Charli xcx named songwriter of the year at Ivor Novello awards
Pop star recognised for sharp yet candid songcraft on Brat, but loses best album category to Berwyn at awards honouring songwriting excellence
Scotland’s most reliable sunshine! Teenage Fanclub’s greatest songs – ranked
As their album Grand Prix turns 30, we rate the standout moments from a group Kurt Cobain called ‘the best in the world’
Stereolab: Instant Holograms on Metal Film review – after 15 years, the retro-futurists make a radiant return
Motorik grooves, Marxist critique and vintage synths – in their first album since 2010, Lætitia Sadier et al pick up where they left off yet sound more timely than ever
Tate McRae review – Britney-channelling, splits-deploying singer is impressively industrious
Now at arena level after a string of trap-pop smashes, the Canadian star has a knack for elaborate choreography – but it can obscure her personality
Salt-N-Pepa sue Universal over ownership of master recordings
Push It hitmakers Sandra Denton and Cheryl James claim Universal is blocking the return of their copyright, but label claims it has repeatedly attempted a resolution
Jim Morrison’s long-lost graveside bust turns up during French police search
Police make chance find of sculpture that adorned Doors singer’s Paris grave until its 1988 disappearance
Daryl Hall review – despite strained vocals, this 80s pop legend isn’t totally out of touch
One half of Hall & Oates can’t quite hit the high notes of the soul-poppers’ heyday, but is helped by talented sidemen
‘We wanted Torvill and Dean skating in the video!’ How we made Godley & Creme’s Cry
‘Machines were revolutionising recording. We were told to lay down a 20-second backing track, a guide vocal – then go and play table tennis’
The Who fire drummer Zak Starkey for second time in a month
The band’s drummer since 1996 says there have been ‘weeks of mayhem’ since he was fired then reinstated three days later
Scissor Sisters review – effervescent maximalism from 00s glam-pop freaksters
Decked out in bedazzled denim and surrounded by inflatable body parts, the US band sound as thrillingly absurd on this reunion tour as when they brightened up the charts the first time around
The Superjesus’ Sarah McLeod: ‘Everyone should have a nemesis’
The singer on air-drumming with her toes, her ‘deep, deep love’ of pop music, and being cornered by Courtney Love
Kylie Minogue review – house, techno … doom metal? This is a thrilling reinvention of a pop deity
Her Tension world tour reaches the UK, and it’s the work of a relaxed but inherently flamboyant singer with a bold new vision for her back catalogue
Bono: Stories of Surrender review – megastar tries out humility in likable one-man show
The U2 singer’s solo stage appearance sees him reflect on his anguished family past and have a decent go at being an ordinary Joe
Tony Armstrong: ‘The tone of the world is shifting. The way that I’m getting spoken to is wild’
The AFL player turned TV personality on fame, Eurovision and how racism is getting ‘way worse’
Add to playlist: underground pop star Neggy Gemmy and the week’s best new tracks
Aggressive, hedonistic and seductive – often in the span of the same song – the independent LA-based singer-songwriter spans shoegaze, vaporwave and capital-P pop