Bloc Party: Hymns review – modernised sound marred by ham-fisted sensuality

Bloc Party’s first album in four years updates its sound and its lyrical references, but the compelling unease of old is gone

Money: Suicide Songs review – despair and catharsis on epic second album

Manchester’s Money go all-out epic on their second album, a mix of existential dread and euphoric eruptions

Tuff Love: Resort review – guileless debut gives indie a good name

The drums are just primitive enough and the guitars fizz rather than bludgeon on this likable first album from a group making the music they truly love

Beach Slang review – sloppy fun with big-hearted drunk punks

The Philadelphian band drink and talk too much, hug audience members, show off their yoga moves and rock hard: it’s all-in chaos

Savages: Adore Life review – tackles love from different angles

The post-punk act underline why they’re necessary on their second album whose speedy tracks work best

The Libertines review – after the turbulent old days, a quixotic, triumphal reunion

As comeback kids Pete Doherty and Carl Barât trade barbs again, it’s back to the bromance – though with less intimacy and no melodrama

Chairlift: Moth review – Brooklyn indie-pop-R&B duo return in force

Chairlift’s latest puts them at the forefront of the Brooklyn genre-blender pack

Suede: Night Thoughts review – a florid, cinematic concept album

Suede’s ambitious seventh record was written to accompany a film, but makes for an impressive standalone concept album

Eleanor Friedberger: New View review – growing up and straightening out

A rural relocation and some more traditional arrangements fail to blunt all of Friedberger’s quirks on her third solo outing

Shearwater: Jet Plane and Oxbow review – poignant skyscraping cinematics

Brooding with soaring power, Jonanthan Meiburg and Brian Reitzell build a soaring force that is epic without bombast

Tindersticks: The Waiting Room review – injects life into the loucheness

There is earthy warmth to be found in Tindersticks’ 10th album – a triumphant, elegantly dishevelled listen

Fat White Family: Songs for Our Mothers review – still testing the boundaries of taste

The group sticks to a lo-fi rock template on their sophomore album, yet tip their hats to Throbbing Gristle’s taboo busting – with mixed results

Daughter: Not to Disappear review – unflinching and unexpected

The post-indie rock trio branch out with an album full of emotionally complex themes

Mystery Jets: Curve of the Earth review – fewer quirks but flashes of brilliance

This London band’s sixth album finds them smoothing out their idiosyncrasies in favour of a more mainstream Americana sound

Daughter: Not to Disappear review – a chilly emotional echo chamber

Daughter’s second album lacks the intimate warmth that made their debut approachable, leaving only an icy misery