Last trance saloon: why is music's cheesiest genre making a comeback?
Once maligned for its naff image and sugary euphoria, trance is being embraced by DJs such as Evian Christ and Rustie. Time to break out the confetti canons
Listen up
Five albums to try this week: Anna von Hausswolff, Jeff Lynne's ELO and more
Stream five new albums out this week, from Rustie’s maximalist electronic music to the Drink’s guitar pop, and let us know what you’ll be playing
Rustie: Evenifudontbelieve review – instinctive and playful
Glaswegian dance star Rustie’s third album is a pure adrenaline rush
March 2015
Clubs picks of the week
Boxed | Beat BBQ Block Party | Chibuku | Rustie | 21 Years Of House & Garage
November 2014
The playlist
The playlist: hip-hop – Pusha T, Big KRIT and Rustie
Our latest adventure in rap travels everywhere from golden-era soul samples to futurist mania
August 2014
Five albums to try this week: Basement Jaxx, Ty Segall and more
Rustie: Green Language review – techno with a touch of birdsong
Rustie: Green Language review – brilliantly varied, futuristic electronica
Meet the new producers bringing underground sounds to Kanye West, Jay Z and J-Lo
November 2012
Music blog
Pitchfork Music festival Paris speaks the international language of indie
The music website ran a festival in the French capital – and it was a shock for those more used to mud and intoxication
September 2012
Mercury prize 2012: the shortlist that might have been
This week's Mercury prize nominations were widely judged to be straight and safe. Here our critics suggest 12 records that should have made the list
Music blog
Mercury prize 2012: who will be on the shortlist?
The Mercury prize albums of the year will be announced later today. Is it time for Plan B? Did alt-j make your blood flow? Let us know who you'd really like to see make the shortlist
Rustie – review
The sublime techno producer Rustie makes that rare thing – headphone music that lends itself to mass public consumption, writes Ian Gittins
June 2012
Music blog
The best tracks of 2012 to date
Listen to a Spotify playlist of the best tunes of the year so far, as picked by the Guardian music team
March 2012
The Guardian's Music Podcast
Music Weekly podcast: the gory, glory days of NME
Pat Long on the highs and lows of NME – plus the Silver Seas have a love-in with the UK
February 2012
The Guardian's Music Podcast
Music Weekly podcast: Rustie and Speech Debelle
This week's podcast features interviews with Guardian first album award winner Rustie and former Mercury prize winner Speech Debelle
The Guard wins Guardian First Film award
'Horribly funny' Irish movie debut by John Michael McDonagh beats Submarine and Attack the Block
Guardian first album award: Rustie
Rustie, the quiet man of maximalist dance music, produced a groundbreaking album that could only have been made in 2011
December 2011
Albums of 2011
Best albums of 2011, No 9: Rustie – Glass Swords
Dan Hancox: Rustie's debut album was a splash of Technicolor, escapist fun that drew on trance, rave and the Seinfield theme. Could it be this generation's Club Tropicana?
October 2011
Corrections and clarifications
Corrections and clarifications
Steve Jobs and the term illegitimate daughter | Poland's Donald Tusk and Jaroslaw Kaczynski | Glass Swords by Rustie
