Real Lies: We Will Annihilate Our Enemies review – lad laureate meets euphoric synths
Kevin Lee Kharas’s muttered musings about love and life are given a sumptuous electronic backdrop by producer Patrick King
Sherelle: With a Vengeance review – UK dance debut is dizzyingly doof-doof-doof
The Londoner has alighted on a sophisticated, high-tempo hybrid of footwork and jungle – and seems to suggest a better way of living
DJ Koze: Music Can Hear Us review – party-starting nostalgist is as playful as ever
Appealingly rough around the edges, the Hamburg DJ’s fourth album voyages from a Damon Albarn amapiano track to harsh 90s drum’n’bass
FKA twigs review – an eye-popping extravaganza of dancing and demons
The ever out-there British artist tours her latest album, Eusexua, with a show whose mix of club vibe, winged beast props and prime back catalogue delights and confounds
Bdrmm: Microtonic review – Hull shoegazers nod towards the dancefloor
The quartet’s increasingly electronica-based textures convey a sense of tension and unease on their third album
Maribou State review – UK duo turn darkness into light after existential crisis
With Chris Davids recovered from a brain condition, the electronic act’s first tour in years is full of committed, emotionally resonant performances
FKA twigs: Eusexua review – a hymn to the healing power of the dancefloor
Coining a word to describe a particular state of euphoria, twigs effortlessly juggles left-field digitals and club pop tunes on album No 3
Aphex Twin: Music from the Merch Desk (2016-2023) review – Santa’s sack overspills with AFX bounty
Compiling the highly sought-after limited vinyl releases sold at recent festival sets, this surprise 38-track release filled with bangers and beauty is a trove for fans
Bubble Love: Bubble Love review – Ross From Friends’ high-energy pop-club side project
Producer Felix Weatherall adopts another guise, swapping lo-fi analogue for a disorienting burst of alternative dance music
Poppy: Negative Spaces review – screams and sweetness as metalcore meets loungecore
On her sixth album, the multi-genre star seems to be having an identity crisis – but amid the industrial guitars and synthpop, she clearly trusts her own instincts
Underworld: Strawberry Hotel review – sweet bangers and sad laments
The techno giants’ 11th album finds them ranging from cut-up dancefloor fillers to gentle experimentation
Kelly Lee Owens: Dreamstate review – dancefloor transcendence by a true pop shapeshifter
The Welsh producer’s latest handbrake turn takes her from dark-hued ambience to hypnotic euphoria on her poppiest record to date
Public Service Broadcasting review – Amelia Earhart tribute soars
History-focused band brings live magic to heartfelt songs about the lost aviator and other spirits from a more hopeful age
No Bounds review – from clubs to chapels, this Sheffield fest is dizzyingly daring
It was always somewhere to let rip until dawn, but seven editions in, No Bounds lives up to its name by expanding across cathedrals, castles and more
Charli xcx: Brat and It’s Completely Different But Also Still Brat review – her lime-green imperial phase is unstoppable
(Atlantic)Big-name guests abound on a thrilling remix album that takes a glimpse into celebrity’s heart of darkness but makes it transcendently fun and cool