What are we listening to today?
Jessie Ware - That! Feels Good!
Disco pop - enjoyed her last one so looking forward to this.
Nabihah Iqbal - DREAMER
Woozy synths shoegaze guitars and dream pop songwriting on second album.
Lau Nau - 5 x 4
FFO Caternia Barbeiri, Ana Roxanna, Enya (!)
Donato Dozzy & Sabla - Crono
Ambient techno EP from Italian legend.
Indigo De Souza for me.
Have it on right now. Really great so far!
Spotlights - Alchemy for the dead
Bass heavy, fuzzy alt rock. Potentially album of the year stuff.
Skinny Pelembe - Hardly the Same Snake
Somewhere around the soul/hip-hop/jazz/electronica intersections, this is the Doncaster (originally Johannesburg) artist’s second album. Had a pretty ordinary review in Loud & Quiet but it’s sounding good to me so far.
The Orb - Prism
Heard the radio edit of the very enjoyable dub-steppy Living In Recycled Times track and was surprised to discover it was by The Orb, who are back with this 18th studio album of dubby, housey ambienty stuff.
Avalon Emerson - & The Charm
Big departure from the techno producers usual sound with this album of wistful dream pop.
Baba Ali - Laugh Like A Bomb
Dark disco synthy electro. London duo’s second album. Kinda electroclash - makes me wistful for that scene anyway.
Baby Rose - Through and Through
R&B. Great low soulful voice.
Shangri-Lass - Over & Over EP
Rose Love from Sister Wives with this solo psych synthpop EP from here in Sheffield. For fans of Stealing Sheep. Or Sister Wives, natch.
Various Artists - DJ-Kicks: Elkka
“As the next curator of DJ-Kicks, Elkka is voyaging through rave euphoria”. This came out on Wednesday.
Long lsland sounds - lost connection remixes
Some banging remixes from the Dublin duo.
Soft rock
Been looking forward to this. More Norwegian beauty from Susanne Sundfør 
Ohh and forgot it’s tiny ruins day too … What a day. Suzanne and tiny ruins in one day
Double dose of alt electronic pop for me this morning. New Braids and new JFDR.
Hip-Hop…
Crimeapple - YDFWC?3
3rd volume of Crime’s “You Don’t F*** With Crimeapple?” albums/EP’s 1 & 2 were both good so looking forward to this one. Expect Braggadocio rapping, with street tales in a mix of English & Spanish on top of Boom Bap beats.
Daringer - 348
A collection of instrumentals by the Griselda affiliated producer. This was released physically earlier in the year but has only just hit streaming services today.
Yungmorpheus - From Whence It Came
First release of the year for the experimental Rapper/producer on Lex Records.
Matt Maltese has a new album out too. Very strong week.
Can’t quite tell if these are similar artists or a dig at Sheffield.
Not a whole lot for me today. I guess I’ll play the next round in “Is Tha God Fahim good or really annoying?”
FFO: Hip hop with monotone, nasal delivery
One of the year’s most exciting releases for me, Bleached Wavves was one of the best shoegaze debuts I’ve heard in recent memory and the follow-up’s here after three years.
Also if you’re fancying it, off-kilter prog pop from a Belgian group signed to MGMT’s label
4 weeks late with this one, he must have had a few more since then. Enjoyed this and the other records he’s had out this year, though to be fair it’s telling that the best song is as usual the one featuring YOD.
JAG I put a song out this week, will blow the roof off proper haircuts etc etc
Ahh just spotted his name on AlbumOfTheYear, but it’s a different release which isn’t on spotify
Haven’t listened to the older one anyway so will give it a go. YOD is far too quiet this year.
After blowing me away at unsound Basta releases an ambient album filled with organic sounds. Drifting and gorgeous. Very excited for this one. Start your morning with this:
New Jan Jelinek. The master of jazzy ambient things. His stuff is always worth a listen
Lisa/Liza - Breaking and Mending
Folk singer/songwriter from Maine. Previous records on Orindal records have been lovely