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Second sublime collaboration between two Mali masters

Great start this morning, as I’ve just cracked open the new Prins Thomas album, which seems to carry on right where Lindström & Thomas’ “II” left off. In other goodish news, this long-running dickaround will finally be resolved in the next couple of days. I imagine you’ve all guessed what it is now?

A bit of a respite from underground jams today, with a couple of very different takes on folk.

The revolutionary jazz poet who turned crack addict is finally forced to face his demons.

"Careering" again? As PiL are reborn, a dark classic is reissued, alongside a patchy 4CD comp

Texan band cross the Atlantic in November

Tim Burgess and co celebrate the album's 20th birthday with special show

In the wake of loss, a half-whispered lament that's strangely sweet and surprisingly optimistic.

Some albums prove harder to write about than others, for reasons that aren’t always easy to fathom. Others, though, seem purposely designed as hard to pin down: a case in point being Kompakt’s latest “Pop Ambient 2010” comp, which I’ve been listening to a lot for a couple of months now. How do you articulate what music sounds like that exists in such a neutral, undemonstrative space?

Beck assists the Anglo-French actress