Lykke Li: Eyeye – Brilliant pop stripped back to the bare bones

The Swede’s knack for fusing mournful reveries with quality hooks is in full force

Badlands: Djinn – Channelling trauma into fine electro-pop tunes

After the death of her mother, Catharina Jaunviksna found solace in the studio

How Scandinavian pop princesses took over the world

The Norwegian acts at the Øya Festival show Scandipop moving into new territories

Microdisney, Forbidden Fruit, Nick Cave, LCD Soundsystem: the week’s best rock and pop

Also this week: Lindi Ortega, G-Easy, Mik Pyro, Kodaline, Magic Numbers, Sleep Thieves

New artist of the week: Snail Mail

Teen singer and classical guitar prodigy Lindsey Jordan is fast-tracking to indie-pop success with her debut album ‘Lush’. Plus: must-hear songs from Lykke Li and Talos

Song to Song: Terrence Malick’s worst film yet

This incoherent muddle of falling leaves, cameos and tracking shots has nowhere to go

Fashion forward – the ones to watch and the places to be in 2015

People and places you’ll be hearing more about

Indiana: No Romeo | Album Review

The rattle and hum of this band's history

An album with typically sumptuous production, shot through with sounds that could only come from one band; but initially this one doesn’t quite add up to more than the sum of its many Danger Mouse-d parts

Share the Castlepalooza magic

Three of the top draws playing this year’s Castlepalooza give us the lowdown on their dream festivals – from the Anthony Bourdain catering to the T-Rex in the corner

Festivals worth the trip

No need to wait until your favourite acts do the festival circuit in Ireland. Get our continental drift? Lauren Murphy’s top 10 European festivals

Eating humble pie in Ballymaloe

We were sniffy at first, but the community aroma of Kerrygold Ballymaloe Literary Festival of Food & Wine is too tempting to resist

Lykke Li: I Never Learn

Oh Land: Wish Bone