Round-up: blues

Podcasts: from Alan Partridge to Gary Oldman

The newly reconfigured band throw open the doors on an expansive sixth album. By Victoria Segal. Illustration by Quinton Winter.

The Boneshakers: strident vocal energy and spicy guitar ...

Texas Headhunters: fire, grit and riffs. DANIEL SANDA/PRESS ...

The month’s best guitar music – a hand-picked selection of the finest fretwork on wax

YOU’LL BE FAMILIAR with the New York five-piece the Strokes, renowned since their formation in 1998 for their angular, stripped-down rock singles. While that band remains sporadically active, back in