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Hair today … new album releases in random formation
Latest albums include exquisite soul and gospel with the divine voice of Lianne La Havas and the mystery band Sault, plus mischief from Jarvis Cocker, The Pretenders roll back the years, the return of the (no longer Dixie) Chicks
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This week’s magic nine new albums
This week includes a mellow one from the modfather, innovative electronica from The Irrepressibles, gorgeous piano-based work by A.A. Williams and Hani Rani, African and Coldcut collective Kelekelta, and kickass pop-punks Dream Wife
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This week’s fabulous lineup of nine
The latest lineup includes female vocalists of rich original Nadine Shah and Becca Mancari, nonbinary electronica star Arca, wonderful poetry in a band from Simon Armitage, and frenetic work from Pottery and Bananagun
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This week’s album picks, beginnig with GoGo Penguin (top right)
One of the best from Bob in years leads out this week’s team of releases, alongside some outstanding work from former lead singers from other bands, including from Savages, The Macabees and Let’s Wrestle, among others
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Match the covers to the artists …
This week’s selection includes Lady Gaga throwing in the full pop kitchen sink, an apocalyptic concept from Deerfhoof, a witty debut by The Cool Greenhouse, plus Nicole Atkins, Blake Mills, PINS and more
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This week’s selection in celebrity squares
A gentle and melancholy trend infuses this week’s selection, including Tim Burgess and Badly Drawn Boy, Woods, Eve Owen, Steve Earle’s memorial to coalminers, plus an eclectic The 1975, and pop electronica by Jessica Winter
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This week’s shiny new album selection collection
This week’s roundup has a wealth of genre-spanning artists from the wit and wisdom of Sparks and Magnetic Fields to the low-key funk of Nick Hakim, the gender-redefining pop of Perfume genius to the fusions of Witch ‘n’ Monk
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Mark Lanegan
This week’s roundup includes a gritty but musical journey to accompany Mark Lanegan’s memoirs, a solo album the the Paramore singer, and Part Two of Moses Sumney’s extraordinary funk/jazz falsetto album
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Lavinia Blackwall, formerly of Trembling Bells, releases her debut LP Muggington Lane End
This week’s roundup includes some new music self-definition from Car Seat Headrest and Happyness, an eclectic mix from Ghostpoet, and two wonderful solo albums by Michael J Sheehy and Lavinia Blackwall
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Fiona Apple. Her new album is finally cut free after eight years since the last
This week’s roundup includes an extraordinary, viscerally non-digital return by Fiona Apple, Scottish singer-songwriter Gerry Cinnamon, Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien, and Japanese pop star Rina Sawayama
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The Strokes
Strong new LPs from The Strokes and Laura Marling reflect signs of the times, while eclectic records from Jackie Lynn and Pokey LaFarge, and excellent postpunk from Flat Worms and Irma Vep are also among this week’s 10 picks
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Yves Tumor: mysterious, inventive androgyny
An opulent selection of funk and electronica innovation comes from Yves Tumor and Thundercat, along with Korean artist Yaeji and Berlin’s Minor Science, plus massive metal of Pigs x 7 and beautiful indie and pop by Anna Burch and Ren Harvieu
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Dana Gavanski, from the video for Yesterday is Gone
This week’s huge roundup includes a wide range of the soft and loud, the traditional and the experimental, from beautiful songwriting by Dana Gavanski and Waxahatchee, Aussie punks The Chats, and ambient music from Sufjan Stevens
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Childish Gambino aka Donald Glover
Among this week’s selection is new experimental hip hop by the artist also known as Donald Glover, singer-songwriter Lapsley, Brian Eno collaborating with brother Roger and another duo of two African jazz greats
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CocoRosie aka sisters Bianca and Sierra Casady
A big, broad week of releases includes a mix of new and old artists, from the passionate female artists Porridge Radio, Nadia Reid and JFDR, the return of Nigel Godrich’s electronica project, to veterans Maria McKee and the Boomtown Rats
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Cornershop’s new album, England Is A Garden
The latest roundup includes A sian perspectives on Britain in different forms by Cornershop and Riz Ahmed, plus clever collage pop from U.S. Girls, Caroline Rose and punchy indie from Disq
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Moses Sumney
The latest roundup includes a multi-genre double by Moses Sumney, melancholy electronica from Caribou, funk-indie-pop from the Orielles as well as Scandinavian selections from Denmark’s black metal queen doing folk
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From the cover artwork for Tame Impala’s The Slow Rush
This week’s selection includes some smooth funk pop from Slow Impala, pioneering jazz from Moses Boyd, extraordinary electronica from Katie Gatley, and refreshing indie from Mush and Beach Bunny
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HMLTD
The latest roundup includes a wealth of funk, disco, pop, soul and electronica, from the theatrical delivery of HMLTD to the funk of La Roux, complex experimentalism of Beatrice Dillon to the emotional voice of Isobel Campbell
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Old folk made new: Sam Lee
Emotional intensity mostly in solo form, is the overriding theme of this week’s album roundup across a range of styles – folk, indie, alt-country and hip hop as well frenetic drum-n’bass and jazz
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