Darkstar: News from Nowhere – review
Darkstar's terrific second album takes a step away from glitchy dubsteb into hazy, indie dreamscapes, writes Rebecca Nicolson
Dutch Uncles: Out of Touch in the Wild – review
Trading edge for accessibility, this Manchester electro band have one eye on the charts, writes Dave Simpson
KXP: II – review
A new brevity befits this Finnish electro band's second album, and might just propel them towards the mainstream, writes Betty Clarke
Kraftwerk – review
Alexis Petridis: you could ask if it's fitting that a band who seemed so forward-looking now appear consumed by their past – but the quality of the music is beyond question
Modestep: Evolution Theory – review
Even brosteppers need to turn down the wub-wubbing now and then, which is when Modestep get a bit more nuanced, writes Caroline Sullivan
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Flume – review
Despite making ambient electro best appreciated on headphones, Flume found himself at the centre of a full-blown rave, writes Ian Gittins
Delphic: Collections – review
Delphic's fizzling indietronica suffers a little from trying to bring too many ideas together, writes Dave Simpson
Toro Y Moi: Anything in Return – review
Toro Y Moi's third album finds Chaz Bundick adding house references, but it lacks substance, writes Paul Mardles
Pantha du Prince & the Bell Laboratory: Elements of Light – review
Hendrik Weber's finely crafted techno is as icy as a winter dip in the Baltic, writes Killian Fox
Eivind Aarset/Jan Bang: Dream Logic – review
A collaboration between programmer Jan Bang and guitarist Eivind Aarset mixes rock, jazz and electronica to decent effect, writes John Fordham
Solus 3: Corner of the Dub – review
A remix of Solus 3's second album honours the band's deft musical interplay and is reminiscent of Massive Attack, writes Neil Spencer
Merz: No Compass Will Find Home – review
The consistently thoughtful Merz's fourth album offers an exhilarating blast of ideas, writes Ally Carnwath
Hacker Farm: UHF – review
Farmer's markets and folk festivals be damned – Hacker Farm's vision of the British countryside is a far less comfy thing, finds Alexis Petridis
Memory Tapes: Grace/Confusion – review
This third album by chillwave musician Memory Tapes is strangely arid, writes Hermione Hoby