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Bob Dylan
Rough And Rowdy Ways

The album you would want him to make

Bananagun
The True Story of Bananagun

Aussie octet brings good times on colourful debut

Albums

Phoebe Bridgers
Punisher

The young champion of melancholy returns with another quality album

Bob Dylan
Rough And Rowdy Ways

The album you would want him to make

Bananagun
The True Story of Bananagun

Aussie octet brings good times on colourful debut

Pottery
Welcome to Bobby’s Motel

A near non-stop party from the debuting Montreal band

Darkstar
Civic Jams

Meandering fifth album from UK synthpop duo

Braids
Shadow Offering

A refreshing mix of hope and honesty from Canadian indie rock band

Gum Country
Somewhere

Vancouver duo party like its 1991 on solid debut

Gizmo Varillas
Out of the Darkness

Optimistic pop for a post-coronavirus world

Larkin Poe
Self Made Man

Georgia sisters refine blues rock in their stunning fifth album

Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever
Sideways To New Italy

Likeable Australians don’t take the expected step forward

Team Picture
The Menace of Mechanical Music

A dreamlike mix of genres from Leeds six piece

Wesley Gonzalez
Appalling Human

Ex Let’s Wrestle man channels some unexpected bits of the 80s

Classical

Usher Hall

RSNO / Nicola Benedetti

A therapeutic post-election evening from Scotland’s classical star

City Halls

BBC SSO: The Ring

A rich musical feast exploring the theme of power

City Halls

Scottish Opera: Iris

A neglected work with a fine substitute singer

Usher Hall

RSNO: Tchaikovsky’s Pathetique

Intimations of mortality in a mournfully themed selection

Gigs

Angela Musk

West Lothian singer-songwriter wins over her crowd with a moving and memorable set

Barrowland Ballroom

Sleater-Kinney

Portland indie-rockers silence all doubters with an imperious display in an early gig of the year contender

Royal Concert Hall

Explosions In The Sky / A.A. Williams

Texans celebrate 20 years of instrumental post-rock splendour with a fan-pleasing set heavy on nostalgia

Òran Mór

Anna Meredith / Callum Easter

Avant-pop composer and musical polymath makes claim for national treasure status

Phoebe Bridgers
Punisher

Bob Dylan
Rough And Rowdy Ways

Bananagun
The True Story of Bananagun

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Bob Dylan
Rough And Rowdy Ways

Bananagun
The True Story of Bananagun

Albums

Phoebe Bridgers
Punisher

Bob Dylan
Rough And Rowdy Ways

Bananagun
The True Story of Bananagun

Pottery
Welcome to Bobby’s Motel

Darkstar
Civic Jams

Braids
Shadow Offering

Gum Country
Somewhere

Gizmo Varillas
Out of the Darkness

Larkin Poe
Self Made Man

Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever
Sideways To New Italy

Team Picture
The Menace of Mechanical Music

Wesley Gonzalez
Appalling Human

Classical

RSNO / Nicola Benedetti

BBC SSO: The Ring

Scottish Opera: Iris

RSNO: Tchaikovsky’s Pathetique

Gigs

Angela Musk

Sleater-Kinney

Explosions In The Sky / A.A. Williams

Anna Meredith / Callum Easter

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