Nite Fields: Depersonalisation review – moody and at times dour, yet charming
The Brisbane four piece can be a bit of downer, but they’re careful to insert enough lightness to counteract their album’s more brooding turns
Viet Cong: Viet Cong review – ambitious experimental rock, with tunes
Calgary’s Viet Cong connect the dots between experimental noise and indie rock with some skill, writes Lanre Bakare
Pond: Man It Feels Like Space Again review – spangly, funtime psychedelia
Perth’s Pond deliver a colour-riot of hi-tech wigouts on their sixth album, but shouldn’t space sound weirder than this, asks Tom Hughes
Twerps: Range Anxiety review – indie janglers stick to the Flying Nun sound
The Melbourne group adhere indie tradition on their low-effort new album, writes Jon Dennis
Cornershop: Hold On It’s Easy review – playful easy-listening remake of their punky debut
Cornershop remake their debut album track by track, replacing its noisy guitars with brass and woodwind, and it’s a nice bit of fun, writes Tim Jonze
H Hawkline: In the Pink of Condition review – a carousel of wiry weirdo pop
Huw Evans teams up with Cate Le Bon in Los Angeles to make this weirdly charming album of warm’n’cosy pop, writes Harriet Gibsone
Pond: Man it Feels Like Space Again review – indulgent, trippy and at times off-kilter
Australia’s psych-pop revival band, cousin to Tame Impala, release a sixth studio album complete with explosions and unearthly sound effects
Woman’s Hour review – sultry, ethereal disco
The Cumbrian four-piece nail their poignant, dreamy nocturnal songs live, writes Danny Wright
Belle and Sebastian: Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance review – compelling and moving
The indie kids get up personal and political for their ninth record, writes Corinne Jones
Sleater-Kinney: No Cities to Love review – taut and emotive post-punk trio return
Sleater-Kinney return after a decade away and – pleasingly – pick up where they left off, writes Kitty Empire
The Decemberists: What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World review – an irrepressible return
The indie-folk rockers’ first album in four years is enjoyably diverse, writes Phil Mongredien
Belle and Sebastian: Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance review – dexterous and witty ninth album
Belle and Sebastian’s ninth album takes in ambience, balladry and Eurovision romps, and does it with skill and wit, writes Harriet Gibsone
The Decemberists: What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World review – huge choruses in heartfelt songs
The Decemberists continue down the path that led to 2011’s hit album The King Is Dead, and it suits them well, writes Dave Simpson
Skinny Girl Diet review – soupy grunge with an aloof attitude
The inscrutable new group has a slick riot grrrl style but not quite yet the sound, writes Betty Clarke
Joanna Gruesome review – the sound of frustration tempered by sweetness
Welsh five-piece Joanna Gruesome combine melodic gold with a punk energy that’s mesmerising, writes Kitty Empire