Chemical Brothers review – kicking like an electronic mule
Voodoo priests made of lights, scary clowns and giant robots soundtracked by war zone indie-rave … the Chemicals live up to their reputation
Disclosure review – megastars go old-school with mixed results
A fussy focus on guitars and drum pads makes for a variable night, but all is forgiven when the brothers unleash the Berlin-grade techno of Bang That
Disclosure: Caracal review – diluted euphoria on risk-free second LP
Disclosure’s follow-up to their chart-conquering debut is stuffed with star names, but lacks the surprise and energy of their earlier material
Lana Del Rey: Honeymoon review – cinematic glamour and skeletal beats
Crystalline torch songs and a baffling snatch of TS Eliot from the queen of haute trash
Battles: La Di Da Di review – still powered by playfulness
The New York trio dispense with the singers, but not the fun, on an album of inspired and wide-ranging experimentation
Peaches: Rub review – feminist pop provocateur still pushing limits
The pop landscape may have caught up to her ideas from 15 years ago by now, but Peache’s artistic vision is as focused as ever
Wysing Arts Centre festival review – silky breakbeats and brooding techno
There’s everything from b-boy dance and a Spice Girls-inspired art installation to party funk at this woolly but wonderful party in deepest Cambridgeshire
Oh Wonder: Oh Wonder review – a breathy synthpop debut
Josephine Vander Gucht and Anthony West have packaged their Soundcloud releases into what is ultimately mere mid-tempo fluff
Calvin Harris review – DJ’s sonic rollercoaster is a soulless ride
The world’s highest-earning DJ shrinks into a silhouette in a spiritually malnourishing set that spews fire, confetti and lasers
The Moonlandingz review – fictional band stalked by Maxine Peake prove exciting in flesh
Dreamed up by Eccentronic Research Council, fronted by two of Fat White Family, and obsessed over in a video by actress Maxine Peake – now the Moonlandingz are playing as a real band
FFS review – Sparks, and Franz, fly onstage
The oddball electropop veterans and Glasgow indie’s archest hit it off live as much as in the studio
Nero: Between II Worlds review – the dated sound of dance-pop-prog
Why do Nero expend so much effort on half-baked prog EDM when they’re so much better at pop?
Four Tet review – no one else can make dance music sound so beautiful
Hebden operates with skilled precision, crashing through transcendent ragas with brutal techno and ending the gig with elegant house remixes
Berlin Atonal festival review – serious techno worship and dumb fun
As a cathedral to techno music this ex-power station is unbeatable: some DJs conjured epic sounds through its huge structure. And those that didn’t wore wigs
Spector: Moth Boys review – smart, witty album from a band who should be huge
Spector’s next-big-thing status never really turned into proper success, but their second album suggests they really do deserve some