MOJO PLAYLIST

Sound the alarm – it’s the month’s best bounce, pop and hairiness.

1 YU SU WATERMELON WOMAN

Vancouver-based DJ’s nod to Herbie Hancock has a dubby, retro-techno bounce that its composer equates to “endless fun”. Find it: Watermelon Woman EP/various streaming services

2 ROYAL TRUX VS. ARIEL PINK

SUBURBAN JUNKY LADY Guest mixer Pink sends the Trux

blearily sideways, bringing out poignancy rather than mashedness.

Find it: YouTube

3 HANS CHEW HOURGLASS

Fresh from the psychedelic underground, Chew teams up with Garcia Peoples for an epic, Allmans-gone-to-New-Orleans freakout. Find it: Bandcamp

4 RED RIVER DIALECT

SNOWDON Cornwall’s answer to The Waterboys bring elemental paean with Joan Shelley on backing vocals. Find it: YouTube

5 WILCO LOVE IS EVERYWHERE (BEWARE)

First taste of their new “monolithic folk” album, in which Jeff Tweedy tries heroically to find consolation in the ongoing hellstorm. Find it: YouTube

6 BEASTIE BOYS SHADRACH (PEANUT BUTTER WOLF REMIX)

For Paul’s Boutique’s 30th anniversary, three EPs of “rare remixes” are online. PBW is the one smoking and drinking on Tuesday night. Find it: streaming services

7 DAVID KILGOUR & THE HEAVY EIGHTS SMOKE YOU RIGHT OUT OF HERE

NZ psych-pop master here in

reflective, yearning mood, set to a Zen video of landscapes, water and horses. Find it: YouTube

8 ROGER GEORGES MAMA

Alefa Madagascar, Strut’s forthcoming compilation of sounds from the red isle between 1974 and 1984, features this up-tempo salegy. Like high-NRG disco with guitars. Find it: SoundCloud

9 PARANOID LONDON FT. SIMON TOPPING CULT HERO (DO YOU WANNA TOUCH ME)

A chrome dioxide acid throbber with the ex-ACR enigma murmuring words of nagging unease to harsh your buzz.

Find it: streaming services

10 MY MORNING JACKET JOHN DYES HER HAIR RED

Unreleased track from their 20-year-old debut, The Tennessee Fire. Super lo-fi with loosestringed clanging and a coda like The StarSpangled Banner played on a Stylophone. Find it: streaming services