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Banks: Goddess review – an accomplished debut

Banks lays her emotions bare with a raw and vengeful sound that deserves to be heard, writes Tshepo Mokoena

David Guetta review – pyrotechnic pop spectacular

Chart-busting choruses combined with laser webs and kitsch retro visuals in this communal nostalgic trip, writes Mark Beaumont

Hyperdub 10 review – breakneck beats and avant garde noise

The dubstep record label launched by Steve Goodman (aka Kode9) celebrates its 10th birthday in suitably exhilarating style, writes Lanre Bakare

Junto review – Basement Jaxx fresh and invigorated

After a five year wait, Basement Jaxx are back on form with a dancerfloor-filling seventh album, writes Ally Carnwath

Rustie: Green Language review – techno with a touch of birdsong

The techno producer nods to the medieval mystics on his uplifting second album, writes Theo Lanse

Rustie: Green Language review – brilliantly varied, futuristic electronica

Rustie's second full-length is an exercise in variety that pushes the boundaries of what a synth-driven album can be, writes Tshepo Mokoena

When the Cellar Children See the Light of Day review – Mirel Wagner specialises in ‘stark yet catchy’

Mirel Wagner's second album has hooks and barbs aplenty, writes Kitty Empire

Klangkarussell: Netzwerk review – mixed bag of wannabe summer hits

Austrian duo Klangkarussell throw all manner of dance music styles into their new album, and they might well get some hits out of it, writes Tshepo Mokoena

FKA Twigs: LP1 review – a singular piece of work in an overcrowded market

Alexis Petridis: Another supposedly mysterious pop star turns out to be a pretty normal human being – but with songs this good, who cares?

Perfume Genius review – a quiet triumph

Mike Hadreas has added brittle electronics and confrontational lyrics to his unique musical vision, writes Priya Elan

Julia Holter’s Don’t Make Me Over, this week’s best new track

‘Malevolent and exhausted by life, it sounds like Nico staring down the audience from the stage of Twin Peaks’ cabaret lounge’

Lovebox festival review – scorching temperatures, dodgy sound

Joey Bada$$ did his best to raise Lovebox's crowds from their summer torpor, Nas performed Illmatic like an old pro, but MIA was defeated by terrible audio, writes Tshepo Mokoena

Trouble in Paradise review – La Roux is back, on her own

After a five-year wait, the flame-quiffed androgyne returns with a persuasive second helping of cool synth-pop, writes Kitty Empire

La Roux: Trouble in Paradise review – the year’s best pop album so far

Alexis Petridis: It's taken Elly Jackson five years to follow up her debut album, and by all accounts it was a pretty torturous process – but the end result is well worth the wait

Memory Man review – Giorgio Moroder meets Daft Punk on BL_NK SP_C_S’ clever, literate debut LP

The obliquely named electronic artist comes up with accessible, poppy offerings on his debut LP, writes Molloy Woodcraft

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