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Elvis Costello is twice as honest as the average musician | Letter
By Guardian Staff

His integrity is one reason I’ve stuck with him, says Nick Davey

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/oct/09/elvis-costello-is-twice-as-honest-as-the-average-musician

#ElvisCostello #Popandrock #Music #Culture #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff

More lyrical tips for Matt Brittin after his ‘be a bit more Elvis’ gee-up to BBC staff
By Stuart Heritage

Director general called for ‘a little less conversation, a little more action’ – but from what other songs could he have drawn inspiration?

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/oct/09/more-lyrical-tips-matt-brittin-elvis-bbc-staff

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Add to playlist: the fizzing fuzz-pop racket of Pushbike and the week’s best new tracks https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/oct/09/add-to-playlist-the-fizzing-fuzz-pop-racket-of-pushbike-and-the-weeks-best-new-tracks #Music #Culture #PopAndRock #Indie #Punk

Jess Williamson: A Mile South of Heaven review – alt-country singer’s love-hate affair with LA https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/oct/09/jess-williamson-a-mile-south-of-heaven-review #Music #PopAndRock #Culture

Add to playlist: the fizzing fuzz-pop racket of Pushbike and the week’s best new tracks
By Huw Baines, Michael Cragg and Ben Beaumont-Thomas

Drawing from post-hardcore, twee and emo, the Exeter trio’s intoxicating energy feels like an invitation to form your own band

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/oct/09/add-to-playlist-the-fizzing-fuzz-pop-racket-of-pushbike-and-the-weeks-best-new-tracks

#Music #Culture #Popandrock #Indie #Punk #TheGuardian #HuwBaines #MichaelCragg #BenBeaumontThomas

Jess Williamson: A Mile South of Heaven review – alt-country singer’s love-hate affair with LA
By Aimee Cliff

(New West)Following 2023 breakout Time Ain’t Accidental, the best songs here are when Williamson strips back country music, rebuilding it as something familiar yet different

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/oct/09/jess-williamson-a-mile-south-of-heaven-review

#Music #Popandrock #Culture #TheGuardian #AimeeCliff

Troye Sivan: She’s the Best review – a strange, singular pop star who deserves to be multiplatinum
By Alexis Petridis

(Interscope)Adored by the A-list and filling arenas, but without huge smash hits, the Australian singer treads his own distinctive path through pop via shoegaze, Balearic and the Smiths

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/oct/09/troye-sivan-shes-the-best-album-review

#TroyeSivan #Music #Popandrock #Culture #TheGuardian #AlexisPetridis

Fierce, frantic and loaded with menace: Fontaines DC’s 20 greatest songs – ranked!
By Alexis Petridis

Ahead of the Irish alt-rockers’ highly anticipated fifth album, Dopamine Chamber, we count down their potent, occasionally political, catalogue

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/oct/08/fierce-frantic-and-loaded-with-menace-fontaines-dcs-20-greatest-songs-ranked

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‘Spend time going down rabbit holes’: how the Avalanches created their wildest album yet https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/oct/08/the-avalanches-no-bad-memories-interview #TheAvalanches #Music #PopAndRock #Culture #ElectronicMusic #AustralianMusic #ExperimentalMusic

‘Spend time going down rabbit holes’: how the Avalanches created their wildest album yet
By Jason Lamphier

The Aussie trio explain creating their new record sampling kids’ science shows and Tunisian music – and their surreal film with Haley Joel Osment

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/oct/08/the-avalanches-no-bad-memories-interview

#TheAvalanches #Music #Popandrock #Culture #Electronicmusic #Australianmusic #Experimentalmusic #TheGuardian #JasonLamphier

‘You think you’re invincible, and you’re not’: Gretta Ray on sickness, surviving and finding her new sound
By Katie Cunningham

After a life-threatening infection, the Australian singer-songwriter has rebuilt her relationship with music – and her third album ‘sounds nothing like the last’

https://www.theguardian.com/music/ng-interactive/2026/oct/08/gretta-ray-on-sickness-surviving-new-sound-australia

#Australianmusic #Popandrock #Culture #Music #TheGuardian #KatieCunningham

Freddie Jackson, romantic US singer with 10 R&B chart-toppers, dies aged 70
By Ben Beaumont-Thomas

Celebrated for his earnest, dextrous voice, Jackson crossed into the pop charts with the hits Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times Sake) and You Are My Lady

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/oct/07/freddie-jackson-romantic-us-singer-with-10-r-and-b-chart-toppers-dies-aged-70

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Freddie Jackson, romantic US singer with 10 R&B chart-toppers, dies aged 70 https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/oct/07/freddie-jackson-romantic-us-singer-with-10-r-and-b-chart-toppers-dies-aged-70 #Music #PopAndRock #Rb #Culture #UsNews #Soul #WorldNews

‘Men are a scam!’ The trials of Danielle Ponder, the lawyer turned singer rooting for a better world
By Iman Amrani

After representing society’s dispossessed, Ponder started a music career in her 40s – then faced miscarriage, anxiety and more. She explains her survival instinct

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/oct/07/danielle-ponder-lawyer-turned-singer-interview

#Music #Popandrock #Soul #Culture #Miscarriage #Women #TheGuardian #ImanAmrani