Add to playlist: the endlessly inventive, radiant indie rock of Friko and the week’s best new tracks

The Chicago band’s frantic, urgent guitar melodies celebrate hope, friendship and family in these uncertain times From Chicago, Illinois Recommended if you like Modest Mouse, Wilco, Car Seat Headrest Up next Second album Something Worth Waiting For out 24 April, touring the US from April and Europe in summer In Friko’s hands, a swirl of influences and experiments curve the many colours of indie rock into an endlessly inventive, radiant ramble. The Chicago band’s upcoming, cheekily titled seco...

By Lior Phillips and Laura Snapes