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'Magic happens, often': Christine and the Queens, Haim, Nile Rodgers and more on the joy of live music

'Magic happens, often': Christine and the Queens, Haim, Nile Rodgers and more on the joy of live music

Bicep: Live Global Stream II review – 90 minutes of pure throwback pleasure

Saatchi Gallery, London; live streamMarking the release of their acclaimed second album, Isles, the duo transmit a steady stream of rapturous, 21st-century rave nostalgia into living rooms around the world

One to watch: Loski

Inspired by his influential father, the south London rapper takes drill to the next level on tracks addressing his recent spell in prison

Tommy Flanagan: In His Own Sweet Time review – a masterly touch

(Enja)He played for everyone from Ella Fitzgerald to John Coltrane, but solo the pianist is a truly captivating force

Arab Strap: As Days Get Dark review – less callow, more crafted

(Rock Action)The caustic duo forge existential stories from tinny beats on their first album in 16 years

Genesis Owusu: 'I'm Prince, if he were a rapper in 2020s Australia'

Inspired by everyone from the Purple One to Kendrick Lamar, the maverick star’s bold new album confronts depression and racism

'It’s devastating': Margaret Atwood on a musical project honouring women killed by partners

In 2015, Nathalie Warmerdam was killed by an ex-partner. Now her brother Joshua Hopkins has teamed up with the author to write a song cycle highlighting such everyday atrocities

Poly Styrene's inspiring sensitivity should be the true legacy of punk

Mixed race, with braces on her teeth, Poly broke the mould of UK punk. A new documentary explores her struggle to find meaning in the Day-Glo chaos of modern life

The Notorious BIG: his 20 greatest tracks – ranked!

As Netflix airs an intimate documentary about the late hip-hop legend, we pick his finest moments, from sublime braggadocio to gripping storytelling

This week's new tracks: Lava La Rue, Yxngxr1, Bon Jovi

This week we’ve got woozy hip-hop, some lo-fi indie-rap, and a superior slice of downbeat pop Continue reading...

Guedra Guedra: Vexillology review | Ammar Kalia's global album of the month

(On the Corner)Abdellah M Hassak integrates the rhythms of north African folk music with a bassline-heavy electronic pulse

The 50 best albums of 2020: the full list

Our countdown is complete, topped by a mercurial work of sprawling invention by a woman who has dug deep to survive.

Rian Treanor: the producer hacking a smarter, kinder future for music

The Rotherham electronic musician is using his skills to tackle dementia, teach children and collaborate across the globe – and dreams of a club where the dancers play the drum machines

Julien Baker: Little Oblivions review – unsparing tales of shame

(Matador)Merciless self-criticism is largely contained within the bounds of indie rock on Baker’s out-there third album

Danny L Harle: Harlecore review – big, dumb escapist fun

(Mad Decent)Go clubbing from room to virtual room with this dizzyingly immersive affair from the producer and assorted mystery guests

Dom La Nena: Tempo review – lighthearted enchantment

(Six Degrees)Time flies as the Brazilian cellist-singer-songwriter flits between genres and languages with winning ease

Ian Brown pulls out of music festival over Covid vaccination row

Brown, a noted Covid sceptic, has withdrawn from the Neighbourhood Weekender festival in Warrington in September

Jane Weaver: Flock review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week

(Fire Records)Having earned a cult audience for her psychedelia, Weaver makes her version of a pop record, where Kylie-level hooks are set against hallucinatory backings

Kings of Leon to release new album as a non-fungible token

Band will sell a $50 limited-edition deluxe version of When You See Yourself, as well as six special NFTs

Mariah Carey's brother follows sister in suing over memoir

Morgan Carey says passages in The Meaning of Mariah Carey that characterise him as violent are ‘false and defamatory’

Turin Brakes' playlist: 10 songs that take them back on the road

Olly Knights and Gale Paridjanian take a spin down memory lane, from California’s Redwoods to Nepal via the mean streets of south London Continue reading...

Chris Barber, British trad jazz bandleader, dies aged 90

Multi-instrumentalist helped forge the skiffle craze with Lonnie Donegan and recorded with Paul McCartney

Can Danny L Harle reinvent hard dance for a new generation?

The British producer’s debut album is a perfect simulacrum of gabber, hardstyle, trance and more – but it lacks the overdriven ferocity of the genres it imitates

Isle of Wight festival moves to September as Download and Primavera cancel

Events originally scheduled for June are postponed and cancelled, as sector continues to press UK government for insurance scheme

Kings of Leon: 'There are no punches being thrown any more!'

The Nashville rockers drank and fought their way through two decades of stardom. But today, it’s their daughters who do the fighting. They reveal how they accidentally recorded an album of Covid anthems

Taylor Swift rebukes Netflix over 'deeply sexist' joke about her love life

The pop star accused sitcom Ginny & Georgia of ‘degrading hardworking women’ with outdated attempts at humour

'It has been difficult': classical musicians on their Covid delivery jobs

'It has been difficult': classical musicians on their Covid delivery jobs

On my radar: Nilüfer Yanya's cultural highlights

The west London singer on her biggest laugh in lockdown, her favourite black-owned arts hub, and a podcast revealing how classic songs took shape

Jessie Ware: ‘I miss dancing and sweat, touch and body odour’

The singer, 36, on not going raving, her inspirational mum – and being licked by David Chappelle

Mogwai score first No 1 album after 25 years: 'It's totally surreal'

Scottish post-rockers reach top with 10th album As the Love Continues, with frontman Stuart Braithwaite saying, ‘It’s not the kind of thing that enters into our orbit’

Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry review – a fascinating look at an artist and idol

RJ Cutler’s two-hour-plus Apple documentary on the pop phenom reveals an exceptional artist grappling with both superstar fame and lame parent jokes

'They left an indelible mark on my psyche': how Daft Punk pushed pop forward

Skrillex, Erol Alkan and those close to the French duo chart how they went from being industry outsiders to defining the trajectory of dance music

'I take music seriously': Drag Race stars begin crossover chart success

The Eurovision homage UK Hun has entered the charts ahead of Rita Ora and Pink, and leads a new wave of drag queens sashaying away from novelty pop

'It was tribal and sexual': Alice Cooper on the debauchery of Detroit rock

When the shock-rocker returned to the place of his birth in the 60s, he found a raw paradise of unsegregated rock’n’roll. As Cooper releases an album celebrating the city, he and his peers relive one of the US’s greatest music scenes

Smerz: meet the Scandi-pop duo who can read each other's minds

The Norwegian group are so close that they write songs from their bandmate’s perspective. ‘It feels like a secret diary,’ they say

Billie Eilish's film shows post-Britney pop pressures are as tough as ever

The first digital-native superstar has far more music industry power than her pop predecessors, but she still faces toxic levels of scrutiny

Is this the worst year ever for the UK music industry? - podcast

Guardian music writer Laura Snapes, singer-songwriter Arlo Parks and musician Nitin Sawhney discuss the impact that Covid, Brexit and the ‘streaming economy’ are having on the sector

Emma Swift, Blake Scott, the Avalanches and others: the best Australian albums of 2020

Guardian Australia’s music critics and staff bring you their favourite records of the year – in no particular order

From Daft Punk and Beyoncé to the Band: the best ever live albums

Can’t get to a gig? No problem. Here’s a collection of classics that evoke the sweaty euphoria of the real thing

Nick Cave and Warren Ellis: Carnage review – vivid visions of apocalypse and absolution

(Goliath Records Ltd)Cave’s rich writing and Ellis’s dense sounds form a reliably potent picture of locked-down end-times and the fantasy of redemption

Jeremy Pelt: Griot – This Is Important! review – a jazz album for everyone

(High Note) Storytelling trumpeter Pelt boldly crosses genres and ages with agile contemporary bop, ballads and spoken word passages

New Cue the music: former Q editors join newsletter publishing boom

After the Bauer Media music title’s pandemic-triggered demise last July, Q’s former staff are launching a weekly direct-to-inbox publication

Taylor Swift countersues Evermore theme park over use of her music

Dispute continues following February lawsuit against singer, whose most recent album shares its name with Utah attraction

Non-British citizens now eligible for Brit awards and Mercury prize

Artists who have been permanently resident in the UK for five years will qualify for British categories

Reading and Leeds festival set to go ahead this year in boost for live music

Organisers say young people are desperate for freedom – but admit they haven’t yet been able to get insurance

10 songs that bring back memories of my travels: Emma John's playlist

The Highlands, Texas, India and the Chilterns are among places that have inspired our writer – herself a bluegrass fiddler – through music

Archie Shepp on jazz, race and freedom: 'Institutions continue to abuse power'

At 83, the saxophonist has somewhat mellowed his funkily avant-garde music – but his anger at the racial injustice he has fought all his life remains undimmed

The best songs of 2020 ... that you didn't hear

In an unusual year that’s kept us most of us away from live music venues, Guardian writers pick the songs that deserve to have made more impact Continue reading...

REM: how the arty pop gods taught a shy south Wales girl to be herself

For a teenager stifled by Welsh choir music, Michael Stipe’s kaleidoscope of artistic influences – and mega-success – were too irresistible not to follow

When Daft Punk went to Wee Waa: the strangest album launch of all time

The tiny Australian town was surprised but got into the spirit, selling daft pork sausages and random access rissoles while celebrating a dusty agricultural show it will never forget

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