With a lineup that offered an up-to-the-minute survey of the transatlantic rap and grime scene, this contrary festival may have finally found a USP to hang on to
Fresh from rocking Hyde Park and Glastonbury, the Killers are heading to yet another prestigious venue – the Guardian office to answer your questions! Grill Brandon Flowers and Ronnie Vannucci Jr on everything from stagecraft to beard maintenance when they drop by on
Wednesday 12 July from 3.30pm
Big headline acts drew the Scottish festival crowds to Glasgow, where they found a city-break vibe replacing their usual country camping getaway. And the delighted promoter’s verdict was to stage it again next year
Joy Division, New Order and the label that nurtured them have made an indelible mark on the city, now celebrated in inventive and exhilarating art and music
As 2017’s contenders battle to see who will monopolize summer stereos, which tracks have already earwormed their way into the heads of Guardian critics?
With socially conscious lyrics, infectious boom-bap rhythms and jazz loops, A Tribe Called Quest’s 90s ‘backpack rap’ has stayed fresh until the Trump era
The film-maker is a fine amateur clarinetist, and, at the Albert Hall, he and his polished band played a set that was a warm and tender tribute to jazz’s early years
From Richard Dawson’s medieval Britain to Pixx’s super-contemporary take on pop – plus sharp records by stars such as Kendrick Lamar and Drake – 2017 is already shaping up to be a great musical year
With several well-known British grime artists expressing support for Corbyn, the #grime4corbyn movement was born aiming to mobilise the youth vote. Iman Amrani speaks to young people at an event in north London about why they’ve been motivated to engage with the general election
Mobile phone footage shows Chris Cornell performing as lead singer of Soundgarden for the last time. Cornell died hours later at a Detroit hotel. Police say the death of the singer is being treated as a possible suicide
He was the musical genius who reinvented pop with the Family Stone – and threw it all away in a haze of drugs and paranoia. Now, at the age of 70, he tells Alexis Petridis in a remarkable interview about his planned comeback with an all-albino band
The Newcastle singer meticulously researches the worlds he conjures up in song – and that can mean details of local history or the minutiae of medieval dyeing processes, he explains
He’s the rapper and former gang member who resists every gangsta cliche – so his music taste naturally extends from Depeche Mode to Lil Boosie and 99 Red Balloons
How many of the classical world’s comings and goings, openings and closings, bouquets and brickbats do you remember from the past 12 months? Try our quiz
From sweaty encounters at the Haçienda to cross-dressing pageants in seedy pubs, Manchester’s music scene has always loved LGBT culture. The curator of new show Queer Noise talks us through its glorious moments – and golden codpieces
A new exhibition at the Victoria and Albert museum, London, chronicles the music, design and staging of Pink Floyd’s career – from the first flourish of creativity in the 60s through to the present day
From cramped buses to Icelandic spas, the four women of experimental indie rock band Warpaint have tasted all sides of life on the road. Tour manager Robin Laananen captured it all through her camera, and shares her inside story
From homelessness to troubled relationships, New Jersey pop force Halsey hasn’t had a smooth ride to the top of the charts. Ahead of her Glastonbury debut, she explains how she channeled her troubles into a strange, striking new record
In One Direction, Louis Tomlinson was ‘the kid at the back’. Now, with his first solo album and his own record label, he’s taking the spotlight and learning to trust himself. By Tom Lamont
He was overweight, abusing drugs and fleeing from his self-harming past. So he took all his problems – and turned them into the sensational new album Witness
Kraftwerk reinvented pop music in the 1970s, but never dreamed they would one day be able to stage the multimedia spectacular of their current tour. Founding member Ralf Hütter grants a rare interview
Review Wireless – global rap stars give London weekender a clear message