Wolf Alice review – indie chameleons sparkle on a glam-rock bender
With 70s rock references, tinselly backdrop and some full-on cabaret-theatre vibes, the four-piece have undergone their most fun and complete reinvention yet
The Durutti Column: The Return of the Durutti Column review – fragile classic that echoes far beyond its time
The delicate experimentation of the band’s debut may not have chimed with the post-punk 1980s, but its durability makes this deluxe reissue thoroughly deserved
The Mountain Goats: Through This Fire Across from Peter Balkan review – shipwreck songs from a master storyteller
The latest themed album from John Darnielle’s band – with some help from Lin-Manuel Miranda – takes them on a sumptuously crafted and surprisingly upbeat voyage to a desert island
Snocaps: Snocaps review – Katie and Allison Crutchfield reunite with a little help from MJ Lenderman
Waxahatchee and her twin sister are joined by Lenderman and Brad Cook for an album of headstrong, tender Americana about chasing integrity and conviction
The Last Dinner Party: From the Pyre review – baroque’n’roll band’s speedily released second album is overheated
The London five-piece throw the kitchen sink at these dizzyingly dense songs, often crushing their melodic pleasures in the process
Hannah Frances: Nested in Tangles review – ramshackle arrangements power restless revelations
Wayward tempos and snapping drums break fresh ground in this unruly release from the Vermont musician
The Kooks review – a triumphant and touching mass singalong
Playing to the biggest crowds of the careers, the 00s indie stalwarts perform like they’re loving every minute – although there is also raw emotion in Manchester on the night after the synagogue attack
Sigur Rós and the London Contemporary Orchestra review – crashing waves of refined harmony
Perhaps the band that can best justify a mid-career gig with classical backing, the extra heft of the orchestra adds power to the Icelanders’ beautiful crescendos
Geese: Getting Killed review – Cameron Winter and co’s surreal, swaggering spectacular
Opaque but brilliant, the Brooklyn indie-rock band’s fourth album is full of the dread and dark absurdity of our current moment
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