Here’s this week’s playlist, then. There’s a welcome return for Dead Meadow’s sludgefest, more magic from Laura Veirs and Let’s Eat Grandma. Props, too, to Jess Williamson’s bewitching cosmic folk, Kadhja Bonet’s psychedelic soul and the chilly ambient drones of aYia. New Steve Gunn, Hiss Golden Messenger plus Matthew E White (“the most ambitious crossover event in history”, right?) Anyway, please enjoy! Have a great Easter bank holiday, too.

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1.
MARK PETERS
“Shaley Brow”
(Sonic Cathedral)

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2.
DEAD MEADOW
The Nothing They Need
(Xemu)

3.
JESS WILLIAMSON
“I See The White”
(Mexican Summer)

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4.
KODY NIELSON
“Rueban’s Birthday”
(Flying Nun)

5.
KADHJA BONET
“Mother Maybe”
(Fat Possum)

6.
LOCATE S,1
“Owe It 2 The Girls”
(Sybaritic Peer)

7.
LAURA VEIRS
“Lightning Rod”
(Bella Union)

8.
AYIA
“Sparkle”
(Bedroom Community)

9.
LET’S EAT GRANDMA
“Falling Into Me”
(Transgressive Records)

10.
HRNS
“Cortina”
(ACR)

11.
BENIN CITY
“Final Form”
(Moshi Moshi)

12.
STEVE GUNN
“Milly’s Garden”
(Folkadelpha)

13.
SHANNON SHAW
“Broke My Own”
(Nonesuch)

14.
HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER MEETS SPACEBOMB
“Passing Clouds”
(via Bandcamp)

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