The Charlatans tend to come back strongly in the face of tragedy. The death of original keyboard player, Rob Collins, brought the group’s immensely popular (in the U.K. anyway) Tellin’ Stories. The still-fresh death of drummer Jon Brookes has evoked, Modern Nature, 12th album with the strongest songwriting in recent memory for the group, whose first release was 25 years ago.

The Nas-produced Shake the Dust profiles several groups of breakdancers from Cambodia, Colombia, Uganda, and Yemen.

Coming to the end of the “David Bowie Is…” exhibition, this U.K. singer/songwriter was reminded of reasons why she chose to pursue music: the creative freedom it allowed artists to explore, to change, and to push their own boundaries. Browsing Bowie’s many transformations, she felt regret at holding on to one sound and persona. Soon after, Beth Jeans Houghton, formerly of the Hooves of Destiny, became Du Blonde.

Touring poses something of a dilemma for all introverted studio wizards. How exactly does one translate intensely personal visions to stage when capturing them on record is already difficult enough? Over the years, plenty of inward-looking legends have chosen to avoid the potential pitfalls associated with live music by simply opting out of performing altogether.

Following a decade of success since the sound era, 1939’s Jamaica Inn was to be the last British film made by Alfred Hitchcock before he immigrated to Hollywood.

Writer-director Andrew Niccol (Lord of War, Gattaca, writer on The Truman Show) takes on drones in his latest feature, Good Kill.

Hot Chip have built a career on transcending and challenging the parameters of dance music.

In the furthest reaches of the wasteland, Mad Max Rockatansky is captured by the acolytes of Immortan Joe, an irradiated warlord who uses the bodies of the healthy to fuel his army of War Boys. This leads to an unlikely alliance with Furiosa, a renegade driver who has stolen Joe’s greatest treasures: his five fertile wives. Their only means of escape is a straight shot through the wasteland, by way of Fury Road.

Sometimes, different is good. Other times, it’s bad. In the case of Wilder Mind, Mumford & Sons’ latest album, different is drastic. The band took a very public hiatus in late 2013, which finally concluded earlier this year.