MOJO PLAYLIST

Strap in for the month’s best indie-beat, psych-jazz and R&B.

1 ARCTIC MONKEYS THERE’D BETTER BE A MIRRORBALL

“Do you wanna walk me to the car?” Nuanced, string-dappled, grown-up return from Alex Turner’s evolving indie-beat combo. Think:

Scott to Scott 4; Curtis Mayfield and Isaac Hayes; Pulp’s This Is Hardcore.

Find it: YouTube

2 WEYES BLOOD IT’S NOT JUST ME, IT’S EVERYBODY

This harp-wreathed ballad ruminates on emotional isolation. As ever, her uncanny songwriting nous scans lightly.

Find it: streaming services

3 THE PARANOYDS FREAK OUT

Third Man’s four-piece “eyebrow band” bring jangle, a hint of discord and a chorus to make you paranoid too. From LP Talk Talk Talk.

Find it: streaming services

4 CHRISTINE & THE QUEENS ANGELUS

Chris’s retro-R&B dream, transported to the top of a high mountain, where etheric vocalising floats above stick-fighting beats. From new LP Redcar les adorables étoiles.

Find it: streaming services

5 BEAUTIFY JUNKYARDS VERDE PINO

Lisbon group’s beautifully humid cover of Portugal’s entry to the 1971 Eurovision Song Contest, when it came an impressive 7th. Find it: streaming services

6 EDDIE CHACON HOLY HELL

Resurgent golden crooner exhales Lethean soul-jazz with a spring in its step, achieving a quantum state of fast slowness. Find it: YouTube

7 MARGO PRICE BEEN TO THE MOUNTAIN

Country rock outlaw Price gets on a looped groove and inventories old personas before declaring independence from all of them. Find it: YouTube

8 PSYCHIC TEMPLE PLANET CARAVAN

Yep, that’s Black Sabbath’s psych reverie, remade as a swinging jazz workout. Tortoise’s Jeff Parker contributes the profoundly un-Iommi-like solo.

Find it: Bandcamp

9 HUGH CORNWELL COMING OUT OF THE WILDERNESS

The once and forever Strangler brings a dirty-riffing lurch of no surrender. From new LP Moments Of Madness.

Find it: streaming services

10 POLE GRAUER SAND

German electronica maestro Stefan Betke relocates the liminal dub territory of his classic early albums, with a dying Minimoog adding chance and friction to the architecturally rigorous sound design. Find it: streaming services