Kelsey Lu: So Help Me God review – strange, graceful songs drifting from pop’s edgelands

Aided by Jack Antonoff, Kim Gordon, Sampha and more, the cello-playing singer-songwriter’s abstracted yet tuneful second album is worth the seven year wait

St Vincent review – majestic orchestral transformations of jagged art-pop

The mercurial artist reworked her catalog with technical mastery – and playful dance moves – accompanied by the Boston Pops orchestra

Taylor Swift: I Knew It, I Knew You review – giddy up! Song for Toy Story cowgirl Jessie is Swift’s best in years

Full of handcrafted care and the rootsy soul of her country origins, this gently elated song is a reminder of what fans love about Swift … and the film series

Zoh Amba: Eyes Full review – raw, rugged country rock also has real tenderness

Better known as a formidable free jazz saxophonist, these thrashing songs about the artist’s Tennessee childhood home share a similar genre-pushing intensity

Gintė Preisaitė: Instruments of Forgetting and the Singing Bone review – atmospheric, unsettling ambience

From birdsong to pool balls, this Lithuanian musician – a graduate of Copenhagen’s buzzy Rhythmic Music Conservatory – mixes beguiling found sounds into left-field pop and modern classical

Lizzo: Bitch review – a spirited star who just can’t rediscover her groove

After scrapping an album and starting anew, Lizzo still sounds lost amid these weak genre-hopping songs. Perhaps the zeitgeist has simply left her behind

Saint Levant review – Palestinian pop star makes Australian debut to an ecstatic, sold-out crowd

Even slight hand gestures elicit screams from his rapturous fans, at a show that brings politics to the party – and ends with a cameo from his father

Take That review – stadium redux of Circus tour has maximal razzle-dazzle

Elephants, clowns, aerialists hanging by their hair … the Big Top concept doesn’t let up at this hugely enjoyable outing for a boy band with hits to spare

Violet Grohl: Be Sweet to Me review – alt-rock arriviste aces the part

The daughter of Foo Fighters’ Dave does a serviceable line in 90s throwback sounds, though the nostalgia is too reverent

Iceage: For Love of Grace & the Hereafter review – Danish punks ace sixth stellar album on the trot

The quintet add shoegaze, country and 50s rock’n’roll to their core indie-punk sound, resulting in songs that offset lyrical bleakness with gleeful, uplifting music

Sugar review – Bob Mould’s reunited band still in a sweet spot between noise and melody

After three unlikely Top 10 albums in the 90s, the trio are back – and on the basis of this rapid-fire set, you hope they’ll stick around

Paul McCartney: The Boys of Dungeon Lane review – at 83, his gift for melody still astounds

From nostalgic returns to his Liverpool childhood to a crazed Glastonbury fantasia, these are songs written with real purpose and a master’s finesse

Boards of Canada: Inferno review – after 13 years away, their prodigal return is a big disappointment

The Scottish electronic duo remain hugely influential – but their new album’s interrogation of religion is dubious, and the drum programming is worse still

Doja Cat review – pop superstar or true freak? US iconoclast plays the tension to perfection

Moving seamlessly through extravagant choreography between bubblegum–rap and darker, rockier material, the singer is always in full command

Harry Styles review – a genuinely charismatic performer who has pulled off one of the hardest tricks in pop

Johan Cruijff Arena, the NetherlandsStyles’ first stop in his Together, Together tour, which will see him perform lengthy residencies around the world, is a reminder of how talented he is