Irish postpunk band Gurriers: ‘Everyone asks about the Dublin music scene. It’s not just Dublin any more, it’s everywhere’
The Irish postpunk band talk about playing Jools Holland, how Glastonbury lost out to Armagh and why Ireland’s music scene is working so well
The Smile: Cutouts – Yorke, Greenwood and Skinner’s second album of 2024 can’t match Wall of Eyes, but it still mesmerises
Yorke’s elegantly ageing voice, impeccable musicianship and a bona-fide classic track make for another fine outing
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds: Wild God – The joy after the storm
After a series of minimal and experimental albums, The Bad Seeds are back in all their rollicking glory
Liam Gallagher and John Squire – A generous one star for this musical marriage forged in hell
Album review: The debut album from the Mancunian ‘super duo’ is an excruciating exercise in bluster and swagger
Terri Hooley: Seventy-Five Revolutions: Absorbing overview of Good Vibrations mastermind
Stuart Bailie’s elegant book explores the cultural clout and influence of Belfast music entrepreneur who rose to prominence with punk
The Smile: Wall of Eyes – Another classic from Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood and Tom Skinner
The alt.supergroup’s second album is a looser-sounding affair, with sombre echoes of Radiohead’s A Moon Shaped Pool
Thurston Moore: ‘I didn’t want to get into a Morrissey thing of settling scores’
The singer and musician helped define alternative culture through his band Sonic Youth. This year he wrote a memoir about his life in music
Max Greenwood: In the Quiet of the Evening – A beacon of reflective positivity
Nottingham pianist and musician has recorded a collection of beautiful piano instrumentals
Fish Go Deep: What I Mean by Beautiful – Rebel City house music
The duo behind the decks at Sir Henry’s present their fourth studio opus
Lol Tolhurst x Budgie x Jacknife Lee: Los Angeles - A guest-packed sonic extravaganza
Former drummers of The Cure and Siouxsie and The Banshees unite with producer Jacknife Lee
Kojaque: Phantom of the Afters – An emotional odyssey of hard-hitting raps and soft beats
Cabra man pours his heart and soul into his most personal, poignant and open album yet
Øxn: Cyrm – A modern masterpiece from Irish neofolk supergroup
Members of Lankum and Percolator join Katie Kim on the most astonishing surprise package of the year
Dreams of Electric Bleep review: Classic cuts from a golden age of Irish electronic music
A cracking compilation of electro tunes from the 1990s and 2000s still sounds futuristic and fresh after all these years
Sufjan Stevens: Javelin - Songs of tenderness and vulnerability with added poignancy
Detroit singer releases 10th studio album following an autoimmune disorder diagnosis
Jape: ‘I thought music was the only medicine I needed to survive. When I got older I realised this is not entirely true’
Richie Egan on living in Sweden, parenthood, his new album and becoming a musical lifer