Dinosaur Jr: Sweep it into Space – Expect the expected

Lou Barlow’s two tracks are the standouts as J Mascis and co continue in their usual vein

Stephen Malkmus - Traditional Techniques: Pavement singer goes back to basics

Stephen Malkmus embraces his traditional side on his third solo album

Steve Gunne: The Unseen in Between review – Psychedelic folk rock with a hint of Tom Verlaine

This Album Changed My Life: The Cure – Disintegration (1989)

Harpist Mary Lattimore on becoming a Curehead and the joys of melancholia

15 rock and pop concerts to see this week in Ireland

Mumford and Sons, Nelly, Courtney Barnett, Kurt Viel, Mattiel and Vance Joy come to town

Rusangano Family take tea-based comedy to a new level

Plus: Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile (eek: Kurt and Courtney) craft a ramshackle gem

Warm Inventions find magic in Dublin's Martello towers for new album

Hope Sandoval and Colm Ó Cíosóig recorded ‘Until the Hunter’ in Sutton and Dalkey forts

Meg Baird: Don’t Weigh Down the Light | Album Review

Born to be Vile

Kurt Vile’s last album cemented his new-found popularity. The psychedelic indie rocker explains how going from lo-fi cult hero to in-demand musician takes some adjustment

A weekend of nourishment for the Body and Soul

Beating heart of festival is beautiful walled garden of 17th century Ballinlough Castle

Primavera picks of the festival field

Many festival thoroughbreds had their first run-out at Primavera last weekend, so who tops the form card?

Primavera review: Matthew E White, James Blake, The Knife, Blur

Blur bring their festival form to the Primavera party, but it’s The Knife’s red-in-nature theatricality and James Blake’s glacial talents that are shining brightest

Kurt Vile: Wakin on a Pretty Daze