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Diverse, irregular, free-spirited: Yo La Tengo’s set for EFG London Jazz Festival was an exhilarating cocktail of their dynamic career and talents.

Playing their seminal album IV in full, the German pioneers produced a sermon-like show of mesmerising sound collages, the kind that crowned them as the improvisational krautrock icons in the first place.

As well as the obvious joy in being able to perform live again during his “rare, stripped-back” show, there is a particular gratitude John Grant displays in playing to a country that has embraced him so readily. At Bexhill’s De La Warr Pavilion, the gratitude was mutual.

Creating a palpable chemistry between herself and Melbourne’s Royal Exhibition Building, Barnett’s livestream performance blended warmth and grandeur, something maybe even a live performance couldn’t even deliver.

With gorgeous visuals accompanying the band’s aloof performance, this felt like a step above the typical livestream set as the Oxford psych-pop group fully lean into the peculiar tendencies they’re known for.

In a year where we’ve spent the majority of which confined to our bedrooms, Parks’ brand of intimate lo-fi bedroom pop has projected her to the fore of indie music. Her recent livestream for Dummy Mag demonstrated that where she feels at home.