Girlpool review – stark, harsh and true to form

The LA duo confront the singer-songwriter genre with misfit anti-anthems about boredom, anger and intense desire, writes Malcolm Jack

Dan Deacon: Gliss Riffer review – pop outsider relaxes into his own sound

Experimental pop outsider Dan Deacon relaxes into his own madcap sound on his terrific fourth album

Dutch Uncles: O Shudder review – beauty amid awkwardness on best album yet

Manchester indie outfit Dutch Uncles live up to their musical ambition more than ever on their fourth album

Django Django review – groovier, trippier and beefed up

This welcome return feels simultaneously like being at an early Pink Floyd psychedelic happening and an Underworld-type rave, writes Dave Simpson

The Decemberists review – pleasing variety and declamatory forcefulness

Choirmaster Colin Meloy leads fevered audience participation as the polite Oregon quintet bring their broad, hook-filled folk-influenced indie to Britain

Pearls: Pretend You’re Mine review – not quite glam-pop that’s all too polite

Debut album from Melbourne trio Pearls is sandwiched with two infectiously intoxicating tracks, but the fillers are exactly that

Idlewild: Everything Ever Written review – forlornly poetic indie romance

The youthful fire in the belly has given way to mellow reflection in the indie Scots’ seventh album

Peace review – impressive indie-pop power

Resistance is futile as the mercurial Midlanders sweep aside questions of authenticity with their roguish charm

Sarah Blasko review – mellow pop gold among the giraffes of Melbourne Zoo

The singer teams up with Luluc for a sunset performance at the zoo, employing classical instrumentation in her indie-folk tunes

Peace: Happy People review – vanilla indie designed by committee

Peace’s unoriginal second album is stuck firmly in the 90s

Viet Cong review – desolate, electrifying excitement

The Canadian post-punk band channel grief and anguish into an intense night of guitar-driven catharsis, writes Tshepo Mokoena

Dead Farmers: Wasteland review – generic garage rock that grows weary

Three blokes singing over loud, noisy guitars comes with a list of predictable influences and fails to make any innovations

Peace: Happy People review – charisma and self-consciousness

Birmingham baggy types Peace return with a second album that hints at greatness but also seems a little confused

Blake Mills: Heigh Ho review – ‘elegantly conceived’

The technical economy of the LA singer-songwriter’s guitar work combined with muted songs adds up to an understated, underwhelming album, writes Phil Mongredien

The Charlatans: Modern Nature review – ‘wistful and gloriously alive’

The Manchester indie rockers evoke the spirit of Curtis Mayfield on their latest, laid-back offering, writes Paul Mardles