My favourite album: LCD Soundsystem by LCD Soundsystem

Continuing our new series in which Guardian and Observer writers pick their favourite albums ever – with a view that you might do the same – Paul MacInnes explains why James Murphy's masterpiece makes him go 'absolutely bananas'

Chase & Status – review

Over a whole gig, Chase & Status' limited bag of tricks becomes too predictable, the beat dropping in almost exactly the same way each time, writes Alex Macpherson

Azari & III: Azari & III – review

There's not enough variety to Azari & III's house nostanglia, Maddy Costa says, and they could do with some self-editing

Submotion Orchestra: Finest Hour – review

An arts council commission for a cathedral arts project results in a decent dance album. By Dave Simpson

I’ll Be Your Mirror – review

I'll Be Your Mirror, sister festival to All Tomorrow's Parties, was co-curated by Portishead, and there were no complaints when the band closed both nights with a dose of their exquisite melancholy, writes Ian Gittins

This week’s new singles

Lucky Paul | Wild Beasts | Magnetic Man Feat P-Money | Panda Bear | Teeth | Tropics

Seb Rochford/Pamelia Kurstin: Ouch Evil Slow Hop – review

Edited by Seb Rochford and Portishead's Adrian Utley, the music takes exhilaratingly strange turns, writes John Fordham

Bugge Wesseltoft/Henrik Schwarz: Wesseltoft/Schwarz Duo – review

This dialogue between pianist Bugge Wesseltoft and computer guru Henrik Schwarz sounds like a real partnership, writes John Fordham

Gazelle Twin: The Entire City – review

Gazelle Twin bowls over Charlotte Richardson Andrews with this stunning debut

Zomby: Dedication – review

Dance producer Zomby's second album sounds like the soundtrack to a futuristic ghost film, says Killian Fox

Washed Out: Within and Without – review

Washed Out's blissful mellowness recalls the Beloved, but flirts with inconsequentiality, writes Kitty Empire

Yuksek: Living on the Edge of Time – review

French electro producer Yuksek finds giddy pop is the best cure for loneliness. By Caroline Sullivan

Junior Boys: It’s All True – review

The bloggers' favourites have at last found the tunes to go with their production skills, writes Alexis Petridis

John Maus: We Must Become Pitiless Censors of Ourselves – review

An album of beguiling synthpop from a political philosophy lecturer. Michael Hann is intrigued

Ma: The Last – review

This is a remarkably atmospheric album from improv/electronics/samples group Ma, writes John Fordham