Escort: Animal Nature review – nifty production and brassy abandon

Even in its weaker moments, the New York disco band’s second album makes you yearn to see them live

Escort: Animal Nature review – disco classicism from 15-piece New York behemoth

This Brooklyn-based disco orchestra take in most of the genre’s key ideas, but never reach a state of totally wild abandon

Susanne Sundfør review – fizzing rave-pop that sounds apocalyptic

The clash of pure pop with malfunctioning machine sounds and harsh, austere rhythms shouldn’t work, but Sundfør’s music is astonishing

Seinabo Sey: Pretend review – mixed bag of soul-pop

Debut album from Stockholm’s answer to Emeli Sandé veers from the punchy to the characterless

Real Lies review – synthpop goes back to the future

There’s a reassuring familiarity in these euphoric songs evoking long nights dancing and even longer drives back home to the suburbs

Jamie xx review – twiddler on the loose

Live, the south London producer’s low-key approach to dance music can end up short-changing his fans

Majical Cloudz: Are You Alone? review – surreal and beguiling pop

Adding absurdist moments to the sadness of being alone in a crowd, Devon Welsh and Matthew Otto provide a bewitchingly awkward intensity

Jean-Michel Jarre: Electronica 1: The Time Machine review – pop goes the master

Working in person with A-list electronic music guests including Massive Attack and Laurie Anderson brings a freshness to Jarre’s soaring washes of sound

Xiu Xiu review – shuddering homage to Twin Peaks

The Californian avant-noise trio treat Angelo Badalmenti’s celebrated David Lynch score to a dose of atonality and violence

Art vs Science: Off The Edge of The Earth and Into Forever, Forever review

The Sydney trio largely succeed in delivering an ambitious and more sophisticated second album without losing their dancefloor appeal

St Germain: St Germain review – smooth jazz-house hitmaker returns

Tourist soundtracked many a noughties dinner party, and its belated followup is another super-smooth pleasure

Sleaford Mods review – the most compelling live act in music right now

Despite the minimal stagecraft, Jason Williamson’s charisma and intensity make all other frontmen look like posers

Prefuse 73 / Edan / Golden Rules review – hip-hop work in progress

This Lex Records showcase brings the return of an exciting star, intriguing soundscapes and an emerging collaboration that suggests there is much to look forward to from the label

Peaches: Rub review – multiple flavours of raw Peach

The Canadian provocateur’s first album in six years is stripped to the lubricious bone

Disclosure: Caracal review – dance duo’s second is saved by the guests

There’s a lack of new ideas on the follow-up to Settle, but the big-name vocalists add some sparkle