Synth-pop from the Scottish trio, a new collaboration featuring Camera Obscura’s singer, psych-rock from Wooden Shjips, filmic country from Lindi Ortega, braggadocio from Rocky A$AP, and a great new Late Night Tales
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: Arctic Monkeys, La Luz, Beach House, Jess Williamson, Wajatta, Simian Mobile Disco, The Magic Numbers
The Sheffield band return after four years with a very sixties sound, plus Jess Williamson’s acoustic philosophy, La Luz and a variety of psyche pop, dance and electronica from either sides of the Atlantic
Read moreNew albums: Eleanor Friedberger, Plan B, Jon Hopkins, Gaz Coombes, DJ Koze, Daniel Blumberg, Leon Bridges, Iceage
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
Read moreNew albums: Janelle Monáe, Brian Eno, Blossoms, Okkervil River, Speedy Ortiz, We Are Scientists
Funk, pop and rap from the Prince-influence Janelle Monae, Brian Eno’s art installation ambient work, plus an electric selection of British and American indie, rock and pop make up our latest selection
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: Josh T. Pearson, The Damned, Laura Veirs, Slug, Daniel Avery, Hinds, Wiley, Derek Smalls/Harry Shearer
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
Read moreNew albums: EELS, Manic Street Preachers, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Kylie Minogue, Goat Girl, Ultimate Painting, Hop Along
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
Read moreNew albums: Jack White, Sunflower Bean, Cavern Of Anti-Matter, Preoccupations, George Ezra, Led Zeppelin (live)
The White Stripes man returns with his third solo effort, plus big-voiced pop folk star George Ezra, New York rockers Sunflower Bean, synth experimenters Cavern Of Anti-Matter, postpunkers Preoccupations and a reissue of a classic Led Zep live album
Read moreNew albums: Yo La Tengo, Cut Chemist, Creep Show (John Grant/Wrangler), The Decemberists, plus Thundercat remix
On this week's new selection, John Grant joins forces with ex-Cabaret Voltaire's Stephen Mallinder, now with Wrangler, along with Yo La Tengo, fresh raps with Coldcut, The Decemberists and a remix of Thundercat's already classic album Drunk
Read moreNew albums: David Byrne, Young Fathers, Whyte Horses, Ady Suleiman, Editors
This week's selection includes a first solo album for 18 years from the ex-Talking Heads frontman, the acclaimed Edinburgh tirp-hop trio, the enigmatic Manchester psych band, and a singer-songwriter
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 moreNew albums: Franz Ferdinand, Ezra Furman, Joan As Police Woman, Factory Floor, Brigid Mae Power
An outstanding week of releases includes the return of the excellent Glasgow indie band, Ezra Furman's wonderful road trip odyssey, and strong, slow simmering work from Joan As Police Woman
Read moreNew albums: Hookworms, Field Music, BEAK>, Cut Chemist, Hidden Orchestra, and Simple Minds
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
Read moreNew albums: tUnE-yArDs, The Skids, First Aid Kit, & The Go! Team
The eclectic New Englander pair, the Swedish singing sisters, the exclamatory Brighton indie band, and the first album for 37 years from Dunfermline's finest punk band make up this week's new LP 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
Read moreNew albums: Morrissey, The Moonlandingz, Karl Blau, Mavis Staples, Charlotte Gainsbourg
Brimful with brilliant lyrics, a scattering of controversy but also great tunes, Moz's first since 2014, plus Saul and co with an EP, plus the great Mavis, Karl Blau and Serge's daughter continues to make her mark
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
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