Fresh Grooves for October 16

Fontaines D.C. open a new era with Dopamine Chamber — their post-punk rush now shot through with synths and stadium-sized hooks. A band refusing to stand still.

The Avalanches return with No Bad Memories — the sample-delicate architects of Since I Left You still stitching joy out of a thousand borrowed fragments.

Ashe gets dreamy on The Girl Of Your Dreams — feather-soft vocals over widescreen pop that trades heartbreak for hard-won calm.

NSQK's mosca drifts between bedroom pop and late-night electronica — hushed, glitchy and quietly one of the week's loveliest surprises.

Angèle follows instinct rather than plan on Instinct — flirtatious French-pop with chrome-plated production and hooks that stick on first listen.

LUCKI exhumes tapes for Last Laugh [archive tape] — woozy, slurred underground rap with the deadpan fatalism that made him a cult favourite.

Olivia Rodrigo and Chappell Roan join forces on Expectations — two of pop's sharpest pen-game rivals sounding like they had far too much fun doing it.

Rachel Chinouriri gets it all off her chest on I Think I Spoke Too Soon — gauzy indie-pop with a wry streak and a very British heart.

Zach Bryan closes the week with Young Manhood and Other Donatable Organs — spare, raw-knuckled country songwriting that swings for the fences.