Alt-J
Alt-J can do the impossible, whether it’s turning their esoteric art pop into arena fodder or sneaking literary, filthily sexual lyrics onto radio playlists. Ahead of their headline performance on Glastonbury’s Other Stage, Jonny Ensall gets hot under the collar with two members of the most wilfully pretentious – and surprisingly randy – band in Britain
Baby Driver
If you don’t already love DJ-turned-actor Ansel Elgort, wait until you’ve seen him in Baby Driver
Be More Like Music’s Rule-Breaking Mavericks
We can’t all write hits like Bowie or play guitar like Prince, but Phil Beadle reckons pop culture’s late, great rule-breakers still have a thing or two to teach us…
Vince Staples
California’s other philosophical rap provocateur drops a game-changer
Dust off your boots for Jack White’s country music protege, a star in the making