AC/DC review – a thrilling show stuffed with classics … and your eardrums will never be the same
In the band’s ‘ancestral homeland’, Accadacca’s first Australian concert in a decade shows Angus Young is still a frenzied force to be reckoned with
Addison Rae review – glorious fantasy from pop’s newest star
With a wedding dress and a giant crystal chandelier, the TikToker-turned-pop wunderkind’s live show is a welcome breath of escapism
Charli xcx: House ft John Cale review – haunt me, then! An elegant, brutal taste of the Wuthering Heights OST
Featuring a lugubrious monologue from the Velvet Underground legend, its jagged strings are more reminiscent of that band than anything on Brat
Bread of Angels: A Memoir, by Patti Smith review – a wild ride with the poet of punk
Smith’s incantatory voice shines through in this surprisingly revelatory follow up to Just Kids and M Train
Richard Ashcroft review – uplifting epics and rocket-boosted confidence reminiscent of 90s Verve heyday
The perma-sunglassed singer tries to transport himself and the audience to a higher plane, culminating in a cathartic sing-along like a gigantic Last Night of the Proms
The Mountain Goats: Through This Fire Across from Peter Balkan review – shipwreck songs from a master storyteller
The latest themed album from John Darnielle’s band – with some help from Lin-Manuel Miranda – takes them on a sumptuously crafted and surprisingly upbeat voyage to a desert island
Paul Kelly: Seventy review – reflections on ageing from a musician bigger than ever
After five decades, the songs are still memorable, warm and a little sex-mad. It’s classic Kelly – and Joe’s back, too
Hatchie: Liquorice review – dizzying dreampop with welcome flashes of depravity
Eschewing the fairyfloss hooks of her earlier work, the Australian’s third album is both more mature and less immediately palatable
Radiohead review – bards of the apocalypse return for a brutal bacchanal
Powered by a pounding rhythm section, the crowd dance to even the tricksiest drum patterns at Radiohead’s first gig in seven years – one that demonstrates the pure joy this band can bring
Rosalía: Lux review – a demanding, distinctive clash of classical and chaos that couldn’t be by anyone else
The Catalan star’s monumental fourth LP features lyrics in 13 languages, references to female saints, the London Symphony Orchestra – and Björk on ‘divine intervention’
Snocaps: Snocaps review – Katie and Allison Crutchfield reunite with a little help from MJ Lenderman
Waxahatchee and her twin sister are joined by Lenderman and Brad Cook for an album of headstrong, tender Americana about chasing integrity and conviction
Florence + the Machine: Everybody Scream review – alt-rock survivor surveys her kingdom with swagger
On her self-deprecating, viscera-flecked sixth record, Florence Welch picks apart the compulsions and contradictions of fame
Anna von Hausswolff: Iconoclasts review – exhilarating, euphoric goth songcraft
The Swedish experimental musician pivots from drones to spectacular pop melodies, with guest spots from Iggy Pop and Ethel Cain
Sananda Maitreya review – the former Terence Trent D’Arby returns in astonishing vocal form
Pop’s lost prodigy returns for the first time in 23 years with a dazzling, genre-hopping show – and a falsetto that still floors the crowd
Jennifer Walton: Daughters review – a stylish and painful debut
Fiction, folk and a devastating diagnosis feature in the producer and DJ’s literary penmanship, her gentle, gothic vocals thick with morbid, magical thinking