Altered Images: Mascara Streakz review – Clare Grogan is reinvented as a retro disco diva
80s-influenced electropop gets a contemporary makeover as erstwhile giggly teen Grogan returns stronger than ever after 39 years
Ty Segall review – expectation-defying space folk and squalling rock
Backed by his Freedom Band, songs are attacked with gleeful venom, the relentlessly inventive frontman repeatedly striking gold with his haywire impulses
Green Man festival review – the absurd, the wonderful and the otherworldly
From the magisterial glam rock of Yves Tumor to the comedy surf-pop of Melin Melyn, Green Man froths with positivity and subversion
The Mountain Goats: Bleed Out review – a concept album that leads with bloody revenge
Shot through with pop-culture references, this 21st album from the indie rockers is brilliantly executed but offers limited emotional depth
Phoebe Bridgers review – a truth-telling phenomenon
The adored LA singer-songwriter pairs references to the male rock pantheon with Roe v Wade in a magnetic set that cries out for festival headline billing
Florist: Florist review – an ode to the power and comfort of friendship
Emily Sprague reunites with her bandmates for a new album that plays like a family portrait – and stakes out new ground
Phoebe Bridgers review – cathartic indie superstar helps her young fans emotionally purge
With humour, heart and some genuinely poignant moments, Bridgers has her audience shrieking and fainting
Beabadoobee: Beatopia review – stylish but unmemorable pop nostalgia
Londoner Beatrice Laus’s second album trips down a well-travelled path of sweet 90s indie-rock
Black Midi: Hellfire review – gruesome rock opera is a little too clever
From cocktail-lounge piano to thrashing drums, the British prog band make musical handbrake turns that are thrilling but hard to love
Laura Veirs: Found Light review – folk-rocker’s sexual reawakening
The Portland singer-songwriter’s first album written after splitting from her husband and longtime producer is a candid confessional filled with headily intimate images
Interpol: The Other Side of Make-Believe review – a subtle change in temperature
One of the definitive New York buzz bands of the 00s, the trio relax their tense mood – just a little – on an album of pleasures and longeurs
Soccer Mommy: Sometimes, Forever review – warm, toothsome pop with icy blasts of angst
Sophie Allison’s impressive follow-up to Color Theory sets emotional gridlock, the supernatural and apocalyptic despair to sweet melody and cold gusts of noise
Horsegirl: Versions of Modern Performance review – an indie rock masterclass
A debut album drawing on shoegaze, jangle, grunge and alt-rock is saved from nostalgia by the sheer quality of the music
Dehd: Blue Skies review – shining melodies on indie-rockers’ biggest songs yet
Each song is catchy and evocative on its own, and taken together they feel casually masterly
Ethel Cain: Preacher’s Daughter review – evocative goth-pop with emotional heft
The introspective singer explores identity and religion amid a backdrop of seedy Americana on this rich, haunting debut