The Swedish singer-songwriter addresses her experience of sexual assault on an album that is unsettling, compelling and catchy

They make for an unlikely duo, but the rock elder statesman and the 1990s dancehall-pop star prove a simpatico pairing

Cate Le Bon and Tim Presley share the vocals, singing to spidery acoustic guitar and drowsy drones from a violin

How your old album collection could be gaining in value — if it’s not too scratched

Hull musicians David Rotheray and Mike Greaves team up for an album of wry, sturdily melodic songs

The music is at the harder end of the spectrum, with discomfiting electronic effects, ominous bass, staccato beats

The Nashville-based veteran sings of seasons passing but also includes a Tex-Mex romantic duet and a jaunty foot-stomper

The former One Direction’s singer cast himself as a junior Jagger in a pink circus showman’s jacket

An unpredictable, high-octane set from the trap music star

The DJ’s latest techno record is less attention-grabbing but no less high in quality than his last album, Drone Logic

One track casts the singer as a disco Dolly Parton, which should be kitsch fun but is done in an oddly humourless, clunky fashion

Vocalist Clottie Cream sings barbed lyrics in a cooly self-possessed fashion

The trio offer an antidote to the sunniness of their home state, California

The rap duo’s music has a psychedelic drive, dense with sampled dialogue, jazzy instrumentation and hypnotic basslines

The music is anchored in US punk but with diversions through rock-rap, rave, post-punk and quirky pop

The singer pays tribute to Bob with 12 covers that reimagine his songs as robust, old-school soul and R&B

The singing is sorrowful but indomitable, bolstered by the solid virtues of country-rock, gospel and soul

The former Fugazi hands sound like they are trying to plot a straight path through a distorted, amped-up world

Chewy basslines, double-tracked vocals and inventive guitar solos — but the songs are skittish

The composer talks about confounding the naysayers and his image in Britain and the US

The Edinburgh trio’s show was an uncompromising affair

A gig that travelled through time and space with easy musicality

The singer launched his new look with some impressive new material

The electronic musician conjures wonderfully detailed digital tones and textures inspired by science and data

An album that finds affinities between 1980s pop-R&B, soul and funk and the US singer-songwriter’s earthier style