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

Jess Ribeiro: Summer of Love review – a balm for anxious times

With expansive, experimental instrumentation, the Melbourne musician’s fourth album records our contemporary chaos – and finds a glimmer of hope

The Black Keys: Ohio Players review – a little soul, a little lush, less magic

A diffusion of the band’s hallmark earwormy blues feels somewhat lightweight, albeit with splashes of classy experimentation

Ride: Interplay review – perpetual teenage kicks, now with added anger

Forays into psychedelia and world affairs serve the reformed British shoegaze pioneers well on their seventh album

Waxahatchee: Tigers Blood review – sprightly Americana with added poise

Katie Crutchfield’s latest album swaps the strung-out drama of its acclaimed predecessor for precision and broad relatability

Julia Holter: Something in the Room She Moves review – the best track is the simplest

Found sounds and touches of jazz enliven the American singer-songwriter’s woozy evocation of being present in changing times

Waxahatchee: Tigers Blood review – intimate Americana tackling life’s great tangle

Katie Crutchfield’s sixth album refines the breezy country of her 2020 breakthrough Saint Cloud and finds her as compelled by the complexities of life as its eases

Yard Act review – a band having fun in the midst of an identity crisis

Seeming to play their jagged post-punky early material with some reluctance, the Leeds band strike out into bold new territory with hypnotic electronic grooves, disco stompers – and a Napalm Death collab

Faye Webster: Underdressed at the Symphony review – petal-voiced power

The Atlanta twentysomething’s 70s-tinged alt-country is delicate and eclectic, complete with guest spots from Wilco’s Nels Cline and rapper Lil Yachty

Helado Negro: Phasor review – undimmable warmth

Digital meets analogue on the American musician’s short but sweet latest

NewDad: Madra review – unfiltered songcraft in a dreamy yet spiky debut

From Pixies to Garbage, New Order to Wolf Alice, you can clearly detect the Galway four-piece’s influences – but lyrics about shame and self-doubt make this an affecting album

Future Islands: People Who Aren’t There Anymore review – a brutal, beautiful breakup album

The synthpop quartet’s heart-on-sleeve frontman, Samuel T Herring, is by turns lovelorn and lovestruck on their affecting seventh LP

The Libertines review – raucous return for chaotic indie heroes

Previewing their first new album for nine years to a tiny but thrilled audience, Pete Doherty and Carl Barât’s band continue to stumble around greatness