Scissor Sisters; Gossip – review
Scissor Sisters impress most when they're lewd, loud and proud, while Beth Ditto makes the most of a fitful new album, writes Kitty Empire
Fun: Some Nights – review
There is not a lot of fun to be had on this lyrically vapid, auto-tuned offering, writes Hermione Hoby
Fixers: We’ll Be the Moon – review
The debut from Oxford five-piece Fixers imbues psychedelia with a youthful glow, says Paul Mardles
Cold Specks: I Predict a Graceful Expulsion – review
Al Spx has excited fans with her intriguing strangeness, but some edge is lost in her debut album's elegant production, writes Kitty Empire
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Best Coast: The Only Place – review
Bethany Constantino has ditched her lo-fi sound for something brighter, but her bored-and-lazy slacker shtick is getting, well, boring, writes Jude Rogers
Tom Jones: Spirit in the Room – review
It's hit and miss stuff, but Tom Jones's second 'gravitas rock' album covers plenty of suitably tasteful bases, writes Michael Hann
Soulsavers: The Light the Dead See – review
Soulsavers team up with Depeche Mode's Dave Gahan for a brooding album about demons, death and all the rest, writes Dave Simpson
Gaz Coombes Presents: Here Come the Bombs – review
Former Supergrass frontman Gaz Coombes brings out his experimental side on his solo debut, but can't help filling it with tunes, too, writes Caroline Sullivan
DJ Fresh – review
The man behind the first dubstep No 1 emerges tonight as the ultimate host of this sprawling scene with special guests galore, writes Mark Beaumont
The Temper Trap: The Temper Trap – review
Alexis Petridis: The Temper Trap weigh in on the London riots via the kind of windy cliches that would make Coldplay wince
Scissor Sisters – review
The Scissor Sisters' strength is their ability to suspend reality – for an hour, the Empire becomes a Manhattan nightclub, writes Caroline Sullivan
Gossip – review
The voice of Gossip's Beth Ditto remains a thing of wonder, simultaneously tender and stentorian, but the band lacks the powerful charisma of its leader, writes Ian Gittins
The Temper Trap – review
Coldplay's immediacy and Radiohead's intricacy meet in the Temper Trap's new material, writes Graeme Virtue
Fun – review
Chartbusting New York indie rockers Fun show their sold-out audience an appropriately good time, writes Caroline Sullivan
My Darling Clementine – review
My Darling Clementine is a bravely unfashionable British band who set out to pay tribute to great country duos, and do so remarkably well, writes Robin Denselow
Happy Mondays
More Dadchester than Madchester, the Mondays struggle to induce the lose-yourself euphoria of their bleary years, writes Caroline Sullivan
The Great Escape – review
With massive queues to see the big artists in Brighton, the most appealing perforances were off-piste, writes Alexis Petridis
Beach House: Bloom – review
The dreamy Baltimore duo return with a fourth album that coasts along nicely, writes Kitty Empire
Dexys – review
Kevin Rowland, mercifully back in men's clothing, offers up a new incarnation of Dexys every bit as intense as the 80s Runners, writes Kitty Empire
John Pizzarelli: Double Exposure – review
The jazz guitarist and singer delights with a sharp and surprising collection of songs, writes Dave Gelly
10cc – review
10cc have actually become the corny covers band they once aped for comic effect, writes Mark Beaumont
Storm Corrosion: Storm Corrosion – review
The first full collaboration between Opeth's Mikael Åkerfeldt and Porcupine Tree's Steven Wilson is a surprise, and a triumph, writes Dom Lawson
Garbage: Not Your Kind of People – review
Garbage are back after a five-year hiatus, and if they sometimes sound like they're trying too hard, a lot of it really works, writes Dave Simpson
Saint Etienne: Words and Music By Saint Etienne – review
Alexis Petridis: Is pop music something you grow up and grow out of? No way, say Saint Etienne – time just adds to its power
Lightships – review
Gerard Love's new band tend towards shrillness live, but an understated euphoria gradually shines through, writes Michael Hann
Garbage – review
Garbage are back from hiatus with slick new music – and Shirley Manson has clearly not spent their downtime mellowing, writes Ian Gittins
Grimes – review
The sense of impending chaos adds to Grimes' magical charm, but Claire Boucher is definitely in control, writes Dave Simpson
Dexys – review
While contemporaries lucratively mine their greatest hits, a rejigged Dexys have the crowd clapping along to songs that haven't yet been released, writes Dave Simpson
Imelda May – review
The rockabilly queen powered her way through roadhouse stompers, racy party numbers and bewitching torch songs, writes Caroline Sullivan
Grimes; Tinariwen – review
What do a yeti from Canada and a bunch of freedom fighters from Mali have in common? Both make mesmerising music, writes Kitty Empire
Damon Albarn: Dr Dee – review
Damon Albarn's hymn to 16th-century polymath John Dee is arcane yet fascinating, writes Kitty Empire
Ren Harvieu: Through the Night – review
Singer Ren Harvieu's debut is far more impressive than its mundane titles suggest, writes Hermione Hoby
Bahamas: Barchords – review
Somewhere between Jack Johnson and Lou Reed, Bahamas's tropical pop contrasts lazily lovely tunes with deeply downbeat lyrics, writes Dave Simpson
The Cribs: In The Belly of the Brazen Bull – review
The Cribs go all out for the noisy 90s indie-rock sound, and it suits them, but all sounds a bit too familiar, writes Rebecca Nicholson