The fifth MOJO playlist of 2018
Start the week with the best new music, courtesy of the MOJO team
As work intensifies on the next issue of MOJO, here are the records that have kept us moving these past few days. Special personal attention: the Sarah Louise and Marisa Anderson records from the whole American Primitive/eldritch folk axis; and Janelle Monáe and Natalie Prass’ comebacks. All thoughts/recommendations etc please get in touch: https://twitter.com/JohnRMulvey.
1 Thurston Moore – Mx Liberty (Blank Editions)
2 ZZ Hill – The Complete Kent Recordings 1964-1968 (Kent)
3 Wilma Archer – Scarecrow (Weird World)
4 Sarah Louise – Deeper Woods (Thrill Jockey)
5 The Nightcrawlers – The Biophonic Boombox Recordings (Anthology)
6 Various Artists – We Out Here (Brownswood)
7 Julian Cope – Jehovakill (UMC)
8 Marisa Anderson – Cloud Corner (Thrill Jockey)
9 Palmbomen II – Memories Of Cindy (Beats In Space)
10 Gwenifer Raymond – A Deep Sea Diver Blues (Tompkins Square)
11 Yo La Tengo – There’s A Riot Going On (Matador)
12 Egyptology – Sur Les Autres Mondes (Hands In The Dark)
13 Sons Of Kemet – Your Queen Is a Reptile (Impulse!)
14 Wooden Shjips – V (Thrill Jockey)
15 Cocteau Twins – Treasure (4AD)
16 Third Eye Foundation – Wake The Dead (Ici D’Ailleurs)
17 Eleanor Friedberger – Rebound (French Kiss)
18 Modern Studies – Welcome Strangers (Fire)
19 Yonatan Gat – Universalists (Tak:til/Glitterbeat)
20 Janelle Monáe - Make Me Feel/Django Jane (Atlantic)
21 Duck Baker – Les Blues Du Richmond: Demos And Outtakes 1973-1979 (Tompkins Square)
22 Kacy & Clayton – The Siren’s Song (New West)
23 The Other Years – September EP (Bandcamp)
24 Courtney Barnett - Tell Me How You Really Feel (Milk/Marathon Artists)
25 Keith Jarrett/Gary Peacock/Jack DeJohnette – After The Fall (ECM)
26 Natalie Prass – Short Court Style (ATO)
Natalie Prass picture: Tonje Thilesen