Let’s shimmy! To riffs, breaks and neo-prog.

1 PHOEBE BRIDGERS IF WE MAKE IT THROUGH DECEMBER

With all proceeds to LA’s Downtown Women’s Centre, Merle Haggard’s original becomes a ballad for empathic voice and piano.

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Bandcamp 2 BOBBY LEE JOIN ME IN LA BOOGIE

From the Bandcamp badlands: overdriven drum machine, low-slung choogle, and the arrival of a Sheffield JJ Cale. The whole Shakedown In Slabtown album is magic. Find it: Bandcamp

3 THE AMORPHOUS ANDROGYNOUS & PETER HAMMILL WE PERSUADE OURSELVES WE ARE IMMORTAL

A six-part 41-minute “progtronic symphony” on eternal life: Weller on guitar and keys, sax by Caravan’s Brian Hopper, and more!

Find it: fsoldigital.com

4 MATT SWEENEY & BONNIE ‘PRINCE’ BILLY MAKE WORRY FOR ME

Lock up your lambs as the Superwolves return, badder and meaner with “hideous demons” and an excellent creepy guitar riff. Find it: Streaming services

5 PALE BLUE EYES MOTIONLESS

Anything but static, as new Devon dreampop trio ride a shimmering Krautrail to Asgard. Made with help from an eco-funeral directors. Find it: Bandcamp

6 ALTERN 8 HARD CREW (THE REINST8 MIX)

It’s Vicks o’clock with the Stafford rave nutters’ first tune since 1993: feel the robo stabs, giant breaks and proper “brown sound” bass. Find it: Bandcamp

7 HANNAH GEORGAS AND MATT BERNINGER PRAY IT AWAY

From her Aaron Dessner-produced album, the song – about conflicting family ideologies – sounds precise and intimate.

Find it: Streaming services

8 LE VOLUME COURBE MIND CONTORTED

The High Flying Birds’ scissors player covers Daniel Johnston,

beatifically, in duet with Terry Hall, and with N Gallagher on guitar.

Find it: Fourteen Years EP (Honest Jons)

9 THE SUBLIMINALS UNITED STATE

Title-track from 20th anniversary reissue of the sole LP by Kiwi post-punks: taut, with killer bee bass line that begs strobe lighting. Find it: Flying Nun YouTube

10 SOULWAX NY LIPPS (DRIES VAN NOTEN 2020 REWORK)

From the reissued Nite Versions LP, a fashion-show re-rub under the influence of Oscar Wilde, Funky Town and the Human League’s Love And Dancing.

Find it: SoundCloud MOJO