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Modern dystopia: a gif for Gruff Rhys's Babelsberg
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
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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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Heads up for Wooden Shjips
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
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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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Arctic Monkeys. Boys to men.
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
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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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David Byrne. Forever positive.
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
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The Breeders return with their first album for 10 years
Kim Deal and co return with their first for decade, Lawrence pops up with Go-Kart Mozart, plus Superorganism, Suuns, Phobophobes, Gwenno and Jonathan Wilson
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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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Ezra Furman … more than roadworthy
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
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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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First Aid Kit sisters Klara and Johanna Söderberg
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
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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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