Matt Berninger

Singer Matt Berninger plunges into the crowd for hugs and selfies like a Taylor Swift for crestfallen middle-aged people

Album will be thrill for fans whose tastes veer towards fervid dynamics of old

These slow-burning songs never quite ignite, despite the arguably incongruous presence of big-name guests

Band’s eighth studio record interrogates and takes apart what brought them together

Plus songs you have to hear from Maria Somerville and Matt Berninger with Julien Baker

The National’s guitarists are part of People, a community of musicians creating new spaces and platforms

At its best, Love is Dead has an odd golden pop nugget, at it’s worst it’s plodding and formulaic

Plus tracks you have to hear from Chvrches and DJ Koze

The Brooklyn band open their European tour with a storming set at Sounds from a Safe Harbour

Jones played a key role in Memphis’s 1960s soul scene, but his music looks forward, not back

Irish audiences lay themselves bare for visiting rock bands . . . and then there's The National.