UNCUT PLAYLIST

On the stereo this month...

LUCY DACUS Historian Matador

Rising star Dacus lives up to the hype with this warm, self-deprecating collection of alt. country songs – the six-minute opener, “Night Shift”, is highly recommended.

SOCCER MOMMY Clean Fat Possum

After last year’s comp of Bandcamp demos, here’s Nashville songwriter Sophie Allison’s debut proper – a scuzzy, off-kilter indie set that, at its best, recalls early Cat Power.

CAVERN OF ANTI-MATTER Hormone Lemonade Duophonic

The third album from Tim Gane’s Berlin-based trio is another fizzing mix of electronics and motorik beats – epic, ’80s-leaning opener “Malfunction” is a particularly sublime 16 minutes.

KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD Gumboot Soup Flightless

Those guys finally live up to their promise of releasing five full-length LPs in 2017 – this one scraped in on Dec 31. The usual psych jams abound.

ROXY MUSIC Roxy Music Umc

The motherlode. The remastered album, demos, BBC sessions and more – including a rare opportunity to hear the Davy O’List lineup to full effect.

FIELD MUSIC Open Here Memphis Industries

A welcome return from Sunderland’s finest, channelling ’80s vibes on their sixth LP: think Scritti, Peter Gabriel’s third…

CREEP SHOW Mr Dynamite Bella Union

John Grant teams up with Cabaret Voltaire’s Stephen Mallinder to create a surprising, upbeat electro record, complete with vocoder, arpeggiated synths and “Fall”, a seven-minute Kraftwerk-esque delight.

YO LA TENGO There’s A Riot Going On Matador

Ira, Georgia and James return with their strongest LP for a decade, a gauzy, hypnotic beast that’s low-key but still beautifully pulsing.

UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA Sex & Food Jagjaguwar

New Zealand’s funkiest globetrotters channel Prince and Scritti Politti on their fourth, sensational long-player.

AARON MARTIN & MACHINE FABRIEK Seeker Dronarivm

A collaboration between the American multi-instrumentalist Martin and Dutch sound artist Rutger Zuydervelt, this recalls the haunting, ambient drones of William Basinski.