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

Liam Gallagher review – Oasis frontman delivers Definitely Maybe in all its 90s glory

It’s an unashamed nostalgia fest, but what could feel business-like morphs into something more considered with strings, singalongs and even a dedication to brother Noel

Duster review – indie rockers impress amid unlikely TikTok renaissance

Now streaming in huge numbers long after their mid-90s years, the Californians’ nuanced yet forceful delivery punches in all the right places

Mitski review – unusual, enigmatic and utterly compelling

The indie artist deploys her songs like controlled explosions as she turns the stage into a cabaret, a circus, a cage