CMAT: If My Wife New I’d Be Dead review – one of the best albums of 2022

CMAT has a real skill for presenting living and breathing issues on a silver platter

Cream of festivals with Neneh Cherry on top: The week’s best rock and pop gigs

Indiependence, Beatyard, All Together Now. Plus: Daithí, kd lang, Billy Bragg, Jenny Lewis

Vampire Weekend: ‘Our lyrics are not nonsense. They’re impressionistic’

Ezra Koenig on his new straightforward songwriting and the ‘bitter-sweet’ experience of touring

Jenny Lewis: On the Line – Every track is a pop-rock jewel

Lewis shapes relationship trouble and her mother’s death into something durable

Ryan Adams: Singer is no stranger to controversy or to Ireland

The American singer-songwriter has been accused of abusive behaviour. So who is he?

‘Music is made in communities’: Aaron and Bryce Dessner’s new vision

The National’s guitarists are part of People, a community of musicians creating new spaces and platforms

St Vincent: ‘I did my genealogy test, I’m 80% Irish’

Annie Clark's new album, ‘Masseduction’, is her most personal yet, but don’t ask her who it’s about

Allison Crutchfield – Tourist in this Town album review: Blending emotional candour with lyrical poise

Joseph: ‘We need a call to arms’

Gigging in bars made Natalie Closner realise "there are people who prey upon people’s dreams". Now, she says, "we need a call to courage in the face of daunting darknesses"

Oh Pep! - Stadium Cake album review: an album of exquisite charm

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Primavera Sound review: Phoenix, The Postal Service, Jessie Ware

The Barcelona festival kicked off with some heavyweight, guitar-driven, bona fide rock stars, but away from the arenas, Jessie Ware was stealing the show