New album: Passionate, powerful, eloquent, elegant and reflective, filled with beautiful musical texture, the former Duke Spirit singer’s third solo album ponders themes over society’s potential empathy against self-seeking global economics, and includes guests Gary Newman and Jehnny Beth
Read moreNew albums: Marlowe, Leila Moss, Gillian Welch, Victoria Monét, Another Sky, Video Age, Willie J Healey, Washed Out, Tkay Maidza
The latest selection includes another solo album from The Duke Spirit singer, hip hop follow-up from the Marlowe duo, beautiful fragments from Gillian Welch, a work of ethereal beauty from Another Sky, and 80s pop from Video Age
Read moreNew albums: Edwyn Collins, Billie Eilish, White Denim, Beth Gibbons, Unkle, Ohtis, Gerry Cinnamon, Show Me The Body, The Matthew Herbert Big Band
This week’s selection spans the full range from the quirky pop of Billie Eilish to the triumphant return of Edwyn Collins, masterful prog from White Denim to Beth Gibbons doing Henryk Górecki with a Polish orchestra
Read moreNew albums: J Mascis, Liela Moss, Muse, Part Time, Laura Jane Grace, Boygenius and various
It’s indie week in every way, including solo projects by singers from Dinosaur Jr., The Duke Spirit, and Against Me!, plus Muse doing a full-on dystopia, Part Time, and German post-punk compilation
Read moreSexuality, seduction and salutations: favourite albums of 2017 – part 2
St Vincent to Queens of the Stone Age, Marika Hackman to Laura Marling, Fleet Foxes to the Mountain Goats, this second part of our readers' favourite albums throws up lots of questions over the self and others
Read moreNew albums – Lost Horizons, EERA, Angel Olsen, Evanescence, Shed Seven, Quicksand, Spinning Coin, Ian Svenonius/Escape-ism, Paul Weller
A bumper crop this week includes the Bella Union boss and friends, Angel Olsen, Norway's EERA, comebacks for Shed Seven and Quicksand, Evanescence orchestral reworkings, punk electronica from Escape-ism and a single from the Modfather
Read moreNew album releases: The Fall, Brian Eno, Black Grape, George Thorogood, The Duke Spirit
Shaun Ryder and Kermit return after 20 years, a Brian Eno reissue, The Duke Spirit welcome Josh T Pearson, George Thorogood and The Fall's 31st album in 41 years all decorate this week's selection
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