Maximo Park: Too Much Information – review

Maximo Park's bookish indie romanticism gets a bit of an electronic makeover on their fifth album, and they sound in fine form, writes Caroline Sullivan

The Family Rain: Under the Volcano – review

This trio of brothers from Bath have switched to a sound that recalls the White Stripes and the Black Keys, and in parts they're pretty good at it, writes Dave Simpson

Broken Bells: After the Disco – review

The second collaboration between Danger Mouse and the Shins's James Mercer is a decent, studied genre piece, but not much more, writes Paul MacInnes

Bombay Bicycle Club: So Long, See You Tomorrow – review

It's not as radical a stylistic swerve as their last three albums all were, but there's still a healthy dose of ambition in Jack Steadman and co's latest, writes Maddy Costa

You Me at Six: Cavalier Youth – review

Corporate alt-rock at its most pedestrian characterises the fourth album from You Me at Six, writes Paul Mardles

Dum Dum Girls: Too True – review

Dee Dee dips into shoegaze for a newfound sophistication but overmedicates with reverb and fist-biting lyrics, writes Kate Hutchinson

Blank Realm: Grassed Inn – review

Brisbane oddballs Blank Realm keep the momentum up with their second album of wonderfully weird party-pop in a year, writes Tom Hughes

Nathaniel Rateliff: Falling Faster Than You Can Run – review

Nathaniel Rateliff's log-cabin folk alternates between stomping campfire workouts and delicate sorrow, and has a sweet earnestness to it, writes Maddy Costa

Mogwai: Rave Tapes – review

Mogwai's terrific new album is a powerful musical tale of late-night hedonism and morning-after regret, writes Harriet Gibsone

New Mendicants: Into the Lime – review

There are no great surprises on this latest collaboration between Joe Pernice and Teenage Fanclub's Norman Blake, but plenty of stately, harmonious pleasures, writes Michael Hann

Ed Harcourt: Time of Dust – review

Ed Harcourt's new mini-album – a bridge towards a planned full album – is terrific stuff, coming across like a darker version of Elbow, writes Dave Simpson

Against Me!: Transgender Dysphoria Blues – review

Against Me!'s first album since singer Laura Jane Grace came out as transgender is a ragingly triumphant half hour of powerchord catharsis, writes Charlotte Richardson Andrews

Warpaint: Warpaint – review

Warpaint's second album is so muted and restrained as to be barely there, but close listening does reap some rewards, writes Alexis Petridis

Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks – review

Behind Malkmus's goofy persona lurks a fearsome guitarist whose songs are packed with pop nous, writes Dave Simpson

Cass McCombs – review

The eclectic and prolific underground artist shows he can be jawdroppingly beautiful and rip-roaringly deadpan, writes Dave Simpson