Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds: Wild God – The joy after the storm
After a series of minimal and experimental albums, The Bad Seeds are back in all their rollicking glory
Liam Gallagher and John Squire – A generous one star for this musical marriage forged in hell
Album review: The debut album from the Mancunian ‘super duo’ is an excruciating exercise in bluster and swagger
Terri Hooley: Seventy-Five Revolutions: Absorbing overview of Good Vibrations mastermind
Stuart Bailie’s elegant book explores the cultural clout and influence of Belfast music entrepreneur who rose to prominence with punk
The Smile: Wall of Eyes – Another classic from Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood and Tom Skinner
The alt.supergroup’s second album is a looser-sounding affair, with sombre echoes of Radiohead’s A Moon Shaped Pool
Thurston Moore: ‘I didn’t want to get into a Morrissey thing of settling scores’
The singer and musician helped define alternative culture through his band Sonic Youth. This year he wrote a memoir about his life in music
Max Greenwood: In the Quiet of the Evening – A beacon of reflective positivity
Nottingham pianist and musician has recorded a collection of beautiful piano instrumentals
Fish Go Deep: What I Mean by Beautiful – Rebel City house music
The duo behind the decks at Sir Henry’s present their fourth studio opus
Lol Tolhurst x Budgie x Jacknife Lee: Los Angeles - A guest-packed sonic extravaganza
Former drummers of The Cure and Siouxsie and The Banshees unite with producer Jacknife Lee
Kojaque: Phantom of the Afters – An emotional odyssey of hard-hitting raps and soft beats
Cabra man pours his heart and soul into his most personal, poignant and open album yet
Øxn: Cyrm – A modern masterpiece from Irish neofolk supergroup
Members of Lankum and Percolator join Katie Kim on the most astonishing surprise package of the year
Dreams of Electric Bleep review: Classic cuts from a golden age of Irish electronic music
A cracking compilation of electro tunes from the 1990s and 2000s still sounds futuristic and fresh after all these years
Sufjan Stevens: Javelin - Songs of tenderness and vulnerability with added poignancy
Detroit singer releases 10th studio album following an autoimmune disorder diagnosis
Jape: ‘I thought music was the only medicine I needed to survive. When I got older I realised this is not entirely true’
Richie Egan on living in Sweden, parenthood, his new album and becoming a musical lifer
Mick Flannery: Goodtime Charlie - Best-selling troubadour lightens up
Cork singer is more hit than miss on an assured eighth album
The Chemical Brothers: For that Beautiful Feeling - Seamless, sweet psychedelia
One of the defining acts of British electronica continue their revival