East India Youth: Culture of Volume review – on the verge of going the full A-ha
William Doyle is in thrall to 80s electropop on his synth-strewn second album
East India Youth: Culture of Volume review – experimental pop with a very basic appeal
William Doyle’s second album as East India Youth further proves his exceptional skill for marshalling strange, intriguing ideas into coherent, accessible pop music
Fyfe review – calibrated electropop from a luminous talent
Guitar-weilding Paul Dixon’s towering torch songs and skittering beats catch fire in an intimate setting
Bipolar Sunshine review – heartbreak epics with a DIY ethos
Former Kid British vocalist Adio Marchant’s soulful, genre-melting songs sound delicate on record, but live they become sonic monsters
Polar Bear: Same As You review – a spacier, more minimalist sound
Seb Rochford and Polar Bear channel love and positivity in the Mojave desert to winning effect
The Prodigy: The Day Is My Enemy review – an angry buzzsaw of a record
It’s business as usual as Liam Howlett and co mix beats, metal and vitriol in varying quantities
The Prodigy: The Day is My Enemy review – bolshy, aggro-fuelled punk-dance
Back on form, the Prodigy combine punk, drum’n’bass, rock, hip-hop and more punk, all propelled by a full-throated belligerence
Return to Rio review – Cuban Brothers entertain at boutique music festival
An almost secretive bushland location and limited ticket sales is clearly the recipe for a vibrant and hedonistic atmosphere, writes Jade Hunter
Radioland: Kraftwerk’s Radio-Activity Revisited review – cerebral and visceral
The Anglo-French trio go avant-garde with Kraftwerk’s tunes and textures – which stand up well to the ensuing mutilation
Jam City: Dream a Garden review – a departure from Jack Latham’s glossy debut
Electronica producer Jack Latham’s second album is a subtle protest record steeped in drone and post-punk
Living in a Shadow review – a group of ugly-beautiful musical maggots
Vacant Valley compilation gathers together DIY acts from across Australia and New Zealand that make rough magic with whatever they can throw together, writes Everett True
Lonelady: Hinterland review – artful Manchester-inspired journey
Julie Campbell’s tribute to Mancunian musical heritage is a beautifully crafted sonic exploration
Jam City: Dream a Garden review – modern psychedelia with a dark edge
Jack Latham has abandoned post-dubstep club music in favour of a radical and sublime new sound
Andrew Weatherall/Noise of Art/Boom Room review – a celebration of bass and space
Noise of Art convert highly resonant buildings into vast echo chambers in a celebration of the power of reverb and dub
Caribou review – intimate yet communal rave triumph
Dan Snaith’s tunes, borrowed from techno past and present, prove you can talk about love in dance music