Dâdalus & Bikarus: Off the Shelf review – energetic, near-erotic tracks build to a whirlwind of sound

Zurich-based musicians Benedikt Merz and David Hänni meld krautrock, punk and big beat into tripped-out, swampy grooves that reach dizzying heights

Lyra Pramuk: Hymnal review – slime-toting composer’s dazzling and difficult devotional music

Inspired by the intricate webs of creeping slime mould, Pramuk’s fascinating ideas can get lost in a primordial soup of genres and textures

Douglas McCarthy, frontman with industrial group Nitzer Ebb, dies aged 58

No cause of death given for influential electronic body music vocalist whose punchy, declarative style found fans across both rock and dance

The best albums of 2025 so far

Bon Iver straddles stark indie-folk and poppy R&B while PinkPantheress makes an unarguable case for going out out as we revisit six months of the music you mustn’t miss

‘Yes, there was a riot, but it was great’: Cabaret Voltaire on violent gigs, nuclear noise – and returning to mark 50 years

They made music like sonic warfare, using steamhammers for drums and annoying anyone they could. As the band return, they relive the mayhem years – and their soundtrack spinoffs, from Attenborough to Chernobyl

Add to playlist: GB’s open-hearted pop and the best of the week’s new tracks

The latest innovator to emerge from the RMC, Copenhagen’s music school and alt-hothouse, Gustav Berntsen combines off-kilter rock with unabashed yearning

Stereolab: Instant Holograms on Metal Film review – after 15 years, the retro-futurists make a radiant return

Motorik grooves, Marxist critique and vintage synths – in their first album since 2010, Laetitia Sadier et al pick up where they left off yet sound more timely than ever

Anyone fancy a subwoofer massage? The show that shakes you senseless

From vibrating stages and a car park dance floor to metal pipes tuned to the frequency of ‘love’, the artists behind a new exhibition say their work may even change your body on a cellular level

‘It’s a marathon, not a sprint’: surviving the 50-hour, non-stop techno festival

New York’s fourth Wire festival treated those with enough stamina to a weekend full of unrelenting dance music

Add to playlist: Merseyside rapper EsDeeKid and the week’s best new tracks

With a magnificent scouse accent and entertainingly debauched lyrics, EsDeeKid is blowing up fast – plus check out new music from Fiona Apple and more

Desire: The Carl Craig Story review – goatee-stroking homage to a techno legend

There’s a suitable air of scholarly sobriety to this music documentary about the influential Detroit DJ, but he still remains an enigma

‘It’s a northern sound, it gives you hope that it can happen to you’: how bassline bounced back

Once maligned as a scene marred by violence, bassline is booming once again thanks to pioneers such as Big Ang, Jamie Duggan and a T2 track that changed everything

‘Nepo babies should be doing stuff like this’: are rich people ruining or reviving UK club culture?

London’s underground dance scene is increasingly funded by inherited wealth. From Mike Ashley’s son to a Tetra Pak heir, moneyed promoters explain their motivations

Views of TikTok posts with electronic music outgrow those using indie

Videos tagged #ElectronicMusic attracted more than 13bn views worldwide last year, an increase of 45% on 2023

One to watch: Jane Paknia

Inspired by Alice Coltrane, Sophie and a certain Muppet, the New York musician lives out her dream on an addictive second EP