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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

Erasure review – a heady cocktail of corsets and classics

On the opening night of their first post-pandemic tour, the British synth-pop duo proved they haven’t lost their essence

Public Service Broadcasting: Bright Magic review – mood music, from Weimar to Bowie

Berlin is the inspiration for the band’s inventive if melancholy fourth album

Park Hye Jin: Before I Die review – forthright to a fault

Bedroom-dreamy and in-your-face all at once, the young rapper-producer’s debut album is a bit of a puzzle

Low: Hey What review – a magnificent redefinition of rock music

The veteran group continue the scorched digital manipulations of 2018 masterpiece Double Negative, but their vocals are left pristine and beautiful

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