The best music of autumn 2026: Johnny Marr, Phoebe Bridgers, Rachel Chinouriri and more

The Guardian UK Saturday 29 August 2026, 04:00 UTC By Pop picks by Alexis Petridis. Global and jazz picks Ammar Kalia and John Fordham. Classical picks Flora Willson 1 min read

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Irish noisemongers Gilla Band, shadowy producers Two Shell and lovable band the Big Moon have new records – plus there are tours from veterans such as Bob Dylan and Sex Pistols and newer trailblazers Kelela and EsDeeKid• See all of our unmissable autumn arts recommendations here• ‘It’s easier when nobody’s watching’: inside the secretive and sublime freak-folk of @• See all of our unmissable autumn arts recommendations here Continue reading...

Irish noisemongers Gilla Band, shadowy producers Two Shell and lovable band the Big Moon have new records – plus there are tours from veterans such as Bob Dylan and Sex Pistols and newer trailblazers Kelela and EsDeeKid

• See all of our unmissable autumn arts recommendations here
• ‘It’s easier when nobody’s watching’: inside the secretive and sublime freak-folk of @
• See all of our unmissable autumn arts recommendations here

Johnny Marr (PERSON) Phoebe Bridgers (PERSON) Rachel Chinouriri (PERSON) Irish (ORG) Gilla Band (ORG) Shell (ORG) the Big Moon (LOCATION) Bob Dylan (PERSON) Kelela (PERSON)

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An enticing, slightly spicy, east/west fusion stacked with vigour and colourOne thing I learned during the recent hot weather is that I don’t have enough “substantial but quick salads” in my locker. A salad one could call lunch (or a light dinner when served with other bits). On rotation in my “throw-together” category is my no-cook chickpea, tomato and cucumber salad, to which I’m also going to add my favourite summer vegetable, bulgur and pesto salad, which isn’t quite an assembly job, but...

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Sunsets, disasters, dinners: we now record them all with our phones. But what is that doing to our souls? | Phoebe Greenwood

As a war correspondent, I worked with photographers who said the camera was a buffer between them and reality. It is much the same now as we snap and scrollI was sitting on a rooftop in Athens at sunset looking up at Filopappou hill. Athens in August is burning hot.

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The best music of autumn 2026: Johnny Marr, Phoebe Bridgers, Rachel Chinouriri and more

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