Adéla: Prima review – Slovakian star smashes the fourth wall to bask in pop’s cynicism and seduction

The 22-year-old is impressively frank about indulging industry sleaze in her pursuit of fame on a debut that puts a distinctive spin on the best of 00s hedonism

Reading and Leeds festival review – post-GCSE blowout shows how dominant dance music now is

Charli xcx and Fontaines DC are spellbinding and there’s an awesome array of genres, but the biggest turnouts are for tech house names like Kettama and Josh Baker

Daisy Chain Fields review – Olivia Rodrigo’s women-led festival is electric amid extreme heat

Performances from Rodrigo, Stevie Nicks, Chappell Roan and Sarah McLachlan raise $20m for charity yet are marred by poor planning for heatwave

The Waterboys review – Steve Earle joins a gloriously unruly return to Fisherman’s Blues

The Nashville singer-songwriter is among the guests joining Mike Scott for a sprawling, exuberant revue that finds new life in the Waterboys’ rootsy past

Dahi: Black Boy (Alternative) review – Kendrick producer takes the spotlight for all-star guitar celebration

The Grammy winner unites former clients including Lamar and Ravyn Lenae for a playful, dazzling voyage through the guitar’s diversity, from alt-rock to Afrobeat

Green Man review – Wolf Alice, Shame and secret sets keep the Welsh festival’s flame burning

The traditional fire might be banned this year, but festivalgoers are treated by energetic performances by Wolf Alice, Tamikrest and Westside Cowboy

Slayyyter live review – raucous show announces a new princess of sleaze-pop

The cult star proves she is ready for pop’s big leagues in a show that blends chaotic punk energy with technical finesse

Stella Lefty: Long Way Home review – Boston singer’s debut is bland, boilerplate and beyond banal

The breakout 24-year-old country star’s debut is stunningly unremarkable, offering little in the way of artistic identity or her peers’ originality

Brandon Flowers: Thrasher review – Killers frontman’s country pivot is a rootin’ tootin’ cowboy-bootin’ hoot!

Even a couple of bafflingly misguided social commentary songs can’t detract from the joys of Flowers’ classically full-throated commitment to the Nashville bit

Ariana Grande Eternal Sunshine tour review: pop illusion at its most effective – for good and bad

On her last live dates before she steps back from the public eye, Grande holds her own – but it’s also impossible to avoid feeling concerned for her wellbeing

Chelsea Wolfe: The Dark review – existential reflection goes from whisper to gothic scream

The genre-blending Californian artist casts off past toxic influences with a powerful set of tender, brooding and emotionally charged songs that wouldn’t feel out of place as festival anthems

Olivia Rodrigo review – crushing riffs and infectious hooks at secret New York show

Playing to just 1,000 fans, Rodrigo’s pop-up show is a thrillingly intimate showcase of her tour de force talent

Ravyn Lenae: Blue Island review – from Suicide to Squarepusher, grunge to Janet, a pop one-off plots her unique path

Evoking everyone from Janet Jackson to Squarepusher, the US singer follows up her huge hit Love Me Not with stylistic diversity – and lyrics that defy her doubters

Ariana Grande: Petal review – calm, controlled anger at exes, fans and the media

Casting herself as a flower trampled underfoot, the superstar’s eighth album swaps the ​glitz of her Wicked years ​f​or dark blooms of haunted electronics

Shaboozey: The Outlaw Cherie Lee & Other Western Tales review – a striking addition to the rich canon of country concept albums

Beneath the Hollywood narrators, Pink Floyd-y interludes and accompanying comic books lies songwriting that proves the Tipsy singer’s breakout success was no fluke