How did a radio repair man make an instrument so sublime that it makes giants of music weep with reverence? As the Fender Stratocaster turns 70, we explore its extraordinary life

At capacity again after two years of Covid, jubilant crowds greet showstopping turns from full-glam Kiss to musically flashy Iron Maiden and the fury of Bleed from Within

Back on the road with a new album, the Scottish trio are packing their stadium-sized rock into smaller venues, to thrilling effect

With thoughts of Covid banished in a blitz of teenage hugging, there are some terrific moments amid this disappointingly male-heavy lineup

The Scottish rock trio deliver an unresolved set of two halves

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Bria Vinaite again proves her star quality in this earnest coming-of-age film co-scripted by Biffy Clyro frontman Simon Neil

The Scottish band provided the soundtrack – and more – for Jamie Adams’s new film, Balance, Not Symmetry. The band’s frontman, Simon Neil, and the Welsh director explain how they bonded over shared experience of bereavement

It all started 60 years ago with the line: ‘There’s a moose loose aboot this hoose!’ But is the eccentric spirit that unites Biffy Clyro, Orange Juice and Ivor Cutler dying out in the age of Calvin Harris?

A reader picks a list from your nominations – songs from Santana, Grateful Dead and Soulsavers all making the cut