
Prized session guitarist teases with six tracks of graceful simplicity.

Radiohead frontman remains instantly recognisable despite electronic disguise.

Nine meditations upon a broken thumb.

Christmas songs served sugar free by the voice of Everything but the Girl.

The return of the space disco cowboy.

Modern soul music the way it should be…

A break-up album full of affection and understanding.

A mischievous release from a man accustomed to unconventional records.

An impressive third LP from Natasha Kahn, but somehow lacking heart.

Brooklyn four-piece make a long-awaited, welcome return.

Back at last for a little life laundry, Karl Wallinger unlocks his archive.

Tranquillity triumphs on the erudite Canadian’s latest album.

Can do: quintessential krautrock rescued from the archives.

Eighteen years after his last new material, the soul legend is back.

Another lesson in modest brilliance from the former Brit and Mercury nominees.

Calming minimalism from long-dormant Detroit experimentalists.

Icelandic stars pursue a more peaceful path on their sixth studio LP.

Perfectly poised, charmingly understated chamber pop.

Sheffield crooner turns up the amps.

Star Norwegian drummer goes solo with a sometimes creepy debut LP.

Classy Americana from Canadian chanteuse produced by Bon Iver.

No more cartooning around from Damon Albarn.

Former Coral guitarist releases a strings-heavy solo debut.

London duo takes a macrocosmic approach to sound.

Exquisitely poised melancholy from Swedish singer-songwriter.

Disconcerting but bewitching debut from Berlin-based siren.

Berlin-based Swede matches techno with dreampop on album three.

Inspirational guitar hero at his pyrotechnical finest.

Innovative, sample-pioneering debut on CD at last.

A passionate, poetic labour of love.

Adequate third album from rising indie star.

Veteran musical pioneer teams up with “thinker and writer”.

Classic rap redefined by the Canadian prankster.

Belfast quartet arrives fully formed.

Gloomy theatrical electronica from Berlin-based Brit.

Imaginative and surprising collaboration from Berlin-based pianist and cellist.

Past and present combine for post-classical dream pop.

Double-disc compilation reveals a great band’s shortcomings.

Twilight tinklings from experimental Norwegian chanteuse.

Career-crowning retrospective released on eve of band’s retirement.

Shakey’s back with his 34th studio album.

Canadian trio take a trip to the Deep South.

1990s leftfield rock updated for the 21st century.

Unpretentious, delicate tunes from Radiohead’s sticksman.

Post-shoegazing classic reissued with bonus disc of demos.

New soundtracks for rare experimental films.

Roll over, Beethoven: Richter blurs the boundaries between indie and classical.

A powerfully ominous reshaping of old-school Americana.