Poliça Singer Channy Leaneagh says the band has found a new confidence on third album ‘United Crushers’

The intensely private singer says more on her new album than she has in her entire career

ZZ Top among newly confirmed acts for festival headlined by Adele, Coldplay and Muse

Former tennis star was waiting to be taken to US Open when officer manhandled him

Manhandling of James Blake by police officers in Manhattan quickly gained exposure

Fabio Fognini stages one of the tournament’s greatest comebacks to knock out Spaniard

Weary from promoting new album ‘Tough Love’, Jessie Ware talks (in a croaky voice) about getting lifted by her fans, and getting encouragment from such collaborators as Miguel, Ed Sheeran, Dev Hynes and BenZel

Jillian Banks is accumulating fans and topping Next Big Thing polls worldwide with her brand of late-night electro-pop. The LA native discusses how her psychology degree feeds into her intimate music

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

Sir Henry’s is a club of legend, having brought house music to Ireland and put it on the international clubbing map. Raymond Scannell’s show Deep examines the rise and fall of this musical movement, and here he remembers the Cork nightclub and wonders where the next counter culture is going to rise from

Smart, savvy and sussed, Ella Yelich-O’Connor is the pop star of the year. She tells Jim Carroll how “Royals” changed everything

Stiff competition for overall prize from nominees David Bowie and Arctic Monkeys

Sibling duo Disclosure have made probably the pop album of the year. Older brother Guy Lawrence talks about their eureka moment on the dancefloor, and working with AlunaGeorge, Eliza Doolittle, Jamie Woon and Ed MacFarlane from Friendly Fires

Why wait for those end-of-year lists, here’s the best albums and songs – until now