Laura Snapes

It’s been 12 years since the Australian instrumental trio’s last album. Since then, their violinist has become Cave’s right-hand man and set up a home for abused monkeys. Now they’re back with a feverishly beautiful new album

Festivals and alcohol had always seemed synonymous to me. But a downward spiral prompted me to attempt one sober. It was a revelation, albeit not an easy one, writes Laura Snapes

From helping out with a buddy’s sex life to becoming an accomplice to graffiti, there’s almost no lengths that Larry and his pals wouldn’t go to for each other – and it was a pleasure to watch

Sam Taylor-Johnson’s biopic suggests that the singer’s desire for a baby was the main source of her suffering. It’s a gendered simplification that exonerates the forces that killed her

Whether you want to ask the Latin music legend and groundbreaking drummer about learning to play on pots and pans, paradiddles or Prince, now’s your chance

What are the big takeaways from Swift’s new album? She’s refining her sound, confronting elements of her fanbase and done with romantic idealisation

The Tortured Poets Department depicts a spell of post-breakup mania against the perfect backdrop of the Eras tour – a thrillingly immature reality undermined by safe music

Today’s pop stars are cramming songs with so much biography they need footnotes – and they’re in danger of alienating all but their hardcore fans

Read Laura Snapes’ review of the album.

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