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100 Gecs: 10,000 Gecs review – derangedly catchy hyperpop

The US pop-punk duo go for the mainstream jugular with nagging melodies and killer hooks

Fever Ray: Radical Romantics review – Karin Dreijer returns sunny side up

Wittily exploring desire and relationships, the identity-surfing Swedish star sounds revitalised on their first solo album in six years

Yazmin Lacey: Voice Notes review – songs to love and savour

The Nottingham-based artist’s debut album delivers a seamless mix of jazz, soul and electronica

Hannah Peel review – elegiac synths weave a dreamy electronic spell

Paying tribute to her hero Delia Derbyshire, the electronica artist took us through her album Fir Wave and beyond in a triumphant show

Skrillex: Quest for Fire review – restless dance-pop swerves between frustration and innovation

The connoisseur’s EDM artist crams every production trick in the book on to his second full-length LP: guest-laden eclecticism that walks the line between catchy and annoying

Rokia Koné review – Malian star’s ragged, diva-ish charm is unstoppable

Former Les Amazones d’Afrique singer and Jackknife Lee collaborator Koné fuses psychedelia and electro-house with her beautiful, Bambara-sung words

Rian Treanor and Ocen James: Saccades review – Rotherham producer meets Ugandan folk fiddler

The presence of James’ bow complements Treanor’s dense compositions, creating the latter’s most melodic and dancefloor-adjacent work to date

Mount Westmore: Snoop, Cube, 40, $hort review – harmless nostalgia and charmless bluster

The west coast rap supergroup’s album works reasonably well at times, but there are more misses than hits

Lea Bertucci: Xtended Vox review – shimmering soundscapes with added growling dog

It might sound a bit Vic Reeves, but go past the giggles and the experimental vocalists and this compilation touches profundity in fascinating ways

Leftfield: This is What We Do review – mighty, all-embracing workouts and more

Born out of a tumultuous time in Neil Barnes’s life, this heady mix of bangers and righteous sounds is a keeper

Honey Dijon: Black Girl Magic review – tight, anthemic celebration of Black queer identity

The house legend and Beyoncé collaborator is back with 15 celebratory hits that span styles and explode with personality

Sault: Aiir, Earth, Today & Tomorrow, Untitled (God), 11 review – an act of supreme generosity

The esteemed collective release five dazzlingly eclectic albums, melding rap, post-punk and modern classical composition

Daniel Avery: Ultra Truth review – a perfectly balanced cocktail of euphoria and disquiet

Introspective and propulsive, intense and opaque: these instrumentals tie the disparate strands of the producer’s oeuvre into a coherent, compelling whole

Mode festival review – ‘elevated’ dance music brings new life to Sydney’s Cockatoo Island

The former penal colony has been the sandstone-and-steel backdrop for art shows, concerts and festivals – but nothing quite like Mode

Brian Eno: ForeverAndEverNoMore review – personal, intimate and urgent

The producer contemplates the future of the planet on these heartbreaking songs shot through with wonder

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  • Hugh Cutting/ Refound review – countertenor’s darkly compelling recital is an imaginative treat
  • MacMillan’s Christmas Oratorio review – a magical choral performance
  • Beare’s Chamber Music festival review: string supergroup dazzle with Schubert, Strauss and Schoenberg
  • Turandot review – Anna Netrebko brings greatness to Royal Opera’s classic staging
  • A Ceremony of Carols review – joy and Alleluias for Cardiff Polyphonic Choir
  • Pass the Spoon review – David Shrigley serves up a macabre kitchen opera
  • LSO/Pappano review – Musgrave’s Phoenix rises and Vaughan Williams’ London stirs the soul
  • Pavel Kolesnikov review – he is a virtuosic sculptor in sound
  • Taylor Swift: The End of an Era review – as she breaks down over the terror plot, it’s impossible not to feel her pain
  • Robert Plant’s Saving Grace review – self-effacing superstar still sounds astonishing
  • Ariodante review – dysfunctional royals and designer dresses in Handel with a disjunct
  • Hannigan/ Chamayou review – strange and beautiful musical magic
  • R&B Xmas Ball review – Toni Braxton melts hearts and Boyz II Men blow minds on trip back to the 90s
  • Last Days review – Leith’s opera imagining the final moments of Kurt Cobain is truly disturbing
  • La Rondine review – new version of Puccini’s opera makes aftertaste bitter rather than sweet
  • Lady Gaga review – the Mayhem Ball shows Mother Monster is still the reigning queen of spectacle
  • Kendrick Lamar review – with Doechii revving up the crowd, this is an extraordinary show for the ages
  • HMS Pinafore review – carry on up the poop deck in ENO’s daffy Gilbert and Sullivan staging
  • Melody’s Echo Chamber: Unclouded review – an enchanted, balmy garden of dreampop
  • Laura Cannell: Brightly Shone the Moon review – bleakness and beauty in a haunting carol collection
  • This Is Lorelei: Holo Boy review – sweet-sad songs from a new pearl of the US alt scene
  • Strauss: An Alpine Symphony; Four Songs Op 27 album review – nothing is overblown or indulgent
  • Nash Ensemble: Ravel album review – catches the music’s dazzling light and intriguing shade
  • Dove Ellis: Blizzard review – Irish indie enigma’s glorious debut justifies the buzz
  • Jamiroquai review – hat-sporting acid jazz superstars are slick but lack substance
  • Life in One Chord review – the Dunedin sound through the eyes of a music maverick
  • Philharmonia/ Rouvali review – Fazil Say’s concerto sounds an urgent wakeup call
  • Cameron Winter review – Geese wunderkind whittles confident rearrangements in an intimate show
  • Wolf Alice review – indie chameleons sparkle on a glam-rock bender
  • Nicola Benedetti and friends review – delicious bite-sized musical snacks from a violinist still top of her game

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