Yard Act: The Overload review – witty post-punks confront post-Brexit Britain

Waspish portraits of the country’s worst people – from alpha-male business men to middle-class foodies – are punchily delivered by this excitingly undeveloped Leeds quartet

The Wombats: Fix Yourself, Not the World review – a dose of perky self-help

The indie trio stick to the chummy pop they’re so good at – and it all sounds a bit familiar

The Wombats: Fix Yourself, Not the World review – noughties indie returns bigger and brighter

The trio repurpose their sound from post-punk to pop-facing with a polished and snappy fifth album

Me Rex: Megabear review – a choose-your-own-adventure trip for the streaming age

A debut album with 52 tracks that can be shuffled at will offers immersive listening – and the feel of a near-religious ritual

Modern Nature: Island of Noise review – mesmerising musical riff on Shakespeare

Jack Cooper swerves the cliches with this transporting, melodic album, adding free jazz to a treasure trove of ideas

Amyl and the Sniffers review – a blizzard from Oz

Channelling singer Amy Taylor’s rage and joyous abandon, the Australian punk band bring their second album to glorious fighting life

Elbow: Flying Dream 1 review – prog-infused expanses

The northern romanticists’ lockdown album opens out into gentle, restrained songs of warmth and empathy

Metronomy review – brand new songs have buoyant, ebullient vibes

The band’s forthcoming seventh album might be heading for the middle of the road, but this show was an ebullient mix of crowdpleasers and breezy new material

Damon Albarn: The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows review – beautifully haunting

One of the most driven artists of the Britpop era, now unbothered by commercial success, is back with a second solo album that drifts along in a melancholy, stoned mist

Snail Mail: Valentine review – engaging indie folk

Lindsey Jordan’s second Snail Mail album is carefully measured but lacks the painful intimacy of her debut LP

Wet Leg review – an irresistible, stop-start blast

Two songs turned this absurdist duo into an indie sensation, and it seems their reckless commitment to fun has only just begun

Reverse Light Years by Even review – double album of unalloyed pleasure from indie rock stalwarts

The Melbourne band’s eighth album is their best yet – a musical cornucopia of glam stompers, magnificent power-pop and epics

The Boo Radleys review – boisterous comeback gives a glimpse of greatness

The band who straddled shoegaze and Britpop have to rely on backing tracks at times, but this warm, jangling gig feels like the right kind of return

Talk Memory by BadBadNotGood review – widescreen wanderings

The Canadian trio evoke a sense of the unknown on their cinematic fifth album

I Want the Door to Open by Lala Lala review – ambition and reinvention

Lillie West’s third album steers away from lo-fi indie to impressive, light-touch dream pop