Diagonale des Yeux: Madeleine review – wacky multilingual outsider pop with winning quieter moments
Music boxes, miaows and strange melodies pepper the whimsical and charmingly lo-fi post-punk of Laurène Exposito and Théo Delaunay
James Blake: Trying Times review – platitudes about politics and Kanye can’t detract from an excellent album
Amid the stylistic shifts of Blake’s seventh record come samples of Dusty Springfield and Dizzee Rascal: gripping distractions from some preachy sentiments
Simo Cell and Abdullah Miniawy: Dying Is the Internet review – a virtuosic voice cuts through digital noise
The latest collaboration between the French producer and Egyptian singer pairs soaring musicality with frenetic electronics to examine the age of AI
Fred Again review – guest-heavy homecoming for the golden boy of UK dance is an eclectic triumph
Following a six-night stint in NYC, Fred Gibson returns to London for a brilliant, five-hour melange of his own tracks and wildly energising guest-star mini-sets
Ikonika: Sad review – vocal-led new direction is a hit for the Hyperdub veteran
(Hyperdub)The dancefloor producer weaves seductive and steely lyrics with their trademark production in a convincing embrace of pop
Debit: Desaceleradas review – Afro-Latin club sounds slowed to a seductive crawl
The producer’s second album is a granular dissection of cumbia rebajada, forcing the listener to focus on the strangeness of every moment in her ambient soundworld
Oneohtrix Point Never: Tranquilizer review – uncanny ambient music for an agitated era
Made using a cache of Y2K sample CDs that Daniel Lopatin salvaged from the internet’s fringes, the kaleidoscopic result speaks to contemporary information overload
Mohinder Kaur Bhamra: Punjabi Disco review – rediscovery of an 80s trailblazer
Punjabi folk vocals backed by hammering electronic percussion, disco basslines and fizzing synth melody: a key predecessor to the Asian dance music explosion
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