Bit of housekeeping: our new Ultimate Music Guide on Bob Dylan is on sale today (weird archive interviews, 36 new and in-depth new album reviews etc etc).

In the meantime, a lot to listen to this week. Particular attention, please, to The Deslondes, who figured in my Hurray For The Riff Raff feature that you can read here…

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1 Michael Head & The Strands – The Magical World Of The Strands (Megaphone)

2 Sun Kil Moon – Universal Themes (Rough Trade)

3 The Deslondes – The Deslondes (New West)

4 Cath & Phil Tyler – The Song-Crowned King (Ferric Mordant)

5 Jason Isbell – Something More Than Free (Southeastern)

6 Robert Glasper – Covered (The Robert Glasper Trio Recorded Live At Capitol Studios) (Blue Note)

7 Prince Featuring Eryn Allen Kane – Baltimore

https://soundcloud.com/prince3eg/baltimore

8 Sonny Vincent & Rocket From The Crypt – Vintage Piss (Swami)

9 Shaun William Ryder – Close The Dam (Something In Construction)

10 Ezra Furman – Perpetual Motion People (Bella Union)

11 Tame Impala – Currents (Fiction)

12 Jamie xx – In Colour (Young Turks)

13 The Orb – Moonbuilding 2703 AD (Kompakt)

14 Adrian Younge – Linear Labs: Los Angeles (Linear Labs)

15 Pete Rock – PeteStrumentals 2 (Mello Music Group)

16 Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Multi-Love (Jagjaguwar)

17 Richard Thompson – Still (Proper)

18 Leon Bridges – Coming Home (Columbia)

19 Karin Krog – Don’t Just Sing: An Anthology 1963-1999 (Light In The Attic)

20 The Necks – Open (ReR)

21 William Basinski & Richard Chartier – Divertissement (Important)

22 Rachel Grimes – The Clearing (Temporary Residence)

23 Joan Shelley – Over And Even (No Quarter)

24 Jim O’Rourke – Simple Songs (Drag City)

25 Jim O’Rourke – The Visitor (Drag City)

26 Titus Andronicus – The Most Lamentable Tragedy (Merge)

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