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Mark William Lewis: Mark William Lewis review – A24’s first musical signing’s cinematic south London scenes

Haunting harmonica and poetic banality add to the Londoner’s spookily sonorous baritone to create a hypnotically familiar yet ineffably fresh album

Patrick Wolf review – a moon-lit marvel lights up the Minack theatre

Celebrating the 20th anniversary of his album Wind in the Wires in the Cornish landscape that inspired it, Wolf claims his status as a goth-folk pioneer

Big Thief: Double Infinity review – folk-rock perfection will restore your faith in humanity

Classic melodies, spring water acoustics and pared-back poeticism about living in the moment fill Adrianne Lenker and co’s latest with life

End of the Road review – from industrial rackets to pristine folk, festivals don’t get more varied or vital

Full of warmth despite the rain, highs include Mexico City experimentalists Titanic and Vermont songwriter Lily Seabird’s gorgeously open-hearted voice

Green Man festival review – Kneecap and CMAT lead the charge in a utopian Welsh idyll

Progressive, independent and more sonically diverse than ever, the Brecon Beacons festival offered sterling sets from MJ Lenderman to Mike, Jasmine.4.t to Joshua Idehen

Cass McCombs: Interior Live Oak review – double album doubles the pleasures of one of indie-rock’s finest

With existential lullabies and ritualistic stomps, tear-jerking odes and ballads worthy of Sinatra, US indie’s steadfast storyteller makes a wonderfully unhurried double album his best yet

Alex G: Headlights review – indie-rocker reins in the noise to reveal romantic soft rock

While the sonic invention and off-kilter details remain, on his 10th album the cult musician eschews distortion for melancholic melodies and crooked love songs

Wet Leg: Moisturizer review – Doritos, Davina McCall and dumb fun from British indie’s big breakout band

After winning multiple Grammys and Brits, the Isle of Wight band explore love and sexuality on their second LP – but there’s still room for some barbed put-downs

Forever Now review – timeless stars shine among grab bag of 80s nostalgia

Public Image Ltd deliver a thrilling set and the The can still enthrall, but it is the techno-symphonies of headliners Kraftwerk that remain truly peerless

Hotline TNT: Raspberry Moon review – love lights melodies through the fuzz

Will Anderson opens up on the NYC group’s third album, revealing an expansive articulacy to his take on 90s indie-rock

Mazeppa review – Tchaikovsky’s blood-thirsty opera is a wild and gruesome ride

David Pountney’s striking staging of this timely tale of a Ukrainian warlord battling Russian power unsettles the stomach as much as it titillates the ear

Outbreak festival review – hardcore and pop hooks collide in impeccable genre-fluid lineup

Turnstile headlined with soaring high-tempo energy while Speed went route-one punk, Jane Remover caused pandemonium and Have a Nice Life electrified their fanbase in this most free-thinking of festivals

Lifeguard: Ripped and Torn review – this brilliant post-punk racket sounds like a trip to a rivet factory

The Chicago threepiece’s bold debut is a blast of circular-saw guitars, baffling lyrics and effervescent melody

Pulp: More review – anthems and rage for the next life stage

Jarvis Cocker and the band’s first album in 24 years delivers a refreshing take on middle age, with all the the skewed observation and joyful melodic flourishes of old

Cloud Control review – Australian 2010s indie darlings reunite for a joyfully nostalgic tour

Northcote theatre, Melbourne; then touringThe band is back together on a 15-year anniversary tour for their debut album Bliss Release – and their sound is immediately transportative

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