Jon Spencer’s explosive solo to Marianne Faithfull’s gentle honesty, Bill Ryder-Jones love songs to music by the film director David Lynch, this week’s album roundup embraces a wealth of experimentation and styles
Read moreNew albums: Thom Yorke, Julia Holter, Ty Segall, Pill, Soap&Skin, Value Void, Gypsyfingers
Otherworldly is recurring theme in this week’s releases, including Thom Yorke’s soundrack to the Suspiria remake, Julia Holter and Soap&Skin, plus pithy postpunk from Pill, and reinterpretations by Ty Segall
Read moreNew albums: Neneh Cherry, Farao, Yoko Ono, Lisa O'Neill, Will Oldham, Richard Ashcroft, TVAM
Female artists dominate this week’s album release roundup, with beautiful work from Norway’s Farao, Neneh Cherry, raw folk from Lisa O’Neil and even rawer retrospective from Yoko Ono
Read moreNew albums: Suede, Prince, Christine and the Queens, Gazelle Twin, Beak>, Dizzee Rascal, Cash Savage and the Last Drinks, Black Honey, Sauna Youth, Sobrenadar
The towering talent of Prince on piano, rural idylls exploded by Suede and the otherworldly Gazelle Twin, peerless pop from Christine as Chris, and the brilliant Beak> are among this week’s massive roundup
Read moreNew albums: Spiritualized, Teleman, Maribou State, Menace Beach, Yves Tumor, Chilly Gonzales
Stormy sounds and emotions from Spiritualized to Yves Tumor to super-clean pop from Teleman, and intimate piano from Chilly Gonzales, this week’s selection no shortage of excellence and experimentation
Read moreNew albums – Underworld & Iggy Pop, Dusty Limits, The Internet, Trojan artists, Rex Orange County, Phantastic Ferniture
It’s slow summer season, but that doesn’t stop selection of variety and quality from Iggy and Underworld to cabaret legend Dusty Limits, songwriting from Surrey to Australia and a superb reggae compilation
Read moreNew albums: Gruff Rhys, Lily Allen, Lykke Li, Boy Azooga, Jorja Smith, Echo Ladies
Wales and Sweden feature much this week, with interweaving solo artists’ melancholy-pop with the Furry Animals man, Lily Allen and Lykke Li, plus three promising debuts from Jorja Smith, Boy Azooga and Echo Ladies
Read moreNew albums: Courtney Barnett, Parquet Courts, Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks, Wax Chattels, Ryley Walker, Ray LaMontage, TT, Mary Lattimore, James Bay
A bumper crop this week includes sharp lyricists Courtney Barnett and Stephen Malkmus, postpunk greats Parquet Courts, jazz indie from kiwis Wax Chattels, and a solo album by Warpaint’s singer and a lovely harp album
Read moreNew albums: Drinks (Cate Le Bon), Alexis Taylor (Hot Chip), Jeffrey Lewis, Gurrumul, Sting & Shaggy, Perel
This week’s selection includes a farewell from great blind Aboriginal singer, plus Kate Le Bon’s new collaboration, the Hot Chip singer, East Berliner Perel, a Jeffrey Lewis tribute to counterculture, and a strange joint album between Sting and Shaggy
Read moreNew albums and more: Wild Beasts, Björk, Belle & Sebastian, Laurie Anderson & Kronos Quartet, Anne Briggs, Whyte Horses, Car Seat Headrest
A cornucopia of classical, electronica, rock, pop and alt-indie decorates this week's selection
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 moreDrunk, dark and humorous: favourite albums of 2017 – part 1
Father John Misty to Randy Newman, Thundercat to Sleaford Mods, Richard Dawson to DUDS, Björk to Lorde – who is on the first part of this week's reader-voted list, and what is the running theme?
Read moreNew albums: Donald Fagan, The Staves & yMusic, Belle and Sebastian, Tom Rogerson with Brian Eno, plus Morrissey
Unreleased material from one half of Steely Dan, singing sisters combine with classical, Glaswegians tackle global problems, experimentation with Eno and Morrissey's new single are among this week's selections
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