Sombre and reflective songwriting from a modern soul great

Mad, joyous and utterly absorbing, ‘No Bad Memories’ proves that more than two decades on, The Avalanches can still surprise, and still make a concept this heady feel like pure play

A curious sidestep in place, ‘Ghosts (100 Days Of Morning)’ refuses to sit in one place, making it absorbing, infuriating and impishly entertaining

‘Do Not Dare To Dream’ is the audible culmination of a tried and tested Fanclub recipe: richly layered arrangements that interact with a warm embrace, alongside lyricism that manages both timelessness and contemporariness

‘Dopamine Chamber’ is Fontaines D.C. rambling about the worst bits of the modern world – environmental collapse, extreme wealth, political violence – over some of the prettiest instrumentals the band have written

A quicksilver document, ‘Live At Carnegie Hall’ reaffirms Cameron Winter’s place within that pantheon

One of the year's best

A new chapter packed with detail and revelation

This is a confident, good-time record, and there’s enough promise and magic on show to suggest Wishy could really smash it next time out

Four decades on, he remains a class act, still curious, still innovative and still relentlessly cool. If ‘The Age Of Everything’ is about embracing possibility, Johnny Marr embodies the very best of everything music has to offer

Press play, open a window, pour something cold, and let the good times roll

Adult DVD have given us an album which pokes fun at the modern world and all its idiosyncrasies. It’s exactly what we need right now, overflowing with characters and situations and all presented through the prism of humour

Everything great about Blondshell is present on ‘Violins’, but it feels sharper, more adventurous and more assured then ever before

‘Thank You’ is a triumphant return to music for Mike D, a fairly smooth-sailing affair, but one that has plenty going on and packs a punch

Ezra Collective continue their journey with their most ambitious and emotionally expansive project to date, reaffirming not only their place at the forefront of contemporary British music, but the sense of joy, connection and optimism that has always sat at the heart of everything they do

Echo & The Bunnymen’s first album in more than a decade is a resounding success that both band and production team can take great pride in. The Liverpool greats rise to the occasion, expertly balancing darkness and pain with optimism, hope and love

There is still wonder in his music, only now it comes from refinement rather than reinvention

It may not be among their finest work, but ‘Anatomy Of A Brief Romance’ is surely a cathartic release for its composer and for listeners who see their own experiences reflected in it

Lush, immersive, and deeply physical, this is his best in a decade

Closing with the mighty hip-hop infused, neo-industrial beat behind ‘Ain’t In LA’, this is an unrelenting debut, a coherent run of pop ambition that displays every inch of ADÉLA’s star quality