Arcade Fire: We review – A welcome return to what they do best

The Canadians have ditched the pomp in favour of emotive songs that connect

Billy Nomates: Billy Nomates review – One of the quirkier albums of the year

Tor Maries’ one-woman band offers a righteous and amusing critique of our time

Geoff Barrow of Beak: ‘We’d do an album every three months if we could’

Portishead musician says new band won’t pay the mortgage but is more than a ‘musical project’

Portishead’s Dummy at 25: ‘A dinner party album? I’d want to smash the fondue set’

Geoff Barrow and Adrian Utley on their Mercury-winning trip-hop classic album

Why vinyl refuses to die

The inaugural Vinyl festival, which takes place over the May bank holiday weekend, is a boutique event celebrating the golden age of stylus and disc

Annihilation: Natalie Portman in a whip-smart Netflix sci-fi movie

Dumped by its distributor and going straight to Netflix, it’s getting rave reviews in the US

Run The Jewels: Meow the Jewels - Album Review

Portishead: ‘We’re a bit of a sleeping dragon’

So says the band’s Geoff Barrow as they prepare to play their first Irish show for 17 years at Electric Picnic. He talks about the Stradbally festival and the band’s future recording plans

Savages aren’t a great girl band. They’re a great band

Last month in Derry I sat in a church pew chatting with Savages. Not the “all-girl band Savages” or the “all-female quartet Savages”. Just Savages.