“Uncut never ceases to find ways to analyze music by dumping on anything American,” notes a correspondent on the still-entertaining Bob Dylan Christmas thread, which isn’t one of the more typical criticisms we hear levelled at the magazine. He also accuses me of using the word “Americana” “as if it’s a swear”. Wow.

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Moving on, anyhow, the number of new things getting through to us has been severely depleted due to the postal strike (though I suppose the end-of-year release lull may have something to do with it, too). A record that’s really growing on me is the Glass Rock one on Ecstatic Peace!, which I’ll try and write about before the end of the week. Any good links/recommendations to keep us going, please let me know.

1 Orchestre Poly Rythmo De Cotonou – Echos Hypnotiques: Volume Two (Analog Africa)

2 Lindstrøm & Christabelle – Real Life Is No Cool (Feedelity/Smalltown Supersound)

3 Black Meteoric Star - Black Meteoric Star (DFA)

4 Pausal – Song From A Cloth Pocket (Myspace)

5 Glass Rock – Tall Firs Meet Soft Location (Ecstatic Peace!)

6 Kurt Vile – Constant Hitmaker (Woodsist)

7 Tricky – Tricky Meets South Rakkas Crew (Domino)

8 Charlotte Gainsbourg – IRM (Because)

9 Leonard Cohen – Live At The Isle Of Wight 1970 (Columbia Legacy)

10 Benjy Ferree – Come Back To The Five And Dime, Bobby Dee Bobby Dee (Domino)

11 Martin Rev – Stigmata (Blast First Petite)

12 Spiritualized – Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space: Deluxe Edition (Sony)

13 Adam Green – Minor Love (Rough Trade)

14 Petar Dundov – Oasis (Gavin Russom Remix) (Music Man)

15 Smog/Bill Callahan – Playlist From My I-Pod (Domino/Drag City)

16 Various Artists – Modeselektor: Body Language Vol. 8 (Get Physical Music)