MOJO PLAYLIST

Get down with the month’s funk, pop and electric jazz.

1 ST. VINCENT PAY YOUR WAY IN PAIN

Jaunty piano seems to herald a left-turn into Laura Nyro territory. Instead Prince and Beck tussle in the funky opener of May’s Daddy’s Home – Clark’s most engaging yet. Find it: streaming services

2 QUATERMASS III FOUND FOOTAGE

Shady Mancs bring the occult sound of Eno, Joy Division, Northern soul/glam beats, Robert Calvert vox and Open University synths. Find it: SoundCloud

3 PAUL WELLER COSMIC FRINGES

Not Weller’s latest hairdo, but a short, sharp, tuneful taste of his upcoming Fat Pop (Volume 1).

“I’m a sleeping giant,” insists the lyric.

Find it: streaming services

4 SONGHOY BLUES WORRY (LIVE)

Emboldening version of Optimisme’s rallying missive (“Keep fighting today!”). Rawer, harder, even more furious fretwork. Find it: Amazon

5 ROSE CITY BAND LONELY PLACES

Ripley Johnson takes a beatific choogle into the Pacific Northwest wilds. Peak countrypsych born of lockdown camping trips.

Find it: Bandcamp

6 DAMON LOCKS & BLACK MONUMENT ENSEMBLE NOW (FOREVER MOMENTARY SPACE)

Incantatory Afro-futurist jazz, recorded in a Chicago back garden: star clarinettist Angel Bat Dawid shares the spotlight with a lot of rowdy cicadas.

Find it: Bandcamp

7 CAOILFHIONN ROSE TO ME

Vibrant, subtly strange, this beautiful track from Durutti Column collaborator’s second LP, Truly, has an ‘edge’ to set it apart from the ethereal singer songwriter crowd (cloud?). Find it: Gondwana Records soundcloud

8 REAL ESTATE HALF A HUMAN

Wistful, leaf-kicking reflection from NJ quartet who have established a unique line in finely etched, lightly reverbed guitar pop. Find it: YouTube

9 JAKE XERXES FUSSELL COPPER KETTLE

A languid, lovely take on the moonshiners’ anthem from the amiable singing folklorist. File alongside your Joni, Dylan and Baez versions. Find it: Bandcamp

10 DAFT PUNK DA FUNK

So farewell then Daft Punk, who split in February after 28 years. Remember them with this flavoursome piece of inarguable

house français from 1995. Find it: streaming services