After some noteworthy musical and cinematic misfires, Gaga gets back to her core themes of sex, sleaze and celebrity on an album that sounds not retro, but relevant
How MJ the Musical sanitised Michael Jackson’s story: ‘Can we really sit in a theatre and pretend?’
The Cruel Sea: Straight Into the Sun review – could it be any more Australian?
Glastonbury 2025: the 1975, Neil Young and Olivia Rodrigo to headline
PJ Harvey review – part folklore, part fever dream
In the British polymath’s first Australian show in eight years, she performs a haunting, theatrical tribute to Dorset, where she grew up
Peter Wolf on Faye Dunaway, David Lynch and Bob Dylan: ‘My mission was to be an observer’
The frontman of the J Geils Band has had an extraordinary life, living and working with celebrities along the way, detailed in a fascinating new book
Indian rock sensations Bloodywood: ‘What’s more metal than standing up for people you love?’
The trio’s playful mix of heft and traditional instrumentation sent them viral. But they’re also confronting racism and rape culture, and struggling in a Bollywood-dominated music industry
