Ryan Adams’s take on Taylor Swift’s 1989 – first listen track-by-track review

The indie troubadour has covered the blockbusting album in its entirety, stripping out most of the zip and sparkle that made it alluring in the first place

Robert Forster: Songs To Play review – songs that creep up and throttle you

The Brisbane rocker’s first album in seven years has none of the poppier sounds of the Go-Betweens, instead songs that grow in appeal with every play

Mercury Rev: The Light in You review – redemption songs from a band restored

Mercury Rev return after seven years with an album that hymns the power of music itself

Low: Ones and Sixes review – an ear-pricking listen

Slowcore band Low’s adoption of electronic sounds has made their quiet but intense music better still

Craig Finn: Faith in the Future review – warm, character-driven solo outing

The Hold Steady frontman’s new record is laden with existentialism and quiet consideration

Low: Ones and Sixes review – icy ambience and beautiful gloom

Minnesota’s Low strike a balance between majestic melancholy and harsh experimental noise on their 11th album

The Libertines: Anthems for Doomed Youth – a reputation restored

It has its flaws, but the first new album from the re-formed Libertines is better than anyone might reasonably have hoped

Tame Impala review – synth fanfare and sonic showmanship

Kevin Parker amps up songs that already sounded epic in a gig that starts out raucous and just keeps going

End of the Road festival review – the bands love it as much as the crowd

The festival celebrates its 10th birthday with a bill packed full of female artists, and a charming headline show from Sufjan Stevens

The Libertines: Anthems for Doomed Youth review – too little, too late

Their newfound clarity can’t disguise the fact that the Libertines’ moment has long gone

Blank Realm: Illegals in Heaven review – the perfect marriage of pop, art and noise

With their fifth and definitive album, the Brisbane lo-fi four-piece have found the sound they’ve spent a decade searching for

Mac DeMarco review – ramshackle indie pop with trouble afoot

There’s devastation and self-doubt beneath the goofy exterior as the Canadian stoner-rock prodigy moves into more melancholy territory

FFS review – Sparks, and Franz, fly onstage

The oddball electropop veterans and Glasgow indie’s archest hit it off live as much as in the studio

Foals: What Went Down review – an uneven balance of rhythm and bombast

For their fourth album, the Oxford quintet build on their burgeoning reputation and sound – but sometimes end up overdoing things

Yo La Tengo: Stuff Like That There – indie stalwarts stay sneakily wonderful

Though at first you might wonder if the world really needs another lovely Yo La Tengo album, they’ll get you in the end