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Berlin Philharmonic/ Petrenko/ Hadelich review – flawless musical beauty

In their second Proms concert, the Berlin Phil brought Beethoven’s Violin Concerto (with Augustin Hadelich the virtuosic and breathtaking soloist), and a detailed and compelling take on Scriabin’s third symphony

Flora Willson5d ago

Add to playlist: the churning darkness of Barcelona producer Nueen and the week’s best new tracks

Nacho Pezzati’s new album Swerved taps into the moody ambience of the UK north-west underground, ratcheting a tangible and thrilling sense of unease

Hugh Morris, Ben Beaumont-Thomas and Laura Snapes5d ago

Sairie: Beneath the Spreading Tree review – exquisite 70s-inflected folk heralds a move into autumn’s chill

Singer Emma Morton brings an indie-girl chorister’s brightness to this captivating debut album, on songs with hints of darkness that sound ages-old

Jude Rogers5d ago

Chat Pile: Who Loves the Sun review – sludge metallers resurface with a slightly limiting alt-rock rebrand

The Oklahoma band use hooky vocals to help their lyrics on desensitisation slip down easy, though their third album lacks the distinction of earlier releases

Alastair Shuttleworth5d ago

Vista, Saarikoski Songs, Three Preludes album review – Saariaho’s iridescent visions evocatively rendered

Three works by the idiosyncratic Finnish composer who died in 2023 are recorded for the first time

Clive Paget5d ago

‘Why not try to be the best in the world, just for the fun of it?’ Art Garfunkel on a rich, restless life – and reconciling with Paul Simon

He taught maths and walked across Europe, trying to leave his demons behind. As he goes back on tour aged 84, the folk-pop legend explains how he came back to singing

Dave Simpson5d ago

The Gesualdo Six/Colin Currie Group review – surely the year’s most atmospheric Prom

The Gesualdo Six brought focus and luminous tone to a sequence of early devotional music; Reich’s Tehillim made a mesmeric and ecstatic pairing

Erica Jeal5d ago

‘I want to go further’: Justin Broadrick on retiring Godflesh, playing with Phoebe Bridgers – and his new band

A hernia may mean his screaming days are over, but the Napalm Death alum’s influence on metal echoes on in unexpected places – and with ‘heavy, ugly’ experiments in the pipeline, his passion for ‘outsider music’ remains strong

Matt Mills5d ago

Berlin Philharmonic/Petrenko review – insightful Elgar and Tchaikovsky holds Proms audience in thrall

Elgar’s Enigma Variations sounded fresh and striking in the German orchestra’s reading, while Tchaikovsky’s fourth symphony was thrilling and monumental

Erica Jeal5d ago

Adéla: Prima review – Slovakian star smashes the fourth wall to bask in pop’s cynicism and seduction

The 22-year-old is impressively frank about indulging industry sleaze in her pursuit of fame on a debut that puts a distinctive spin on the best of 00s hedonism

Alexis Petridis5d ago

The Excursions of Mr Brouček review – Rattle’s illuminating touch lets Janáček’s sozzled antihero soar

In this beautifully balanced live recording Simon Rattle, the London Symphony Orchestra and an outstanding cast make the music sing and dance

Clive Paget5d ago

Queens of the Stone Age’s Josh Homme kicked a woman and his ex-wife alleged domestic abuse. Why the cosy makeover?

Like Johnny Depp and Chris Brown before him, Homme has got past his chequered history to retain an adoring fanbase. Almost a decade post-#MeToo, audiences no longer seem to care

Laura Snapes6d ago

Guitar used by George Michael in Faith video goes up for auction

Gretsch Synchromatic 160 acoustic guitar expected to sell for as much as £120,000, as star lot in auction of items owned by late personal assistant Siobhan Bailey

Ben Beaumont-Thomas6d ago

From petrol pump attendant to Dylan-feted rocker and Judd Apatow muse: the delightfully unlikely life of Graham Parker

Fifty years ago Parker was hailed as rock’s next big thing, but he picked a different path: cult records, a Hollywood diversion, an aversion to stardom. Ahead of a UK tour, he looks back at his strange trajectory

Alexis Petridis6d ago

Simply the best? Is the Berlin Philharmonic really better than all the rest?

The orchestra – at the Proms this week – is hailed as among the best in the world, if not the best. For my money, that’s quite possibly right, but why?

Tom Service6d ago

‘Everything countercultural is doomed, isn’t it?’ Sofie Royer, the bracingly brilliant pop star pondering life’s big questions

Referencing Tarkovsky and French theory, the Austrian-Iranian singer is writing some of today’s wittiest music – though she’s ‘too pop for the art world, too indie-darling for the mainstream’

Ben Beaumont-Thomas6d ago

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Berlin Philharmonic/ Petrenko/ Hadelich review – flawless musical beauty

Add to playlist: the churning darkness of Barcelona producer Nueen and the week’s best new tracks

Sairie: Beneath the Spreading Tree review – exquisite 70s-inflected folk heralds a move into autumn’s chill

Chat Pile: Who Loves the Sun review – sludge metallers resurface with a slightly limiting alt-rock rebrand

Vista, Saarikoski Songs, Three Preludes album review – Saariaho’s iridescent visions evocatively rendered

‘Why not try to be the best in the world, just for the fun of it?’ Art Garfunkel on a rich, restless life – and reconciling with Paul Simon

The Gesualdo Six/Colin Currie Group review – surely the year’s most atmospheric Prom

‘I want to go further’: Justin Broadrick on retiring Godflesh, playing with Phoebe Bridgers – and his new band

Berlin Philharmonic/Petrenko review – insightful Elgar and Tchaikovsky holds Proms audience in thrall

Adéla: Prima review – Slovakian star smashes the fourth wall to bask in pop’s cynicism and seduction

The Excursions of Mr Brouček review – Rattle’s illuminating touch lets Janáček’s sozzled antihero soar

Queens of the Stone Age’s Josh Homme kicked a woman and his ex-wife alleged domestic abuse. Why the cosy makeover?

Guitar used by George Michael in Faith video goes up for auction

From petrol pump attendant to Dylan-feted rocker and Judd Apatow muse: the delightfully unlikely life of Graham Parker

Simply the best? Is the Berlin Philharmonic really better than all the rest?

‘Everything countercultural is doomed, isn’t it?’ Sofie Royer, the bracingly brilliant pop star pondering life’s big questions

Lawsuit against Lizzo brought by former wardrobe stylist dismissed

‘Get up, get breakfast, noise’: the teen going viral for enduring all 400 of Merzbow’s ear-splitting albums

‘It’s more freaky, more balls to the wall’: how alt-country won over a new generation

The extraordinary untold story of Freddie Mercury: Mary Austin on her best friend – and love of her life

Duane Keith Davis found guilty of 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur

Leicestershire v Somerset, Nottinghamshire v Hampshire, and more: county cricket, day two – live

England v Pakistan, third men’s cricket Test, day one – live

UK ‘showing leadership’ with West Bank sanctions, says Burnham as he faces Badenoch at PMQs – politics live

‘Their boat was sinking’: RNLI vows to keep rescuing asylum seekers despite attacks

How progressives are harnessing anger and frustration to steal young voters from Republicans

EU unveils ‘buy European’ public procurement rules to counter China