King Stingray: For the Dreams review – an unbridled celebration of life from Yolŋu surf rockers

The Northern Territory band follow up their award-winning debut with another instant classic full of catchy hooks, massive choruses and good vibes

Du Blonde: Sniff More Gritty review – a gleefully self-sufficient affair

The Newcastle musician’s freewheeling, hook-heavy new album is a worthy follow-up to the one-woman wigout of Homecoming

Primal Scream: Come Ahead review – Bobby Gillespie’s most personal album yet

The frontman of the Scottish rockers contemplates mortality and more on an album with shades of 70s Philly soul

Sofie Royer: Young-Girl Forever review – existential crises you can dance to

The Austrian-Iranian singer’s new wave style hits harder than ever on an excellent album inspired by a treatise from a French anarchist collective

Linkin Park: From Zero review – rock’s risk takers win big with punchy comeback

They sold millions as the most poppy and emotional band in nu-metal. Now, returning with Emily Armstrong as frontwoman, they remain just as dynamic

Deep Purple review – age cannot wither these pogoing rock elders

Now in their late 70s, the band revisit the classics but also show off remarkably fresh rockers from their new album – and keep the lid on their solos

Lulu review – remarkable farewell tour ends one of pop’s strangest journeys

Her distinctive rasp is still magnificent at 76, as she swings through 60 years of hits from Shout! to Relight My Fire

The Cure review – an intimate, poignant show from a band more focused than they’ve been in years

Material from new album Songs of a Lost World fits perfectly amid two hours’ worth of back-catalogue hits, all performed with giddy intensity

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds review – an incredible mass spiritual outpouring

This hugely moving concert spans every corner of the human experience, finding Cave at a point where time has deepened his music’s power and his connection with his audience

Laura Marling review – a sumptuous performance, with strings attached

The singer-songwriter’s impressive showcase of her new album is bookended by solo guitar numbers that underline what a class act she is

Peter Perrett: The Cleansing review – a darkly humorous gem

For all his talk of death and dying, the former Only Ones frontman is on top form on this 20-track bonanza

Autre Ne Veut: Love, Guess Who?? review – long-awaited return is like peak Magic FM

Arthur Ashin’s first album for nearly a decade sounds bruised and careful, its melodies strong and simple – including his best song to date

Ice Spice review – rapid-fire hits from rap’s new princess

There’s high octane energy from artist and audience alike as the New Yorker rattles through 21 tracks in 45 minutes, showing off broad artistry in between bouts of twerking

Beak> review – cosmic rockers’ noisy, glorious send-off for Geoff Barrow

Ahead of ex-Portishead man Barrow leaving the trio, there’s time for one last tour – and it’s a triumph of musical freedom and fraternity

Paul Kelly: Fever Longing Still – an old-school variety show with old-school oomph

With his 29th album, the Melbourne songwriter goes back to basics – assembling a classic rock band who tumble through tracks of desire and devotion