A couple of days late this week, thanks to an epic proofreading job on the next Uncut Ultimate Music Guide; this one’s on the subject of Depeche Mode, and will be in UK shops on the last day of July.

These are the records that have kept me going, anyhow. Strong new entries here from Ultramarine (their first in 15 years), Desert Heat (that’s Steve Gunn, John Truscinski and Cian Nugent, so a few of you who come here regularly will be justifiably hyped), Roy Harper, Chris Thile (playing Bach), Adrian Utley (doing Terry Riley), Matt White (remixed by Hot Chip, mostly successfully), Spacin and Arbouretum (covering four songs by our editor’s favourite, Gordon Lightfoot). Dig in…

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1 Ultramarine – This Time Last Year (Real Soon)

2 Desert Heat – Cat Mask At Huggie Temple (MIE Music)

3 Massive Attack/Elizabeth Fraser/Adam Curtis – Just Like Honey (Live)

4 Wooden Wand & The World War IV – Wooden Wand & The World War IV (Three Lobed Recordings)

5 Cave – Threace (Drag City)

6 The Entrance Band – Dans La Tempete (Spiritual Pajamas)

7 Roy Harper – Man & Myth (Bella Union)

8 Chris Thile – Bacj: Sonatas And Partitas, Volume One (Nonesuch)

9 Jay-Z – Magna Carta… Holy Grail (Roc-A-Fella)

10 Ariel Pink And Jorge Elbrecht – Hang On To Life (Mexican Summer)

11 Factory Floor – Factory Floor (DFA)

12 Arbouretum – A Gourd Of Gold (Latitudes)

13 Body/Head – Coming Apart (Matador)

14 Tamikrest – Chatma (Glitterbeat)

15 Adrian Utley’s Guitar Orchestra – In C (Invada)

16 Various Artists – 20 Jahre Kompakt Kollektion 2 (Kompakt)

17 Bill Callahan – Dream River (Drag City)

18 Matthew E White – Big Love (Hot Chip Remix) (Domino)

19 Spacin – Megatations (No !) (Testoster Tunes)

20 Promised Land Sound – Promised Land Sound (Paradise Of Bachelors)