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Furiously great: Kamasi Washington
A bumper crop of recent and new releases includes Damon Albarn back in 2D, Florence toning down the volume, an industrial political comeback from Nine Inch Nails, and a colossal work by a modern jazz great
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LUMP: Laura Marling and Mike Lindsay, inspired by the hairy one
This week we lavish you with a bumper crop of top-quality LPs: ethereal beauty in a Laura Marling collaboration, Father John Misty parodying narcissism, brilliant Brooklyn punk band Bodega, blues funk from Warmduscher, and superb solo female work by Neko Case and Natalie Prass
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Courtney Barnett
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
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The cover of Eleanor Friedberger's new album, Rebound
A varied and fascinating selection of mainly solo artists decorate this week’s selection, including the former singers of Fiery Furnaces and Supergrass, two dance DJs, Plan B returning to soul, and Danish rockers Iceage
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A unique and beautiful voice: Geoffrey Gurrumul
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
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Josh T. Pearson, a new beardless look on his new album cover
The Texan returns with more forceful work, The Damned show more than punk, plus comedy rock from Harry Shearer, psych folk from Laura Veirs, Daniel Avery electrionica, Wiley's grime and offbeat indie from Slug and Hinds
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Goat Girl
This week's selection sees EELS at their best, Unknown Mortal Orchestra rocking out, Kylie going country pop, Goat Girl on London life, the Manics coming back strong, and gentle guitar folk from Ultimate Painting and Hop Along
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Stop-animation polar bear? That'll be BEAK> then.
A new, catchier electronica evolution of the Leeds psych rockers, the Sunderland indie innovators address a turbulent world, and a return for the Glasgow veterans are just three of the six on this week's selection
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Django Django return with their third album
A bumper crop of eclectic releases includes electro-dance krautrock from Django Django, Ty Segall displaying his talented stylistic range, and a long-awaited return from Warp's Nightmares on Wax
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No swan song ... St Vincent
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
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Images Father John Misty's Pure Comedy
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?
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Stadium Killers: Brandon Flowers and friends are back
A bountiful selection this week brings you everything from rap-metal righteous anger to soulful 60s torch songs, stadium rock to innovative indie, plus a sneak preview of Björk's new single - her own category completely
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The Surfing Magazines jump on this week's wave of new albums
Dave Grohl and co aren't the only big release this week - from electronica to garage, soul and psychedelia, this week's selection touches on the future in all sorts of original ways, apocalyptic and otherwise
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