Fridayz Live Sydney review – Mariah Carey is impeccable but Pitbull steals the show
Dual headliners capped a R&B festival with fever-dream energy, including self-help sermons and Pitbull cosplayers everywhere you looked
Blawan: Sick Elixir review – it’s man vs machine in an oppressive, ominous trip down the rabbit hole
Jamie Roberts’ unsettling take on bass music is crammed with glitchy rhythms and jolting sounds. It’s as disorienting as it is immersive
Kieran Hebden and William Tyler: 41 Longfield Street Late ’80s review – Four Tet fries his formative country influences
Lyle Lovett meets brain-scouring distortion on the electronic musician’s surprisingly un-nostalgic collaboration with former Lambchop guitarist Tyler
Sacred Lodge: Ambam review – heady, hypnotic beats inspired by the hollers of Equatorial Guinea
Matthieu Ruben N’Dongo amps up the intensity on a second album that makes an uncanny atmosphere out of swarming electronics, grisly vocals and polyrhythmic percussion
End of the Road review – from industrial rackets to pristine folk, festivals don’t get more varied or vital
Full of warmth despite the rain, highs include Mexico City experimentalists Titanic and Vermont songwriter Lily Seabird’s gorgeously open-hearted voice
Autumns: Basic Face review – sinister vocals, metallic sounds and mutant cowbells
With its beefy rhythms and intense, unrelenting tracks, the prolific Irish producer follows the classic EBM formula to sweaty effect
For Those I Love: Carving the Stone review – bracing anger at Irish social stasis
The raw grief of David Balfe’s first album may have faded to a bruise, but his spoken-word fury is as strong as ever in these hyper-focused stories of poverty and exploitation
Ninajirachi: I Love My Computer review – a surprisingly moving tribute to 2010s EDM
The Australian producer’s debut album pays homage to the blustering, bombastic genre of her adolescence. The BPM soars and so do the feelings
AraabMuzik: Electronic Dream 2 review – the return of a maximalist MPC wizard
This sequel retains the original’s generation-defining mix of dread and debauchery, although it is overshadowed by recent bolder versions of the sound
DJ K: Radio Libertadora! review – explosive, cacophonous baile funk witchcraft
Kaique Vieira’s latest ‘bruxaria’ album is even bolder and louder than his 2023 debut, as he brings revolutionary spirit to the funk sound of São Paolo
Daytimers: Alterations review – Bollywood classics remixed for today’s dancefloors
The UK collective have been reimagining south Asian music since 2020, and their new compilation splices junglism and Afro-house onto gems in Sony India’s catalogue
Lorde: Virgin review – chaos, carnality and compulsions meet cataclysmic choruses
After her last album embraced switching off, the musician returns to pop’s fray to revel in the mess of late-20s angst with a strikingly unsettled sound
Dâdalus & Bikarus: Off the Shelf review – energetic, near-erotic tracks build to a whirlwind of sound
Zurich-based musicians Benedikt Merz and David Hänni meld krautrock, punk and big beat into tripped-out, swampy grooves that reach dizzying heights
Lyra Pramuk: Hymnal review – slime-toting composer’s dazzling and difficult devotional music
Inspired by the intricate webs of creeping slime mould, Pramuk’s fascinating ideas can get lost in a primordial soup of genres and textures
Stereolab: Instant Holograms on Metal Film review – after 15 years, the retro-futurists make a radiant return
Motorik grooves, Marxist critique and vintage synths – in their first album since 2010, Laetitia Sadier et al pick up where they left off yet sound more timely than ever