Music

New Sensations

How Moby-Dick inspired the songs of Gen Z’s new obsession, Searows

After opening for pop stars like Gracie Abrams and Ethel Cain, the indie singer-songwriter is attracting praise for his alluring voice and poetic lyrics on second album ‘Death in the Business of Whaling’. He speaks to Carsen Holaday

<p>Arlo Parks is the latest guest on ‘Roisin O’Connor’s Good Vibrations’</p>

Reviews

Arlo Parks yearns for connection on the club-centred Ambiguous Desire

<p>Absorbed indie fans in the front row watch the Soup Dragons perform in Rennes, France, 1990</p>

In Focus

1980s indie music was Gen X’s monster – why do their kids love it?

<p>Cruz Beckham and The Breakers perform at the Courtyard Theatre, London</p>

News

£55 hoodies, guitar solos and proud parents: my night with Cruz Beckham and The Breakers

Interviews

<p>Guy Garvey: ‘I’ve had the most amazing time so far, and it’s not showing any signs of stopping’</p>

interview

Elbow’s Guy Garvey: ‘My advice for life? Have as much sex as possible’

<p>‘I was being called by forces way beyond me to take my life in another direction, even if my gut was telling me no’</p>

Interview

Hole’s Melissa Auf der Maur: ‘Courtney Love is a maniac and a hero – and yes, you can be both’

<p>Marianne Faithfull is the subject of a new docudrama, ‘Broken English’</p>

Interview

Inside Marianne Faithfull’s final gift to the world: ‘She was a force’

<p>Snail Mail’s Lindsey Jordan: ‘I think I’m at a really good age to be a rock star’</p>

interview

Snail Mail doesn’t think ‘sad girl rock’ ever really existed

Roisin O’Connor’s Good Vibrations podcast

Arlo Parks is a guest on the Good Vibrations podcast

News

Arlo Parks: ‘When you’re close to someone, they hold a mirror to you’

Zach Top is a guest on the Good Vibrations podcast

News

Country music star Zach Top: ‘You can’t take yourself too seriously’

Director Jacob Tierney and composer Peter Peter are guests on 'Roisin O'Connor's Good Vibrations'

News

Heated Rivalry director Jacob Tierney on the show's amazing soundtrack

Roisin O'Connor's Good Vibrations with Dave Mustaine

News

Dave Mustaine shares regret after releasing Megadeth’s final album

Latest features

New Sensations

<p>Cat Clyde: ‘I have a ton of freedom in my life’</p>

new sensations

Singer-songwriter Cat Clyde: ‘My parents were pretty chaotic people’

<p>Rachel Diack, better known as Ledbyher, is one of the most exciting new stars of the UK’s underground rap scene</p>

Features

Meet Ledbyher, the UK rap scene’s most engaging new storyteller

<p>Absolutely: ‘I’m a boss when I’m in the studio’</p>

new sensations

The next big star in UK pop? Absolutely

New Sensations

Irish newcomers Cardinals on faith and the scars of British violence

Music Box

Culture

Samantha Crain is mesmerising in Music Box performance of ‘Gumshoe’

Culture

Watch Sam Ryder’s brilliant pared-back performance of single ‘OH OK’

<p>Annie DiRusso performs during a Music Box session</p>

Culture

Watch rising star Annie DiRusso’s electrifying pared-back session

Reviews

<p>Raye brings some old-fashioned razzle dazzle to her new album, 'This Music May Contain Hope'</p>

Reviews

Raye’s dazzling second album will have you screaming for an encore

The way the 28-year-old throws her vocal virtuosity and infectious delight into every moment of her storytelling is breathtaking

<p>Robyn abandons our modern impulse to explain or understand everything, instead embracing the unknown and the thrill of letting go</p>

Reviews

Robyn gets outrageous on her new album Sexistential, and it works

The Swedish pop pioneer throws off her sad banger mantle in place of anthems about sex, IVF and single motherhood

Live music

<p>Wigmore Hall celebrates its 125th year</p>

Features

A celebration of Wigmore Hall, one of our best classical venues

The hall went through a relatively barren patch in the 1970s but since then its reputation as a centre for the best chamber music has climbed steadily, writes Simon Mundy

<p>Harry Styles performs his 'One Night Only' concert at the Co-Op Live arena in Manchester</p>

Reviews

Harry Styles’s fourth album takes on new dimensions at the Co-Op Live

The pop star’s filmed show ‘Harry Styles. One Night in Manchester’ takes the screaming audience – and soon Netflix viewers – inside the club to celebrate his sultry new album