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Every Paul Kelly song so far, from worst to best
Mellow drama: Lorde’s ‘Solar Power’
The New Zealand pop star’s latest album is styled as self-aware but the result shows the trappings of self-indulgence
Tip of the pops: ‘This Is Pop’ and ‘Song Exploder’
Two Netflix documentary series only manage to skim the surface of pop music history
More than a feeling: ‘New Long Leg’
The deadpan spoken-word vocals of British post-punk band Dry Cleaning are the mesmeric expression of online consciousness
Legendary saxophonist Pharoah Sanders joins electronic musician Floating Points and the London Symphony Orchestra for a compositionally minimalist album
Girls don’t cry: Arlo Parks and Phoebe Bridgers
Two young musicians spark the old double standard of judging female artists who demonstrate their pain
Genesis Owusu’s ‘Smiling With No Teeth’
The Ghanaian-Australian singer is a major new force in hip-hop
‘For the first time’ by Black Country, New Road
The debut from the latest British Art School Band delivers perfect pop with arch lyrics that owe a debt to Jarvis Cocker
The composition of emotion: Rose Riebl
The pianist and contemporary classical composer bringing a virtuosic touch to minimalism
Stopped back in time: Kylie Minogue’s ‘Disco’
The showbiz trouper delivers another album of spare, efficient pleasure