Yuck: Glow and Behold – review

Guitarist Max Bloom takes the vocal reins for the slacker-rock revivalist's pretty but forgettable second album, writes Charlotte Richardson Andrews

Agnes Obel: Aventine – review

Three years after her debut made her a star, Obel returns with some exquisite arrangements of string and piano, writes Caroline Sullivan

Siba: Avante – review

Folk-rocker Sergio Veloso's excellent electric guitar work dominates this album, writes Robin Denselow

MGMT: MGMT – review

Brooklyn's psychedelic explorers go even deeper down the rabbit hole – and further away from their radio-friendly beginnings – and it sounds great, writes Kate Hutchinson

Sebadoh: Defend Yourself – review

Sebadoh represent a strain of indie-rock that just doesn't really exist anymore, so it's a pleasure to hear them doing it just like they used to, writes Michael Hann

Giant Drag – review

Annie Hardy's wry fatalism lifts her set – along with her knack of giggling dizzily through inevitable despair, writes Mark Beaumont

The 1975 – review

Shrill screams affirm the Manchester gutter poets' delirious ascent, writes Graeme Virtue

Arctic Monkeys – review

By adding west coast hip-hop to vintage hard rock, Arctic Monkeys, live, are more impressive than ever, writes Kitty Empire

Arctic Monkeys – review

From lithe, lusty rock to R&B and menacing theatricality, the Artic Monkeys were on form with impressive versatility, writes Dorian Lynskey

Arctic Monkeys: AM – review

With its nods to 90s G-funk and rocker Josh Homme, Arctic Monkeys' fifth album is their best in years, writes Phil Mongredien

Skaters – review

There's a wearyingly uninspired sense of recent indie-rock history repeating about this noisy, new-wavey racket, writes Malcolm Jack