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Dystopia depicted: Gruff Rhys’s album Babelsberg
The first part of our annual roundup of notable albums includes several great debuts by young bands, plus work that reflects dystopian political turmoil, gender issues and growing human relationship with technology
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Big Joanie
Acoustic, raw, and live from the Boss and Neil Young, gentle a-caustic from Moffat and Hubbert, postpunk from Big Joanie, and some passionate posthumous material from Richard Swift are among this week’s releases
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Vera Sola, from the video for The Colony, from her debut album, Shades
The first of two roundups this week of album releases from the past month includes Damon Albarn reuniting with old friends, an upbeat Wave Pictures, the brilliant DUDS. Anderson Paak, and a debut by Vera Sola
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Liela Moss
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
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From the album cover of Titles With The Word Fountain, by Liars
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
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Still from the 2018 remake of Suspiria, music by Thom Yorke
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
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Farao aka Kari Jahnsen
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
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Molly Burch
Cat Power’s blues-folk to angry techno from Marie Davidson, cross-genre punk from Fucked Up, punchy postpunk by the NIghtingales, to reworked and tracks by Echo and the Bunnymen? This week’s selection offers something for everyone
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Villagers’ Conor O’Brien
A beauty from Villagers, an modern update attempt by Nile Rodgers, blistering metal by Pigs x 7, Brexit lament by Amber Arcades, plus The Joy Formidable, Mudhoney and Max Cooper make up this week’s selection
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Prince in 1983. Master pianist, among many other things
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
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Paul Weller’s reflective new album echoes English Rose and Nick Drake
A gentle album from the Modfather, punchy EPs from Aphex Twin and Sleaford Mods, upbeat indie from The Good Sax, and compilations of 60s and 70s girl groups and Sudanese music make up this week’s selection
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The space man returns: Spiritualized's Jason Pierce
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
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Anna Calvi - Hunter
Beautiful and blistering new albums from, respectively, the big-voiced singer-guitarist and the Bristol punk rock band, plus a collaboration between Bon Iver and The National and more
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Tunng – Songs You Make At Night
Our bumper roundup includes a welcome return to the folktronica innovators Tunng, plus White Denim, Mark Lanegan, a concept album from the Lemon Twigs, 80s-style pop from Her’s, and the soul star Candi Staton
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The Beths debut album cover
A bumper roundup of new albums includes prog rock from Oh Sees, outstanding indie from New Zealand and the UK, including Slaves and The Beths, ghostly beauty from Scotland’s Kathryn Joseph, plus Death Cab For Cutie
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Underworld's Karl Hyde and Rick Smith with Iggy Pop
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
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Riding high: Mattiel
A selection of new releases from the past fortnight, including the Atlanta singer, the prolific Californian guitarists, a return to form for the Brooklyn band, and two bright debuts from Australia
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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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Sophie: Fascinating, original and utterly different
The Smiths guitarist brings out his best solo album to date, Scotland’s Sophie creates otherworldly electronica pop, psych pop and rock from two other Australia and the US, plus the former Dr Feelgood guitarist brings pain relief
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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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