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    The best albums of 2026 so far

    From Thundercat’s all-star funk to Kacey Musgraves’ hymns to solitude, we look at some of our favourite music of the last six months from across the pop spectrum
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    Stormzy and Oritsé Williams join tributes to musician stabbed to death in east London

  • James Smith of Yard Act sings into a microphone on stage under blue lighting

    ‘We’re really good. I don’t mean that arrogantly’: Yard Act on bullying, imposter syndrome and their heavy new sound

  • A man wearing a dark blazer, a white shirt, beaded bangles, with his hands together

    ‘I can gauge John’s reaction: that’s good, stick that in’: Paul McCartney on how old bandmates – and Oasis – inspired his nostalgic new album

  • Kathy Sledge of Sister Sledge

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    ‘The biggest myth? That I left Sister Sledge’: Kathy Sledge on sibling rivalry, Chic and disco’s political power

  • The songs have a sparkle, despite making love sound like mortal combat … Iceage.

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  • A close-up photograph of the musician Violet Grohl holding a silver dart with a tail shaped like a feather

    Rock
    Violet Grohl: Be Sweet to Me – alt-rock arriviste aces the part

  • The musician Matías Aguayo wearing a grey sequinned top and blue eyeshadow and standing in front of a plume of smoke

    Global album of the month
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  • The musician Kurt Vile sitting at a table in a bar

    Rock
    Kurt Vile: Philadelphia’s Been Good to Me – indie-rock’s most easygoing dude gets existential

  • Mike D performing at King Street Social Club, North Shields.

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    Mike D – ex-Beastie Boy’s first UK gig in two decades, in a Tyneside bingo hall, is uproarious fun

  • The three performers in clown makeup wear colourful sequined outfits and hold microphones on stage

    Pop
    Take That – stadium redux of Circus tour has maximal razzle-dazzle

  • Sugar performing at Kentish Town Forum, with David Barbe, left, and Bob Mould.

    Rock
    Sugar – Bob Mould’s reunited band still in a sweet spot between noise and melody

  • Doja Cat performs in red lingerie behind a wall of flame

    Pop
    Doja Cat – pop superstar or true freak? US iconoclast plays the tension to perfection

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  • Gareth David of Los Campesinos! wearing a green Mexico football top and holding a red tambourine on stage

    Ranked
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  • Ed O'Brien of Radiohead

    Honest playlist
    ‘I don’t listen to indie music any more’: Ed O’Brien’s honest playlist

  • Two people sit on a bed in a bright room, one holding a pen, both wearing casual clothes.

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    The whimsy and warped electronics of duo Ear and the week’s best new tracks

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    Historic Days
    ‘Our son thought: what if I actually move the stone?’: unlocking the mysteries of Stonehenge with a family visit

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From the archive

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    As Arctic Monkeys' debut album turns 20, revisit Dave Simpson's feature on the long shadow they cast over the region's indie scene

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    Peabo Bryson, R&B singer behind classic Disney duets, dies aged 75

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    Sonny Rollins, US jazz saxophonist regarded as a genius of improvisation

  • The Ronettes in 1964: Nedra Talley Ross, right, with Estelle Bennett Vann and Ronnie Spector.

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  • Dave Mason performing live with electric guitar in Los Angeles

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    Dave Mason, co-founder of Traffic who had a star-studded solo career, dies aged 79

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