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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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Janelle Monáe
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
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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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Creep Show, a collaboration between John Grant and Stephen Mallinder (ex-Cabaret Voltaire, now with Wrangler)
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
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Insecure Men's Saul Adamczewski, also of Fat White Family and Moonlandingz
Indie and postpunk are very much in evidence this week, alongside Saul from Fat White Family's new project and Montreal's Ought, female voices and songwriting talent shine out
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Laurie Anderson
A cornucopia of classical, electronica, rock, pop and alt-indie decorates this week's selection
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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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Belle and Sebastian … tackling problems with a series of new EPs
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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Bootsy's back. As understated as ever …
There's a distinctly Scottish flavour to this week's selection with releases from Glasgow and Edinburgh, plus Ian Dury's son Baxter, Margo Price, Bootsy Collins and a new vinyl single from Morrissey
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