MOJO PLAYLIST
Get wired up to the month’s best garage, jams and Fred Neil covers.
1 SHARON VAN ETTEN COMEBACK KID Leaving the close-ups of 2014’s Are We There, Van Etten (above) heralds early-2019 LP Remind Me Tomorrow with a big-drums, old-synths anthem for the ambivalent self. Find it: YouTube
2 RYLEY WALKER BUSTED STUFF Wishing to avoid comparisons with Jansch, Martyn etc is taking Walker to weird places – here he covers a Dave Matthews Band LP. Sounds like the nimblest post-rock. Find it: YouTube
3 THE AR-KAICS SHE’S OBSESSED WITH HERSELF Unreconstructed garage fuzz trio thrills from Richmond VA. Brims with tub-thumping sonic authenticity, sneering lyrics and ace felt-tip-drawn cover. Find it: YouTube
4 HEN OGLEDD PROBLEM CHILD Richard Dawson-fronted group channel Peter Gabriel and Jane Weaver’s prog whimsy. Vid boasts capes and migrainous visuals. Find it: YouTube
5 JAMES HOLDEN/MAALEM HOUSSAM GUINIA PASS THROUGH THE FIRE Holden brings his druidic take on electronica to a live collaboration with the Moroccan gnawa master and his band. Kosmische rituals ensue. Find it: streaming services
6 BRIGID MAE POWER THE DOLPHINS Fred Neil’s indestructible song resurfaces, now via the Irish voice who imbues it with ethereal drama and conversational intimacy. Find it: SoundCloud
7 SHENSEEA FEAT. KONSHENS & RVSSIAN HARD DRIVE Ping-ponging dancehall with ska flavours, rapid rhyming and sparse production. Dig the Mad Max-like vid. Find it: YouTube
8 MARK LANEGAN NOBODY HOME From The Wall (Redux) Floyd covers set, Lanegan creakily strums the thoughts of a chewed up rockstar to bittersweet effect. Find it: BandCamp
9 KING CHAMPION SOUND CLOUDS OF MONEY Dutch/UK alt-rock-with-brass outfit takes aim at the greedheads, with ex-Ex voice GW Sok. Steve Gunn guests on new album, For A Lark. Find it: BandCamp
10 DARK GLOBES IT’S ALL ALRIGHT Ex-Teenage Fanclub drummer Brendan O’Hare brings ramshackle, West Coast pop classicism to Southend indie scenesters. Find it: theedarkglobes.bandcamp