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Daniel Johns: Aerial Love review – an unexpectedly slinky and sensuous EP

The former grunge rocker shows his more soulful side with a new release filled with beautifully restrained electronica and sticky falsetto, writes Everett True

Fantasma: Free Love review – astonishing South African fusion collective

Hip-hop, electronica, soul and psychedelia combine on this triumphant album from Spoek Mathambo and friends

Björk review – a nakedly personal show

Days after an exhibition of her work was critically panned, the singer rallied with an emotional concert that reaffirmed her prodigious gifts

Underworld review – still properly electrifying

Underworld ripped up rave’s rule book with their cerebral third album. Can they replicate it 20 years on?

Panda Bear review – spine-tingling beauty from a sonic sorcerer

The singular Noah Lennox proves his voice is as hypnotic as his songwriting

Spoek Mathambo presents Fantasma – a ray of South African sunshine

The Soweto-born rapper’s new group mixes electronic beats with echoes of Ice Cube and Kanye West in an exceptional performance. By Tom Horan

Suicideyear: Dream 727 review – melancholy ambient hip-hop

James Prudhomme’s highly crafted, hip-hop-inflected electronic tracks explore a sad space, but sometimes drift too far into noodling

Ghostpoet: Shedding Skin review – tentative hopes for happier times

After his troubled second album, the downbeat rapper sounds more at ease on its melancholy follow-up

Purity Ring: Another Eternity review – Canadian duo hone their dreamy ‘future pop’

Uneven rhythms and admirably sparse beats make Purity Ring’s second album stand out

Future Music festival review – Gen Y expertly catered for, but never challenged

Knife Party, Die Antwoord, Avicii and Drake gave the crowds what they wanted, with Prodigy the only surprising note in an otherwise saccharine, hi-NRG day, writes Adam Brereton

Skrillex & Diplo Presents Jack Ü spreads itself too thin to work as an album – first listen review

On Thursday night, the dance superstars dropped a brand new collaborative album – but too much if it relies on a glaringly obvious formula

Ghostpoet: Shedding Skin review – new alt-rock territory grabs bigger ideas

Obaro Ejimiwe takes himself in a different musical direction, by way of developing into a more compelling artist

Future Brown: Future Brown review – global R&B/hip-hop cool doesn’t quite bite

Collaboration is laudable, but the grime, drill and reggae artists on this album make their hosts’ electronica sound anaemic

Chet Faker review – serious artist, seductive showman

Australia’s current golden boy of mellow electro-pop is not just a brooding bedroom musician. He also knows how to work a crowd and a set list

Future Brown: Future Brown review – party vibes with a sci-fi sheen

The global electronic collective impress with their flirtatious sound of the future

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