Soft Cell: *Happiness Not Included review – synth-pop elders with an eye on the future
Two decades after their last album, the band return with a wryly hopeful record – and some trademark electro bangers
Jörg Thomasius: Acht Gesänge der schwarzen Hunde review – groundbreaking electronics from East Germany
A compilation of DIY releases smuggled out of 1980s East Berlin on cassette includes glistening minimalism, pulsating grooves and wonky techno
Let’s Eat Grandma: Two Ribbons review – an unforgettably powerful study of friendship
Written amid grief and separation, the duo’s third album uses beautiful melodies and Top 40 choruses to consider their evolving bond
Claire Rousay: Everything Perfect Is Already Here review – everyday sounds that tug at the heartstrings
The San Antonio-based artist uses field recordings of lighters and typewriters, voice fragments and classical instrumentation to evoke emotion and memory
Destroyer: Labyrinthitis review – wayward, dance-infused weirdness
(Bella Union)The Canadian rockers weave dreamy electronica through an album that buries frequent moments of brilliance beneath a bewildering collage of ideas
Fred Again review – pop’s top producer steps out of the shadows
The low-key musician behind hits for Ed Sheeran and Charli XCX goes on tour with his own albums that tackle loss and lockdown
Griff review – Brit-winning rising star is confident and characterful
After the baffling flop of her single Black Hole, the pop singer-songwriter is still ready to reach for the stars in this breezy, funny show
Tori Amos review – flexing her musical muscle on an ecstatic return
Sounding as fresh as ever, the singer-songwriter swivels between instruments in an eclectic setlist scattered with cult classics, B-sides and covers aimed at pleasing the hardcore fans
Yves Tumor review – a star-making statement of intent
The genre-bending US singer-producer delivers a raw, kaleidoscopic show with the crowd-courting confidence of an artist on the verge of lift-off
Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul: Topical Dancer review – wildly eclectic electropop
The Belgian duo’s debut album is a banging fusion of funk, house and techno that makes up for in mischievous energy what it lacks in subtle wit
Jerusalem in My Heart: Qalaq review – bearing witness to a manufactured apocalypse
Radwan Ghazi Moumneh and avant garde peers collaborate on a defiant, vulnerable lament for Lebanon
Arca: Kick ii, iii, iiii, iiiii review – a wild ride to the dark, daring side of pop
Four new albums of extravagantly warped electronics offer listeners a lot to take in – and her most pop-focused music to date
Olivia Block: Innocent Passage in the Territorial Sea review – a magic-mushroom trip in music
The composer explored psychedelics during lockdown, creating synth music evocative enough to conjure aural hallucinations even if you’re not under the influence
Eris Drew: Quivering in Time review – divinely powerful and euphoric house
A compelling, cleverly inventive LP emerges from the New Hampshire woods care of a DJ and producer channeling her healing ‘Motherbeat’
Bex Burch and Leafcutter John: Boing! review – glorious confusion
Ghanaian gyil melds with space-age electronics for a spluttering, time-warping and thoroughly compelling collaboration