Uncut

Ethereal North Carolina quintet's difficult third full-length album

Bizarre post-Darkness machine rock from Yorkshire

What-the-FUCK debut from the Spike Milligan of British rap

Charity worker makes enchanting debut

Chilled debut from soft-rock-sampling young Scot

Master guitarist with all-star guests

Swedish garage dandies return

Delicate pleasures from New York-via-Nashville pop craftsman

Mark Olson and Victoria Williams join the Bush hunt

Proto-punk rocker turned troubadour Cohen made his name in the early '60s with Charleston Grotto, who were then notorious on the LA club circuit. In the 40 years since, Cohen has amassed hundreds of his big-hearted, dog-eared tunes, which blend tiki lounge jazz, Weimar cabaret, psychedelia, lurching blues and boogaloo with dark humour and extraordinary pop finesse. The results-as championed by Tom Waits and John Zorn—vaguely recall Roky Erickson, but there's no hint of a talent tragically damaged here.