Music
Mk.gee review – is this the world’s most exciting young guitarist?
A forest of questions: take our quiz on the Cure!
Laura Marling review – gently transcendent songs of motherhood and domesticity
‘These were tough dudes – and notoriously romantic’: why lowrider soul, LA’s music and car subculture, still thrives
This Search for Meaning review – slick reminder of radical rockers Placebo
The mysterious world of Two Shell: ‘Our pranks don’t mean we’re not sincere’
A history of violence: how has Chris Brown survived so much controversy?
Iron & Wine review – shadow puppets and folk-pop combine in singular gig
‘Julian Cope told me: you’re unemployable in the real world’: David Wrench, the Welsh studio wizard behind pop’s A-list
Nonclassical at 20 review – synths, screams and bubble wrap as record label celebrates with the LSO
Sum 41 review – hugs and lasers as emotional pop-punks go out with a bang
The Cure: Songs of a Lost World review – as promised, ‘very, very doom and gloom’
One to watch: Kofi Stone
The return of Hope of the States: ‘There will be no tantrums. I’m a grown man now’
Lady Gaga: Disease review – a return to form, and to her classic sound