Experimental music

Nala Sinephro: Endlessness review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week

The follow-up to Space 1.8 pulses with meditative, spiritual-jazz elements, but amid soothing orchestrations, tension and surprise upend easy listening

Alexis Petridis

05, Sep, 2024 @11:00 AM

All for you! Janet Jackson, Snõõper, Bob Dylan and more: the best music of autumn 2024

From Chat Pile’s apocalyptic noise to Nala Sinephro’s celestial bliss, plus posthumous releases from MC5 and Sophie, here are the albums and tours not to miss – while in classical, Kahchun Wong takes over at the Hallé

Ben Beaumont-Thomas and Laura Snapes. Classical picks by Andrew Clements

25, Aug, 2024 @1:00 PM

Lance Gurisik: Proffer review | Contemporary album of the month by John Lewis

The Australian composer’s latest offering is a mashup of electronica, minimalism, drum’n’bass and more – but it’s the orchestral tracks that really shine

John Lewis

16, Aug, 2024 @8:00 AM

Post your questions for Laurie Anderson

Your chance to ask Anderson about taking avant garde music to the pop charts with O Superman, making an AI chatbot of her late husband Lou Reed or even having her own planet

Laura Snapes

06, Aug, 2024 @11:10 AM

Hit em: how a dream about raves, graves and slime led Matmos’s Drew Daniel to a new music genre

While Daniel slept, a girl introduced him to ‘super crunched-out sounds’ at a wild tempo. After he shared the details on X, producers are making his fantasies into reality

Daniel Dylan Wray

02, Aug, 2024 @10:32 AM

‘Sublime eternal love exists within each one of us’: David Lynch on music, friendship and life’s biggest mystery

The director, along with his collaborator Chrystabell explain – or try to – their new album Cellophane Memories and the magical marriage of music and film

Alastair Shuttleworth

26, Jul, 2024 @4:00 AM

Volume festival: André 3000 brings experimental flute jams to an event that’s wonderful when weird

The rapper turned jazz avant-gardist was an astute choice for the Art Gallery of NSW’s new festival – which, in its second year, is still finding its identity

Dee Jefferson

22, Jul, 2024 @2:08 AM

Beyza Yazgan: Human Cocoon review – from Middle Eastern classical to American minimalism

(Imaginary Animals)
The Turkish-born, New York-based pianist’s new album uses the influence of Satie and Glass to respond to the earthquake that devastated Turkey and Syria

John Lewis

19, Jul, 2024 @7:30 AM

Low’s Alan Sparhawk on the death of his wife and bandmate Mimi Parker: ‘If you fall in love, you know this could happen’

Sparhawk spent four decades with Parker, three of them as the core of alt-rock legends Low, before she died from cancer aged 55. He discusses finding his new, digitally-altered voice amid grief – and why he’s channelling Cher

David Hutcheon

19, Jul, 2024 @4:00 AM

Bizhiki: Unbound review – commanding Native American songcraft

Powwow singing from Joe Rainey and Dylan Bizhikiins Jennings blends with electronic production on a spirited album that reframes a rich cultural tradition

Ammar Kalia

12, Jul, 2024 @8:00 AM

‘A folk music wolf in doom metal clothing’: readers’ favourite albums of 2024 so far

Following our rundown of the best albums in the first half of the year, you responded with your own suggestions, from Kali Malone to Kim Gordon

Guardian readers

08, Jul, 2024 @10:12 AM

Dirty Three: Love Changes Everything review – aggressive and transcendent

On their first album in 12 years, Warren Ellis and co fuse violin, guitar and drums to create wistful beauty out of distortion

Kitty Empire

28, Jun, 2024 @10:00 AM

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