Get Brecht at the NCH: The week’s best rock and pop gigs

Camille O’Sullivan, Ute Lemper, Gavin Friday and Cathal Coughlan salute the songsmith

How Pete Shelley and the Buzzcocks invented indie

The Manchester band’s first release reshaped pop music. With no industry support, they pressed and sold the EP themselves, and kickstarted a revolution

The 12 best overlooked albums of 2018 (so far)

From an ambient legend to punk newbies, discover the music that deserves a second listen

Paddy Considine: ‘I can’t remember the last big film I’ve seen that was any good’

Director talks about his new film, his 'crippling' Irlen syndrome and why Hollywood isn’t everything

Hope and despair: Edwyn Collins puts his poststroke life on film

After nearly dying in 2005, the former Orange Juice singer began a long recovery with the tireless help of his wife, Grace Maxwell – a journey captured in ‘The Possibilities Are Endless’, a new film

Screen by screenwest

This year’s South By Southwest film festival features winning movies in ‘Chef’, with Jon Favreau, Dustin Hoffman and Robert Downey jnr, ‘Frank’, with Maggie Gyllenhaal, Michael Fassbender and Domhnall Gleeson; Mike Myers’s ‘Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon’; and ‘The Legend of Shorty’, about the cartel boss Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman

Charlie Boyer & the Voyeurs: Clarietta