Hurts: Happiness

Hurts have the backstory and the image down pat, but the songs just don't stick, says Alexis Petridis

Klaxons: Surfing the Void

Klaxons have got over difficult second album syndrome by hitting the hallucinogens and tuning into cosmic harmonies. So why does the new record sound so ugly, asks Dorian Lynskey

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Animal Collective: Oddsac

This freeform film collaboration could be a lot worse, says Alexis Petridis – it's just boring, not pretentious

Cardew’s Treatise

Sallis Benney, BrightonFaced with this minutely detailed experimental score, the various interpreters offered a bit of everything. No matter, says Andrew Clements – Cardew probably would have wanted it that way

James Yuill: Movement in a Storm

James Yuill's second album – a seamless fusion of melancholy melodies and propulsive beats – shows him to be so much more than another folktronica artist, says Michael Hann

Kele: The Boxer

Bloc Party's leader goes solo, goes electronic. But, says, Will Dean, it's not all that different from what he's already done, really

Robyn: Body Talk Pt 1

The first of three Robyn mini-albums this year shows precisely why she should be treasured, says Michael Hann

Erik Truffaz: Rendez-Vous

On this musical travelogue, Erik Truffaz is joined by Indrani Mukherjee, whose quiet musings wreathing over slow drones, and the bright, uptempo groover Yay! is one of the highlights, writes John Fordham

John Scofield/Vince Mendoza: 54

The strings textures may bring this a bit too close to romantic-movie music for admirers of John Scofield's gritty, Hendrix-tinged bluesiness, but his guitar sound is talkatively funky, writes John Fordham