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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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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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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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Cabbage. Serious political jokers.
This week's selection covers political punk form Manchester's Cabbage the return of London rockers Vaccines, gay Nashville icon Kacey Musgraves and wondrous wordplay from MF DOOM and a Wu-Tang Clan friend
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Jack White returns with his third solo album
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
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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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