Adele, the wine-bar Wagner, is back. So is her new single any good?

With Easy on Me, after a six-year recording hiatus, Adele is back in the business of being Adele

Maggie Rogers: Our New VBF

Singer-songwriter has a voice that’s as distinctive on record as it is in real life – it’s about time we properly listened

Paul McCartney: Egypt Station – pharaoh ’nuff effort from former Beatle

New album has echoes of his old Fab Four tunes – and a big smattering of cheese

Lily Allen: Our New VBF

The straight-talking pop star cuts out the BS, proving why you want her as your friend and not your enemy

Chvrches: Love is Dead review – Pleasant but boring bubblegum pop for the masses

At its best, Love is Dead has an odd golden pop nugget, at it’s worst it’s plodding and formulaic

Beck: U2 are generous, personable and masters of songwriting

Beck on his constant reinvention, his new poppy direction, and touring with U2

Beck is back, filling the dance floor with snap, crackle and pop

Liam Gallagher: As You Were review – The bark and the bite are back

Foo Fighters - Concrete and Gold review: a slight change in Foolosophy

FOO FIGHTERSConcrete and Gold ***RCA

London Grammar: ‘We learned certain things the hard way’

Hannah Reid on how the band got lost on the road, and working with ‘rock star’ producers

Grammy nominations: Beyoncé and Adele shine while rock suffers

Beyoncé’s nine dominating nods, along with strong showings for Rihanna, Kanye West, Drake and Chance the Rapper, reflect a stellar year for black artists

Shura: ‘I’ve achieved exactly what I intended to do’

Manchester’s Shura is happy to be different – and flattered about being compared to Kurt Cobain and Kylie

Ellie Goulding: Delirium – Album Review

John Newman: Revolve - Album Review