Ty Segall: Manipulator review – an unadulterated joy from start to finish

The indie rocker's latest solo album is a precise and cleanly recorded statement of ambitious intent, writes Michael Hann

Merchandise: After the End review – crisp, sparkling pop with lofty ideals

Merchandise may not be quite the iconoclasts they'd like you to believe, but they do seem to be on the way somewhere interesting, writes Tim Jonze

Lacuna review – surprises amid Childhood’s shoegaze

Childhood's intriguing debut delivers with dazed melodies and punchy choruses, writes Ally Carnwath

Childhood: Lacuna review – delightful, sun-drenched guitar pop

In another era, a huge fuss might have been made about a guitar album this good, writes Michael Hann

Adult Jazz: Gist Is review – sublime and ridiculous experimental indie

Doggedly DIY and endlessly creative, Adult Jazz are full of impressive, artful ideas, but not all of them work, writes Harriet Gibsone

A Sunny Day in Glasgow: Sea When Absent review – beautiful sonic collage

Listening to A Sunny Day in Glasgow's fourth album is like standing in the middle of a festival with music coming from all directions, writes Dave Simpson

Owl John: Owl John review – self-hate and bitterness make for great songs

Frightened Rabbit songwriter Scott Hutchinson spills his darkest thoughts all over this superlatively gloomy solo record, writes Harriet Gibsone

Charlie Simpson: Long Road Home review – Busted singer finds his indie-folk voice

Charlie Simpson has spent a few years trying to steer himself towards the kind of music he finds fulfulling, and sounds closer than ever here, Rebecca Nicholson

Bear in Heaven: Time Is Over One Day Old review – uninspiring post-rock

Brooklyn post-rock trio Bear in Heaven's latest album has its intriguing moments, but too much of it is indifferent and dirgey, writes Lanre Bakare

Spoon: They Want My Soul review – a beautifully made, multi-layered album

Texan indie-rockers Spoon have critical acclaim by the bucketload, and rightly so, but can their latest win them commercial glory too, asks Alexis Petridis

The Chills review – a comeback that’s looking to the future

Martin Phillipps looks healthy and sounds like he never went away – unveiling, unexpectedly, the basis of a new Chills album, writes Dave Simpson

Alvvays: Alvvays review – breezy, literate indie-rock

Candian indie janglers Alvvays deliver and earnest and intelligent – but all too brief – debut album, writes Lanre Bakare

Jenny Lewis: The Voyager review – candid, disarming altpop

Former Rilo Kiley singer Jenny Lewis delivers her first solo album in six years, and it's lyrically skilful but musically limited, writes Caroline Sullivan