Here we go: The Skiffle Players are Cass McCombs hooking up with Neal Casal and an LA country-psych crew, and I’ve got kind of obsessed with it these past few days. Much love too for the new Kendrick Lamar album, but there’s plenty more worth checking out beyond those too…
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1 The Skiffle Players – Skifflin’ (Spiritual Pajamas)
2 Kendrick Lamar – Untitled Unmastered (Top Dawg)
3 Case/Lang/Veirs – Case/Lang/Veirs (Anti-)
4 King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Nonagon Infinity (Heavenly)
5 Joanna Brouk – Hearing Music (Numero Group)
6 Brian Eno – The Ship (Warp)
7 Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith – Ears (Western Vinyl)
8 Mary Lattimore – At The Dam (Ghostly International)
9 The Limiñanas – Malamore (Because)
10 PJ Harvey – The Hope Six Demolition Project (Island)
11 Cat’s Eyes – Treasure House (RAF/Kobalt)
12 The Walker Family – Panola County Spirit (Daptone)
13 Karl Blau – Introducing Karl Blau… (Bella Union)
14 Ryley Walker & Charles Rumback – Cannots (Dead Oceans)
15 Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Talk Tight (Ivy League)
16 Marissa Nadler – Strangers (Bella Union)
17 Tashi Dorji & Shane Parish – Expecting (MIE Music)
18 Ben Watt – Fever Dream (Unmade Road/Caroline)
19 Anohni – Hopelessness (Rough Trade)
20 Lindstrøm – Closing Shot (Smalltown Supersound/Feedelity Recordings)
21 Seratones – Get Gone (Fat Possum)
22 Dälek – Guaranteed Struggle (Profound Lore)
23 Sonny & The Sunsets – Well But Strangely Hung Man (Polyvinyl)
24 The Black Peaches – Get Down You Dirty Rascals (1965)
25 Linda Perhacs – The Dancer (Bandcamp)
26 Big Thief – Masterpiece (Saddle Creek)
27 Cassius – Action (Featuring Cat Power and Mike D) (Polydor/Interscope)
28 Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp A Butterfly (Top Dawg)