Algiers: Shook [Matador] – the agitprop post punk welcome return
Death Valley Girls: Islands in the Sky [Suicide Squeeze]
Gina Birch: I Play My Bass Loud [Third Man] – as in the Raincoats solo
Gorillaz: Cracker Island [Warner] – Damon and co still manufacturing songs
Gracie Abrams: Good Riddance [Interscope] – JJ Abrams daughter has a a Dessner producing and an opening spot on the Taylor Swift tour
Heinali: Kyiv Eternal [Injazero]
Iris DeMent: Workin’ on a World [Flariella] – my bet is that this will be the album of the year, I’ve heard four songs and at least one is the best or second best singles so far. There is nobody like the great Americana folk singer, she is impeccable – MOST ANTICIPATED OF THE WEEK
John Lee Hooker: Burnin’ (Expanded Edition) [Craft] – and why not?
Kate Fagan: I Don’t Wanna Be Too Cool (Expanded Edition) [Captured Tracks]
Katrina Krimsky: 1980 [Unseen Worlds]
Lucero: Should’ve Learned by Now [Thirty Tigers]
Miss Grit: Follow the Cyborg [Mute]
Model/Actriz: Dogsbody [True Panther]
Mui Zyu: Rotten Bun for an Eggless Century [Father/Daughter]
The Necks: Travel [Northern Spy]
Neutral Milk Hotel: The Collected Works of Neutral Milk Hotel [Merge] such an odd band (man), I wonder if we can discover anything listening to it all in one setting?
Nnamdï: Please Have a Seat (Deluxe Edition) [Sooper]
Philip Selway: Strange Dance [Bella Union] – the Radiohead drummer
Quinnie: Flounder [Columbia]
Sam Gendel: Cookup [Nonesuch]
Shame: Food for Worms [Dead Oceans]
The Strokes: The Singles, Vol 1 [RCA/Legacy] – Vol 1? Hmmmm…
Tha God Fahim: Iron Bull [Nature Sounds]
Tink: Thanks 4 Nothing [Winter’s Diary/WD/Empire]
U.S. Girls: Bless This Mess [4AD]
Death Valley Girls: Islands in the Sky [Suicide Squeeze]
Gina Birch: I Play My Bass Loud [Third Man]
Gorillaz: Cracker Island [Warner]
Gracie Abrams: Good Riddance [Interscope]
Heinali: Kyiv Eternal [Injazero]
Iris DeMent: Workin’ on a World [Flariella]
John Lee Hooker: Burnin’ (Expanded Edition) [Craft]
Kate Fagan: I Don’t Wanna Be Too Cool (Expanded Edition) [Captured Tracks]
Katrina Krimsky: 1980 [Unseen Worlds]
Lucero: Should’ve Learned by Now [Thirty Tigers]
Miss Grit: Follow the Cyborg [Mute]
Model/Actriz: Dogsbody [True Panther]
Mui Zyu: Rotten Bun for an Eggless Century [Father/Daughter]
The Necks: Travel [Northern Spy]
Neutral Milk Hotel: The Collected Works of Neutral Milk Hotel [Merge]
Nnamdï: Please Have a Seat (Deluxe Edition) [Sooper]
Philip Selway: Strange Dance [Bella Union]
Quinnie: Flounder [Columbia]
Sam Gendel: Cookup [Nonesuch]
Shame: Food for Worms [Dead Oceans]
The Strokes: The Singles, Vol 1 [RCA/Legacy]
Tha God Fahim: Iron Bull [Nature Sounds]
Tink: Thanks 4 Nothing [Winter’s Diary/WD/Empire]
U.S. Girls: Bless This Mess [4AD]