As their triumphant Instant Hologramstour wendsits way back to the UK, Stereolab promise “Morlock rock” and “radical joy”

Brett Anderson and Mat Osman guide us through 30 years plus of catchy, dramatic alternative rock

Radio City Music Hall, New York, October 11

After 10 wildly eclectic albums, Between The Buried And Me are changing tact. In The Blue Nowhere , the fictional hotel in which their latest concept album lives, the best and worst of humanity can be found. A gradient of genres conveys its chaos and calm, making for their brightest and boldest record to date. Prog checks in to find out more.

Welcome to the second of our special Review Of The Year joint interviews. Here, indie provocateur BAXTER DURY and Sleaford Mods’ splenetic frontman JASON WILLIAMSON turn their attentions to the landscape, musical or otherwise, of 2025. Stand by for a bleak, brash, honest and often humorous assessment of the year just gone. Their conclusions? “We’re just flogging this dead horse, aren’t we?” they tell Mark Beaumont

Bon Jovi Forever (Legendary Edition) ISLAND Jon Bon ...