(Because Music)
British rapper, DJ and singer-songwriter Blane Muise slinks between genres, mischief and melody on her experimental first album

(BMG)
The cult indie band may not have the dark fire of yesteryear but they still rock their twisted tropes

(Merge)
All of life – and death – is here in the band’s numinous 16th album

(Backing Track/Wrasse)
The Franco-Algerian singer’s 10th album spans genres and moods to potent effect, with glittering production from Justin Adams

(One Little Independent)
The pop auteur’s 10th album deals with the death of her mother and the dawn of new love by digging deep into Dutch techno, bass clarinets – and fungi

Mezzo Marianne Beate Kielland dazzles in orchestral versions of Sibelius’s songs. And pianist Sarah Cahill revels in three centuries of works by women

(ECM)
The master of solo-piano improvisation proved his spontaneous alchemy was as mesmerising as ever in this 2016 performance

(Secretly Canadian)
Karen O is more incisive than ever on the band’s first album since 2013, which fluctuates between burning intensity and awestruck love

London Philharmonic Orchestra/Edward Gardner
(LPO, three CDs)
Gardner captures perfectly the overflowing exuberance of Tippett’s score, with Toby Spence and Jennifer France an ideal Jack and Bella

(Parlophone)
Frontman Jacob Lusk is nothing short of incredible on the trio’s debut album, a powerful half-hour of top-tier songwriting that proves Gabriels are far more than soul revivalists

(Domino)
The American musician continues to mine a rich seam of autobiography and fiction

(Bella Union)
Trading the Charlatans’ dancey grandeur for something scrappier, their frontman proves endearingly open-hearted on his third solo album

(XL)
Hip-hop breakouts, machine music and sumptuous strings vie with out-and-out jazz brilliance on the US drummer-producer’s latest

(Legacy Recordings)
Outtakes from the trumpeter’s Star People, Decoy and You’re Under Arrest albums, plus a live gig from 1983, continue Sony’s meticulous series

(Self-released)
Hafana uses her instrument as a percussive, jagged-toothed tool with which she excavates songs from the Welsh National Library’s archives

(Bella Union)
The Charlatans frontman’s songs of love and life after Covid range from driving pop to Sparks-ish electronica, sumptuous arrangements and modern psychedelia

The Melbourne band’s compelling fifth record is concerned with love found and lost – and ends with a heartbreaking one-two punch

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Selaocoe et al
(Warner Classics)
The cellist guides us through his musical life so far, from traditional African dance rhythms to 18th-century sonatas

(BMG)
A renewed sense of urgency – and enjoyment – pulses through this punchy, passionate comeback

(Polydor)
The British producer bounces back with a clutch of guests and an eclectic romp through genres