Latest music features

<p>Having a ball: Kings of Leon in promotional photos for their new album</p>

Kings of Leon have dropped the dead weight on Can We Please Have Fun

A far cry from the beardy, beery bawling of previous years, ‘Can We Please Have Fun’ is surprisingly fresh and full of energy, says Helen Brown

<p>Euro stars: (from left) Doja Cat, Dave Grohl, Janelle Monáe, Lana Del Rey, and Raye </p>

summer guide 2024

The 14 best music festivals in Europe, from Nos Alive to Montreux Jazz

Interview

Rachel Chinouriri: ‘I’m a Black girl making indie music’

<p>Is the back catalogue of The Beatles really as infinite as a recent series of releases and projects suggests? </p>

Comment

Is there any ‘lost’ classic rock still worth hearing?

Eurovision 2024

<p>L-R: Ireland’s Bambie Thug, Switzerland’s Nemo, Finland’s Window95Man and Croatia’s Baby Lasagna</p>

Who’s going to win Eurovision 2024? Our top 10 favourites

From zany novelty songs to club bangers and heartfelt ballads, the competition at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest is fierce. We take a look at our favourites

Who’s going to win Eurovision 2024? Our top 10 favourites

From zany novelty songs to club bangers and heartfelt ballads, the competition at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest is fierce. We take a look at our favourites

<p>L-R: Ireland’s Bambie Thug, Switzerland’s Nemo, Finland’s Window95Man and Croatia’s Baby Lasagna</p>

<p>Switzerland’s Eurovision 2024 entry Nemo</p>

Meet Nemo, Switzerland’s Eurovision 2024 entry

Every Eurovision winner ranked from worst to best

Eurovision fans ‘speechless’ as Ireland’s Bambie Thug performs

<p>Sandie Shaw, Katrina and the Waves and Lulu after their respective Eurovision wins</p>

Does everyone really hate the UK at Eurovision? Here are the stats

<p>Sandie Shaw, Katrina and the Waves and Lulu after their respective Eurovision wins</p>

Does everyone really hate the UK at Eurovision? Here are the stats

Why is Israel competing at Eurovision 2024?

Eurovision’s Graham Norton’s most savage commentary moments

Interviews

<p>Porter Robinson: ‘Being with my normie jock friends at school, the family PC emerged as this beacon to me’ </p>

Interview

Porter Robinson: ‘Avicii’s death was a wake-up call for many people’

<p>‘The next thing I hear, Amy’s covering our song:’ The Zutons reflect on Winehouse’s ‘Valerie’ cover ahead of their new album </p>

Interview

The Zutons: ‘People texted me money emojis when Amy Winehouse died’

<p>Jon Bon Jovi: ‘[Am I] ready to do two and a half hours at Wembley? Probably not yet’ </p>

Interview

Jon Bon Jovi on marriage: ‘I’ve never lied about being a saint’

<p>The sound of strength in numbers: Idles, front left to right: Jon Beavis, Mark Bowen, Joe Talbot, Adam Devonshire, Lee Kiernan </p>

interview

Idles: ‘Our old lyrics were not the words of a healthy man’

Music Box

Watch Dylan John Thomas perform his single ‘Fever’ on Music Box

Watch the beautiful performance of ‘the author’ by Luz on Music Box

Damian Lewis sings ‘Down On The Bowery’ for Music Box

On Trend

New Sensations

<p>Motley blue: the band have a formidable live reputation </p>

interview

Blue Bendy’s Arthur Nolan: ‘I see a lot of myself in Kendall Roy’

<p>‘When I think about Madonna, Lady Gaga, Janet Jackson, Britney and Gwen Stefani, I think my album has the same fundamental pop cues that those albums have had,’ says 29-year-old pop star Amaarae </p>

interview

Pop star Amaarae: ‘African artists are all lumped under one umbrella’

<p>NewDad released their Pixies-indebted debut album ‘Madra’ last month</p>

interview

Irish alt-rock band NewDad: ‘It’s no wonder bands don’t always last’

Reviews

<p>The stakes are still high on Dua Lipa’s ‘Radical Optimism’ </p>

Dua Lipa’s Radical Optimism is bound to get bodies on the dancefloor

Unlike many of her pop peers, Dua Lipa doesn’t offer any diaristic glimpses into her private life

<p>‘All Born Screaming’ is the seventh album from St Vincent</p>

St Vincent’s All Born Screaming is pop that thrills in lush bursts

Annie Clark’s self-produced seventh album is smart, cohesive and refreshingly tight

Live music

<p>A delicate dance between Mitski the artist and Mitski the idol: the singer-songwriter performs at London’s Eventim Apollo</p>

Cult musician Mitski is a cross between Beyoncé and Marcel Marceau

Beloved by screaming teenagers, the musician is lyrically open-hearted but a guarded, withholding performer – it is a spectacular magic trick

Roger Daltrey bows out from Teenage Cancer Trust with a worthy goodbye

Paul McCartney, Robert Plant, Paul Weller and more accompany Daltrey as he takes his final bow as curator of the annual charity shows

Retrospectives

<p>‘They were just kids that were going out clubbing in London seven nights a week,’ says Martin Kelly of Heavenly Recordings </p>

Playback

Flowered Up were brilliant – but they were headed for tragedy

<p>New fans are discovering the music of Oakland musician Judee Sill </p>

The tragic life of Judee Sill, folk-rock’s forgotten star

<p>Those early Nirvana shows were experienced by fans as deeply communal and endlessly relatable</p>

Inside Nirvana’s final show: Kurt Cobain and a prophetic declaration

<p>Before he was famous: A young Cillian Murphy chats to Ireland’s RTE about his band, Sons of Mr Green Genes</p>

Features

How the 1990s Cork music scene helped make Cillian Murphy a star

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