End of the Road festival review – engagingly eclectic weekender never fails to surprise

A headlining Slowdive ticked the indie boxes, but Lankum’s intense folk, Paranoid London’s filthy techno and Nourished By Time’s slick R&B grooves once again prove this festival has punch and personality

Supersonic festival review – an awesome windmill of noise and connection

This festival of heavier sounds from the fringes was a blast, from chilling Gazelle Twin to Daisy Rickman’s Krautrock-folk, noise icons Melt-Banana and locals Flesh Creep

Richard Hawley review – homecoming hero is in the mood to celebrate

Playing his largest ever gig in the city, the singer tenderly croons his musical love letters to the people and places of Sheffield, while his biting political songs turn into rousing singalongs

Yo La Tengo review – indie royalty run through their beloved back catalogue

Over a two-and-a-half-hour set the trio turn over old songs and new from their 40-year career, unearthing surprises every time

Rally festival review – thrilling blend of cult DJs and indie darlings

Mount Kimbie’s electro-acoustic jams capture the ethos of this celebration of the boundary pushing that included sets from Two Shell, Nilüfer Yanya and bar italia

Fontaines DC: Romance review – their best record yet

The all-conquering Dublin five-piece hit expansive new heights on an album full of highlights

Spirit of the Beehive: You’ll Have to Lose Something review – like an arthouse horror movie in sound

Disruptive, disorienting and disturbing, the trio are still making creative leaps on their fifth album, mixing up slacker indie with strange beats and plenty of screaming

Pom Poko: Champion review – garage rockers finding joy in the everyday

The third album from the Norwegian indie group reflects on their seven years together and the dramas of normal life – it’s the victorious sound of a band ‘still having fun’

Fontaines DC: Romance review – arenas await, but on the band’s own strange terms

On their most approachable album the Irish rockers add pop melodies, nu-metal touches and lush orchestration – while their troubled view of the world remains

Ravyn Lenae: Bird’s Eye review – a breathtaking R&B follow-up

The US singer-songwriter’s featherlight voice and distinctive lyrics skip easily between styles on her strikingly self-assured second album

Crack Cloud: Red Mile review – aggressively tuneful rock about life’s big questions

The Canadian indie-garage-rockers take the mickey out of pop, punk and the stories we tell ourselves, but strong feeling outweighs the cynicism

Cassandra Jenkins: My Light, My Destroyer review – a beautiful, brooding delight

​Following her breakthrough in 2021, the singer-songwriter has overcome self-doubt to deliver a diverse album where loneliness is set against cosmic wonder

Kasabian: Happenings review – newfound concision and big choruses

Minus disgraced former frontman Tom Meighan the band are tighter, but their realignment feels like a work in progress

The Breeders review – effortless pop gems from the grunge era

Undimmed by the decades, the Deal sisters mark the 30th anniversary of their classic album Last Splash with a masterclass in off-kilter melody

Kings of Leon review – mesmeric power from masters of the restrained anthem

The newly invigorated band have a rare gift for stadium-sized rock that is refreshingly understated, delivering a 27-song set of triumphs