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The Mind-Altering Substance Of Éliane Radigue & Senyawa At Le Guess Who?

Like some kind of banishing ritual, the canals circling Utrecht help Le Guess Who? Festival once again bring nothing but good vibes. But, in programming many artists operating far beyond the boundaries of genre, Russell Cuzner wonders what all this deviancy is doing to our minds

Stealthy Living: John Grant at the Brighton Dome

The insidious rise of John Grant is a case for Mulder & Scully. But that doesn’t mean the success is undeserved

Feel Love, Real Love: BTS at the O2

K-pop superstars start their first European tour with an expressive, emotionally charged set

Weirding Reception: Romanti-Crash at Jupiter Artland

A sleepover in a West Lothian sculpture park explores the horrors and delights of matrimony with help from Natalie Sharp, Paddy Steer, The Rebel, Ratty Bye Bye and a messy rave in the woods

Moscow Does Not Exist: Moscow Music Week Reviewed

Lottie Brazier travels to Russia for Moscow Music Week and finds the exploratory spirit of post punk alive and well but has the uncanny sense that someone might be following her

Totally Weird: Milhões De Festa Reviewed

In beautiful Barcelos, in a small serene park by the River Cávado, we soak up radical ideas and extraordinary performances from Gazelle Twin, UKAEA, Natalie Sharp, 700 Bliss and Marilyn Misandry

Electrifying Lady: Janelle Monáe At The Roundhouse

The Kansas-born Q.U.E.E.N. shows London she's the torch-bearer for a dying tradition of life-changing pop, says Simon Price

Don’t Expect the Unexpected: Atonal Festival

It’s a festival with a grand legacy, and still some great performances, but Berlin’s Atonal is losing its way

Things Learned At: Wysing Festival

Moor Mother heads an extraordinary 12 hours of music and dance, with an ace lineup including Laraaji, DJ Haram and Yatta

Things Learned At: Green Man

Beauty, mystery, weeping, dancing, and shitting on croissants in lush South Wales with Cate Le Bon, Horsey, King Gizzard and friends

Planet Rock: Bloodstock

Move over, Womad: why Derbyshire’s metal festival might also be the UK’s best world music festival

I Cannot Help But Marvel: Susanne Sundfør at Way Out West

At Gothenburg’s glorious Annedal Church late on a Saturday night, Susanne Sundfør creates a spectacle to truly serve her music

Be Quick Or Be Dead: Iron Maiden at the O2

Jeremy Allen goes to the O2 and watches Iron Maiden go to war, and then goes to war himself with all the battle metaphors the media uses in cases of cancer. All photographs John McMurtrie

Bosskilde: Roskilde Festival 2018 Reviewed

When we return from a festival bursting with effusive praise, it’s hard not to approach our recollections with a hint of suspicion. Surely, looking back, Roskilde can’t have been quite that good? But on reflection we’ve realised that yes, Scandinavia’s flagship festival really is a marvel

Finding Your Family: Steam Down & Ahnansé at Brainchild

Southeast London’s weekly Steam Down jazz jam is a perfect fit for this small and radically friendly festival in Sussex

Not Elsewhere: Björk at We Love Green

In a set that both creates a wonderful new world and re-ignites material from a decades-long career, Björk continues to push forwards and upwards

Move It Move It: Field Day Reviewed

The festival moves to south London, rethinks its priorities a bit, and joyfully worships at the righteous altars of jazz and rave

Super Natural Woman: Kelela & Björk at Primavera Sound

Space, imagination and freedom - in an industrial estate on the edge of Barcelona, two very different headliners explore new possibilities and give us a glimpse of greener, richer worlds

Want A Good Time: Confidence Man at Village Underground

Janet Planet and Sugar Bones celebrate camp, rave, fun and sex. It winds up the purists and it delights the sold-out crowd at Village Underground

Closer To Here: Sparks at London’s Kentish Town Forum

After five decades, Ron and Russell continue to be marvellous, ludicrous and resplendent, without a whiff of vintage or the slightest smudge of nostalgia

The World With Love: Tallinn Music Week

There’s freshness, global engagement, dynamism and plenty of love at Estonia’s beautiful cultural behemoth

About Time: A Brief History Of Grind, Doom & Sludge At Desertfest

Fast as light or slow as a stoned glacier, but always heavy: this weekend in Camden, Napalm Death, Zeke and Warning prompt theories about tempo and reflections on the history of extreme metal

Oh So Right: WRONG Festival 2018

At the second edition of Liverpool's new DIY festival for the freakscene, Patrick Clarke finds a crucial young event building something special indeed with the help of GNOD, Damo Suzuki, Future Of The Left and a generous helping of local up-and-comers

Träum Weiter: Tangerine Dream at the Union Chapel

After 51 years, and some changes of cosmic address, Tangerine Dream are still Tangerine Dreaming. Jeremy Allen soaks up a rare, thrilling live show

What Do You Think Of It So Far?: Usurper at Counterflows

Occupying a space between the Marx Brothers and the Bohman Brothers, like a music hall act from a parallel free-jazz universe - Usurper pull improv magic from thin air on the final night of Counterflows festival

More Give Me More: Fever Ray at Troxy

Karin Dreijer and her band are magnificent, queer, terrifying and beautiful.

Cosmic Fantastic: Rocket Recordings Twenty Weekend Reviewed

In celebration of their 20th birthday, the mighty Rocket Recordings hosted Rocket Twenty - a three-day event at The Garage in Islington with Julie’s Haircut, Mamuthones, Gnod and more. Joseph Mumford reports.

Cheerio Goodbye: Wild Beasts’ Final Gig

At their last ever show, Wild Beasts are bawdy and triumphant. Ben Hewitt is there for the bittersweet celebration

An Invitation To The Dance: Lewes Psychedelic Festival

Ben Graham trips out to the South Downs and finds psychedelia as alive and amorphous as ever.

Paranoia Springs Eternal: The Twilight Zone at The Almeida

Decades before Black Mirror, Rod Serling was exploring the uneasy side of western civilisation in his hokey-but-endearing morality tales, says Sean Kitching

Hardcore Masculinity: Every Time I Die at Koko

Almost 20 years after they formed, Every Time I Die are performing a victory lap. From the chaos of the moshpit, Dan Franklin finds their primal aggression is actually a conduit for more complex messages about the problems of masculinity and the power of love.

Here Is Bliss: The Ecstatic Music Of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda

At London Jazz Festival, members of the Sai Anantam Ashram sing the extraordinary bhajans of Turiya Alice Coltrane.

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