The C.I.A.: Surgery Channel [In the Red]
Guided by Voices: La La Land [GBV Inc] – will these guys ever get it a rest? You’d think that three albums last year woulda kept the post-punk GBV on best behavior but here they are with a fourth for our sins
John Cale: Mercy [Double Six/Domino] – all three songs released have been experimental and electronic art pop and at 80 years of age Cale remains more than capable – MOST ANTICIPATED ALBUM OF THE WEEK
Kali Malone: Does Spring Hide Its Joy [Ideologic Organ]
Ladytron: Time’s Arrow [Cooking Vinyl]
Mac DeMarco: Five Easy Hot Dogs [Mac’s Record Label] – too clever by half, the whimsical Robert Morse lookalike is a whimsical bore who wants put his real address on an album and had to move homes, it has been over two years since we heard from the indie guy so let’s see
Måneskin: Rush! [Epic] – their post-Eurovision Song Contest is the Italian rockers cashing in their fame card and really not awful
Oddisee: To What End [Outer Note Label]
Rian Treanor & Ocen: Saccades [Nyege Nyege Tapes]
Sebastian Rochford & Kit Downes: A Short Diary [ECM]