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Sparkling ideas? Chance The Rapper
Bright sparks of the 80s attempt past glories, as do Kaiser Chiefs, Nigeria’s Burna Boy brings Africa to grime, but a Trump satire, Chance The Rapper’s wedding album and Karine Polwart’s covers are this week’s standout releases
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From The Flaming Lip’s an immersive art exhibition to accompany their new album, King’s Mouth.
A catchup of recent releases includes The Flaming Lips going concept again with with their best for years, Silver Jews frontman David Berman’s new band, innovations from IDER, Blood Orange and Banks and an all-star Frightened Rabbit tribute
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From Paul Thomas Anderson’s film to Thom Yorke’s Anima
The latest roundup includes the Radiohead frontman’s collaboration with Paul Thomas Anderson, a return for The Black Keys, beautiful heights by The Tallest Man On Earth, plus a variety of indie, pop and mostly folk in many forms
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Fat White Family – seamless dipped in humorous wooziness
The Fat White Family return. leading a procession of wonderful musical mischief, while there’s a follow-up from rapper Loyle Carner, debuts from singer-songwriters Kelsey Lu and Lizzo and a whole lot more in this week’s selection
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Natalie Mering aka Weyes Blood
Exquisite vocals and electronica and female vocalists decorate this weeks list, from Weyes Blood to Jess Ribeiro and Shana Cleveland, plus sharp postpunk from Pozi, beautiful songs by Ratso with Nick Cave, and rare, early Bowie
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Twisted sister: Billie Eilish gets on up with a highly original debut LP
This week’s selection spans the full range from the quirky pop of Billie Eilish to the triumphant return of Edwyn Collins, masterful prog from White Denim to Beth Gibbons doing Henryk Górecki with a Polish orchestra
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Sleaford Mods whip it up with Policy Cream and more songs from their new album
A mammoth selection of new releases across many genres includes the Notts duo Sleaford Mods, Australian singer-songwriter Julia Jacklin, rapper LIttle Simz, and exquisite settings by The Unthanks
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Quirky, funky and colourful: freelance Tory y Moi
Our latest roundup of new releases includes an emotional return for The Twilight Sad and Steve Gunn, catchy quirkiness from Toro Y Moi, solid alt-rock from Juliana Hatfield, cosmic pop from Steve Mason, and dire warnings from Lost Under Heaven
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Gazelle Twin - aka Elizabeth Bernholz, pushing the musical boundaries on Brexit Britain, past and present, with her extraordinary album Pastoral
The second part of our roundup of outstanding albums of 2018, in alphabetical order by title, marked by a number of great debuts from young bands, as well as more established artists releasing their best work to date
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Still from the 2018 remake of Suspiria, music by Thom Yorke
Otherworldly is recurring theme in this week’s releases, including Thom Yorke’s soundrack to the Suspiria remake, Julia Holter and Soap&Skin, plus pithy postpunk from Pill, and reinterpretations by Ty Segall
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Farao aka Kari Jahnsen
Female artists dominate this week’s album release roundup, with beautiful work from Norway’s Farao, Neneh Cherry, raw folk from Lisa O’Neil and even rawer retrospective from Yoko Ono
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Villagers’ Conor O’Brien
A beauty from Villagers, an modern update attempt by Nile Rodgers, blistering metal by Pigs x 7, Brexit lament by Amber Arcades, plus The Joy Formidable, Mudhoney and Max Cooper make up this week’s selection
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Prince in 1983. Master pianist, among many other things
The towering talent of Prince on piano, rural idylls exploded by Suede and the otherworldly Gazelle Twin, peerless pop from Christine as Chris, and the brilliant Beak> are among this week’s massive roundup
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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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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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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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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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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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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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