Delusion

Barbican, LondonThere is a moonlit madness to Laurie Anderson's latest music-theatre piece, writes Maddy Costa

Singles out this week

Professor Green Feat Ed Drewett | Jay-Z | I Blame Coco | Lostprophets | Kate Nash

Singles out this week

Tiefschwarz Feat Cassy | Mr Fogg | We Are Scientists | The XX | Beach House

Various Artists: Elektronische Musik

You can hear the beginnings of techno, Roxy Music, PIL, Happy Mondays, LCD Soundsystem, Four Tet and others, writes Dave Simpson

Singles out this week

Owen Pallett | The Drums | Eliza Doolittle | Foals | Mariah Carey

Ulrich Schnauss: Missing Deadlines

Dave Simpson is disappointed by a compilation from the remixer of choice for shoegazers

Four Tet

Club Academy, ManchesterFour Tet, AKA Kieran Hebden, sends the audience into a head-jerking reverie with his unique blend of cranium-crunching bass and beautiful, pastoral melodies, writes Dave Simpson

Singles out this week

The Phenomenal Handclap Band | Inna | FR3E | Black Eyed Peas | Cheryl Cole

Shy Child: Liquid Love

The maturing Shy Child manage to straddle the divide between electronic funk and soft rock, writes Dave Simpson

Air

Twelve years on from Moon Safari, Air seem to have played themselves into a rut, says Ian Gittins

Nils Petter Molvaer

The Norwegian trumpeter is the embodiment of cool, but this performance was a surprising dud, writes John L Walters

Lady Gaga: Weirdly wonderful, with shoulderpads

Following her success at the Brits Lady Gaga opened her tour in Manchester with swaggering confidence, offering something noticeably edgier than your average pop stadium show

Owl City: Ocean Eyes

Owl City's album is like Um Bongo, says Michael Hann – sickly sweet and hard to stomach

Marina and the Diamonds: The Family Jewels

There's no doubting that Marina Diamandis can write great pop songs. It's the rest of the package that's the problem, says Alexis Petridis

Red Bull Music Academy

Carl Craig, Matmos and other producers recalibrate their electronic music for a seated audience during this indulgent but beautiful evening, writes Alex Macpherson