Gwenno - Le Kov (2018) -"Cornish identity in full-colour psychedelia"
Jonathan Wilson - Rare Birds (2018) - "a throwback to a bygone era when soul-baring, peace-loving singer-songwriters ruled supreme"
Howlin' Wolf - London Howlin' Wolf Sessions (1971) - "nowhere near as awful as some blues purists make it out to be"
Muddy Waters - The London Muddy Waters Sessions (1972) - "If you like hearing '70s British rock stars attempting to jam with one of the originators of the form, then you'll probably like the results from this tepid 1971 session."
Muddy Waters - Hard Again (1977) - "Waters is not only at the top of his game, but is having the time of his life while he's at it."
Drinks - Hippo Lite (2018) - "an album of peculiar grace: a mini-odyssey in quiet post-punk experimentation"
Destroyer - Ken (2017) - "contains semi-acoustic strumming, hurtling shoegaze and shimmering Italian house, but mostly settles on a blissful, electronic pop sound"
Lord Huron - Vide Noir (2018) - "cosmic folk-rock trip with a concept"
Soft Machine - Fourth (1971) - "a lot of skillful playing going on, as the mix of free jazz, straight-ahead jazz, and Gong-like psychedelia coalesces into a skronky plateau"
Soft Machine - Fifth (1972) - "Eclectic may be one word but inconsistent is a better one when concerning Soft Machine's fifth album"
Soft Machine - Six (1973) - "The live part is much better than the studio lp for me with some good jams and laidback spaciness"
Annette Peacock - 31:31 (2005) - "inspired by & conceived for the car environment - a trippy ride of songfeels"
Fujiya & Miyagi - Different Blades From The Same Pair Of Scissors (2017) - "Indie Rock, Prog Rock, Krautrock, Space Rock, Disco, Post Rock"
Ryley Walker - Deafman Glance (2018) - "A grower, this. ... It's Tim Buckley to Beefheart to Bert Jansch and beyond"
Lump - Lump (2018) - "Laura Marling's melodic side-project lingers in the mind"
MGMT - Little Dark Age (2018) - "Abandoning the belabored excess of their last two albums, they opt for streamlined synth-pop"
Flat Worms - s-t (2017) - "Psych rock supergroup Flat Worms make as much noise as possible on a messy thrill of a record"
Parquet Courts - Wide Awaaaaake! (2018) - "the joyous sound of a band taking everything that makes them great and amplifying it, toying with it and producing something even greater"
Damien Jurado - The Horizon Just Laughed (2018) - "an intricate personal diorama, teeming with characters and scenery culled from stacks of diaries and snapshots"
Bitchin Bajas - Bitchitronics (2013) - "a serene cloud of hovering tones and near-zero motion, full of sounds that feel so good that they feel like events in themselves"
Nadine Shah - Holiday Destination (2017) - "darkly classy post-punk, in which the ghosts of PJ Harvey and Siouxsie and the Banshees hover over grinding guitars and rasping sax"
Leroy Hutson - The Very Best of Leroy Hutson (1997) - "Hutson closely followed the musical trends of his time, and listeners are liable to be struck by the similarity of some of his songs to the music of better-known R&B acts."
Johnny Marr - Call the Comet (2018) - "The strongest moments come from Marr’s uniquely colourful guitar arrangements"
Let's Eat Grandma - I'm All Ears (2018) - "alive with furious pop, unapologetic grandeur, intimate ballads..."
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