Lauren Mayberry

Lauren Mayberry: Vicious Creature – Chvrches singer’s solo debut balances weighty lyrics with quirky melodies and clipped beats

The Scottish vocalist’s album is a largely soft-edged and subtle exploration of what makes her tick

Musicians making sound moves to get the gender balance right

Women are under-represented in the Irish music industry, but a change is gonna come

Electric Picnic review: Chvrches – There’s no roof, but they blow it off anyway

The electropop head-hangers conquer the festival’s main stage

Chvrches: Love is Dead review – Pleasant but boring bubblegum pop for the masses

At its best, Love is Dead has an odd golden pop nugget, at it’s worst it’s plodding and formulaic

Chvrches: ‘Seeing fans with tattoos of your lyrics never gets old’

Lauren Mayberry of Scottish electro-pop band Chvrches has always had plenty to say, whether about misogyny directed at women in music or her shock at Brexit

Reviews: Longitude festival day two

Haim electrify Marlay main stage and Disclosure easily live up to headline billing

Hot Scots Chvrches want to preach to the converted

From glum guitar band to vibrant electro-pop – hot new Scots outfit Chvrches is winning audiences at home and abroad

Chvrches: The Bones of What You Believe