Fred again.. and Brian Eno: Secret Life review – dull ambient set reveals both men’s weaknesses
While their signature sonic flotsam and spartan melodies are present, Eno’s contributions prove witlessly unimaginative while his mentee’s are trite
Adjunct Ensemble: Sovereign Bodies/Ritual Taxonomy review – a disorientating act of resistance
Free jazz, opera, hymns and newscasts intermingle in an oddly compelling sonic collage addressing issues of asylum and migration
Nabihah Iqbal: Dreamer review – between dream pop and the dancefloor
Her studio equipment stolen, the London musician began with a more acoustic sound on this second album – but pure electronics are still her strong suit
Bongeziwe Mabandla: amaXesha review – South African singer in his own lane
The singer-songwriter elevates his reimagining of Xhosa folk music with synth-pop hooks and his melismatic voice
Everything But the Girl: Fuse review – still staking out pop’s frontier after 40 years
Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt have absorbed the revolutions in dance and electronic music since their previous album in 1999, and shaped them into melancholic, finely detailed stories
Yaeji: With a Hammer review – pop-facing rage and candour
The Korean-American singer-DJ examines complex questions of heritage on a debut album proper that expands her beatscape to include moments of grace
Tim Hecker: No Highs review – ambient music that reflects our polluted world
Full of alarms, arrhythmic pulses and deep bass, Hecker’s eerie work feels as if it’s bracing for cataclysm – but is nevertheless rich, warm and inviting
Katie Gately: Fawn/Brute review – beguilingly disordered pop
A third album whips up a maelstrom of dislocated voices and junkyard-style percussion as the US musician plots a trajectory from her daughter’s imagined childhood to adolescence
Depeche Mode: Memento Mori review – a life-affirming farewell for Fletch
Andy Fletcher’s two surviving bandmates reflect on mortality on an album of warm, weird electro-pop
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