Life, death and cosmic jazz: 2018's best contemporary classical albums
From Jóhann Jóhannsson to Laurie Anderson, via Poliça and Nils Frahm, musicians of all ages contributed vital music to the genre
March 2016
Poliça: United Crushers review – bubbling beats but little mystique
Poliça: United Crushers review – excitingly upbeat electronica
April 2015
Pass notes
Samantha Cameron: ‘I’d happily pay my licence fee for 6 Music’
David Cameron’s wife has revealed that her fave rockers are a four-piece from Minneapolis – edgy or what? And what else have we learned about her musical tastes
April 2014
Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
Maria Miller resigns: Politics live blog
Andrew Sparrow's rolling coverage of the reaction to Maria Miller's resignation
February 2014
Poliça; Bill Callahan – review
Poliça sound better in your head than live, while Bill Callahan's unflinching songs gain their own weather systems, writes Kitty Empire
Poliça/Marijuana Deathsquads – review
Two Minneapolis bands provide a seductive pulse and a wilful racket respectively – but the former needs a killer hook or two, writes Ian Gittins
Other Voices Derry 2014 line-up announced
Public Service Broadcasting and Poliça among the artists whose sets will be streamed live by the Guardian
• See John Grant performing Glaciers at Other Voices 2013 in Dingle
January 2014
New music
Poliça – I Need $: New music
The alt-R&B four-piece have married the most immediate song from their latest album to a creepy new video about motel cleaning
October 2013
Poliça: Shulamith – review
Bewitching vocals stand out in another assured offering from Poliça, but too little lodges in the memory, writes Phil Mongredien
Poliça: Shulamith – review
There's perhaps too much aural clutter around Channy Leaneagh's slinky soul vocals, but Poliça's second album is still a beautiful thing, writes Harriet Gibsone
Album streams
Poliça – Shulamith: album stream
Be among the first to hear the second album from the Minnesota band – and tell us what you think
June 2013
This week's new tracks
Poliça, Mark Owen, Thumpers: this week's new tracks – with videos
From K-pop to Carla Bruni: the week in music – in pictures
This week's pictorial highlights include Somali hip-hop collective Waayaha Cusub, Depeche Mode, Johnny Marr and the Weeknd
February 2013
The Stone Roses is back – only this time it's by the Flaming Lips
Cover album follows Lips' Pink Floyd and King Crimson tributes and is likely to feature Poliça, New Fumes and HOTT MT
November 2012
Best albums of 2012
Best albums of 2012: 40-21
Poliça – review
October 2012
Channy Leaneagh: my first band died but Poliça is an amazing job
Debut came together in two weeks, with the Gayngs man who recruited her staying at home to pull the strings. 'Compromise can make the worst decisions,' they tell us
July 2012
Latitude festival – in pictures
About 35,000 people descends on Henham Park Estate near Southwold, Suffolk, for this year's Latitude festival
June 2012
The best albums of 2012 (so far)
It's only June but this year has already seen some outstanding releases. Here is our top 20
