Bitchratch: I Know My Truth review – mutant disco and a dose of self-loathing

With their casual disregard for convention, experimental punk popsters Bitchratch prove their mettle as Australia’s next TISM

Yo La Tengo: Stuff Like That There review – utterly lovely

Stripped-down versions of their own songs sit alongside obscure covers in an oddly pointless but beautiful release

Beach House: Depression Cherry review – the same dreampop, but different

It may lack the big pop moments of previous albums, but the pared-down sounds, subtle chord shifts and whispered vocals add a greater resonance

Hooton Tennis Club: Highest Point in Cliff Town review – melodic slacker rock

Hooton Tennis Club find no detail to small to register in mellifluous, meandering song on this summery-afternoon-ready album

FYF Fest review – LA’s strange but endearing jumble

Kanye West fills in for Frank Ocean, while Run the Jewels threaten to steal his crown and Solange ‘frees the nipple’

Green Man festival – home-town heroes and hot tubs steal the weekend

Super Furry Animals take Saturday with a gloriously long set, while a dazzling St Vincent proves that Green Man just gets better with age

Beach House: Depression Cherry review – indie pop’s abstract expressionists

The Baltimore duo still do a convincing line in sunshine-after-rain moods

Contradictions by Paul Smith and the Intimations review – vivid imagery

The Maximo Park frontman brings his literary influences to his second solo album but succumbs to diminishing musical returns

The Bohicas: The Making Of review – ‘high-velocity moshpit riffing’

There’s swagger and brawn in the Essex band’s debut but the thrills quickly wane

Drinks: Hermits on Holiday review – a disappointing collaboration

Cate Le Bon and Tim Presley’s joint venture is more dissonant than you’d expect

The Bohicas: The Making Of review – not-quite-blockbusting indie-rock

These Essex boys’ riff-heavy sound conjures up sweaty gigs and shimmying spark, even if there isn’t much going on behind the scenes

The Fratellis: Eyes Wide, Tongue Tied review – indie hitmakers still full of hooks

It’s nearly 10 years since the Fratellis’ had their first big hit, but they’ve still got singalong melodies to spare

The Phoenix Foundation: Give Up Your Dreams review – cosmic explorers find new focus

New Zealand’s abstract rockers trim a little of the cosmic fat to turn in a terrific sixth album

The Strypes: Little Victories review – retro-rock teens still mired in the past

Irish teenagers the Strypes update their old-school blues-rock template for their second album – but not by much

Destroyer: Poison Season review – overwhelming, aggravating, brilliant

Dan Bejar found unexpected late-career success with 2011’s Kaputt, and seems uncomfortable with the high expectations for its followup – but it turns out to be another triumph