Iron Maiden making official documentary to mark 50th anniversary
Actor Javier Bardem and Kiss frontman Gene Simmons will be among the talking heads in a film about the British heavy metal band by director Malcolm Venville
Nova Twins on silencing the heavy metal doubters: ‘People don’t question men’
The duo count Elton and Rage Against the Machine among their fans, but being two Black women in a largely white, male scene means working twice as hard. The duo discuss winning over the mosh pit – and why they’ve banned synths
Chappell Roan: The Giver review – saddle up, there’s a new sheriff in town
The midwest princess embraces her roots with a queer country banger about pleasure that toys with the genre’s gender and class cosplay
Clairo review – charming pop-soul from a singer with starpower to spare
Playing material from her wonderful 2024 album Charm against lavish, elegant staging, the US artist has ushered in a confident new era
Courting: Lust for Life, Or: ‘How to Thread the Needle and Come Out the Other Side to Tell the Story’ review – a giant leap forward
The Liverpool foursome’s joyful, floor-filling rock on album No 3 finds a band maturing into greatness
Edwyn Collins: Nation Shall Speak Unto Nation review – the sense of an ending
This rousing, contemplative 10th solo album from the Scottish singer-songwriter has an air of finality
Lady Gaga: Mayhem review – a wholesale rewind to core career values
It’s back to the dancefloor as the US superstar doubles down on what she does best – albeit with one eye on Madonna, Charli xcx, Taylor Swift and more…
Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek: Yarın Yoksa review – a feast of woozy Turkish psych
Fuzzy, hypnotic beats, soulful saz-funk and emotive balladry mark Yıldırım’s powerfully imaginative new music, produced by Leon Michels
Throwing Muses: Moonlight Concessions review – as ever, Kristin Hersh is astonishing
For their 11th album in a nearly 40-year career, the alt-rockers switch focus to acoustic guitars and cello – but their tumultuous tales are still charged with elemental power
Marianne Faithfull: posthumous EP to be released for Record Store Day
Burning Moonlight was inspired by Faithfull’s earliest releases, with one side echoing her pop history and the other more folk-tinged
Everybody dance: Nile Rodgers’ 20 greatest tracks – ranked!
As the 72-year-old prepares for Glastonbury with Chic, we rate the best of his guitar licks and songwriting magic for Madonna, Diana Ross, Sister Sledge and more
The Brand New Heavies review – acid jazzers are as slick and funky as ever
While their hits from their 90s hip heyday are now more likely to be heard on Magic FM’s drive-time slot the band’s punchy melodies can still get the party started
‘We swept into Moscow in Gorbachev’s limousine’: Neil Tennant’s love affair with Russia – before the ‘cancer of Putin’
They played Red Square, launched MTV Russia and got driven home from a gay club by the police. But the freedoms witnessed by Pet Shop Boys have been crushed. Singer Neil Tennant relives those heady days – and calls for a revolution
‘If all I cared about was a career, I’d make listenable music’: Joost Klein on Eurovision, scandal and having the last laugh
The wild child ‘gabber pop’ rapper was booted off last year’s song contest. But his song Europapa eclipsed the winner’s – and he’s about to tour the world in his gigantic shoulder pads
Womadelaide 2025: Róisín Murphy, Khruangbin and others lead a blissful, sweltering weekend
Despite the heat, this year’s festival was full of magical moments and big sounds, with musicians making fascinating genre connections