Cowboys, the – Captain Easy’s Downfall : upbeat garage-rock/power-pop
Cribs, the – Selling a Vibe : ho-hum radio pop/rock
Dry Cleaning – Secret Love : enjoyable but background #noir
Home Star – A Binding Life : punk-inflected radio-rock
Sault – Chapter 1 : elevator r&b
Will Epstein – Yeah, Mostly : delicate/sensitive emoting about common life experiences
Winged Wheel – Desert So Green : atmospheric drone/trance rock sounds
Capacopter – Capacopter : dense stoner riffage
DZ Deathrays – Easing Out Of Control : pointedly diverse rock sounds, occasionally great
Glom – Below : well-done bedroom-pop/jangly alt-rock
James Hunter Six, the – Off The Fence : jazzy retro soul
Langhorne Slim – The Dreamin’ Kind : anthemic rootsy rockers
Magic Castles – The Lore Of Mysticore : cosmic/pastoral psych; #plentyofnoodling
Pink Fairies – Covered In Pink : worn covers
Sha La Das, the – Your Picture : kaleidoscopic retro soul/pop/doo-wop
Sleaford Mods – The Demise of Planet X : tense, dramatic, punch-first post-punk
Together Pangea – Eat Myself : radio-friendly alt-rock; #nomoregarage
Annabelle Chairlegs – Waking Up : solid front-foot indie-rock
Barry Walker Jr. – Paleo Sol : soothing pedal steel
Bartees Strange – Magic Boy : highly thoughtful indie; #allheart
Black Pistol Fire – Flagrant Act of Bliss : modern/classic blues-rock/indie; #tryhard
Blackwater Holylight – Not Here Not Gone : heavy ‘doomgaze’
Cast – Yeah Yeah Yeah : hooky power-pop/britpop
Clothesline from Hell – Slather On The Honey : math-y pop-rock
Cordovas – Back to Life : earnest professional Americana
Damned, the – Not Like Everybody Else : fun and open cover collection
Dead Dads Club – Dead Dads Club : solid well-produced wide-scope #dadrock
Guv – Warmer Than Gold : interesting modern britpop/rock/indie/pop
Hoshiko Yamane & Mikael Lind – Hidden Time Loops : #airplane
Hot Face – Automated Response : gritty raw fast-paced punk
Joyce Manor – I Used to Go to This Bar : shouty singalong pop/punk
Kula Shaker – Wormslayer : quite enjoyable grown-up pop-rock
Lande Hekt – Lucky Now : fun modern indie; #youngband #occasionalbrilliance
Loney Dear – Making Friends Is Easy : (kinda) apologies, but it’s just SO dull
Lucinda Williams – World’s Gone Wrong : still doing the thing
Molotovs, the – Wasted On Youth : very fun party guitar-rock; #unoriginal
Peaer – Doppelgänger : introspective bedroom rock
Plantoid – Flare : interesting, complex and vibrant indie/art-rock
Softcult – When a Flower Doesn’t Grow : emotionally open raucous attitudes
Steve Poltz – JoyRide : having some fun
Sunday Mourners – A-Rhythm Absolute : snappy, dry and angular post-punk
Sweatmaster – More! : swagerring retro rock; #hohum
Sébastien Tellier – Kiss the Beast : silly-fun 80s synth workouts
Tashi Dorji – Low Clouds Hang, This Land Is On Fire : cannot connect at all
Van Morrison – Somebody Tried to Sell Me a Bridge : lovely blues; #keeponchurning
Victoryland – My Heart Is a Room with No Cameras In It : very modern & diverse rock
Wristwatch – III : swinging garage-punk fun
Yumi Zouma – No Love Lost to Kindness : smart, interesting pop-rock
Yin Yin – Yatta! : funky surf disco psych; #muzacish
Buzzcocks – Attitude Adjustment : sure, why not
Big Big Train – Woodcut : emotive easy-to-hear prog rock
Black Adidas – Black Adidas : rowdy dark-80s-influenced rock
Cosmique Hypnotique – Cosmique Hypnotique : modernized space exotica; #batchelorpad
Dirty Sound Magnet – Me And My Shadow : ‘trying some stuff’ rock
Dream Nails – You Wish : propulsive indie/punk; #hardcorelite
Itchy and the Nits – Greetings from Itchy and the Nits : fun upbeat girl-group-garage; #shortnsweet
Jack Harlon & The Dead Crows – Inexorable Opposites : knuckle-dragging hard rock
Joji – Piss In The Wind : non-traditional modern pop
Mandy, Indiana – Urgh : controlled chaos electro-punk
Music City – Welcome To Music City : fun light power-pop
Natural Magic – II : delicious psych/electro-rock jams; #occasionalbrilliance
Ratboys – Singin’ to an Empty Chair : emotionally driven guitar indie; #femvox
Scott McCloud – Make It To Forever : thoughful indie/s-s; #GvBsolo
Shaking Hand – Shaking Hand : emo-y post-punk
Silversun Pickups – Tenterhooks : professional rock
Solomon Hicks – How Did I Ever Get This Blue? : fun party-time blues-rock jams
Ulrika Spacek – Expo : meandering psych sounds
Vegas Water Taxi – Long Time Caller, First Time Listener : soothing indie-pop/alt-country
Yamila – Noor : orchestral dark-pop
Andy Aquarius & Kimi Recor – Schlafes Bruder
Angel Du$t – Cold 2 The Touch : ripping noise pop
Boy Golden – Best of Our Possible Lives
Cardinals – Masquerade : tepid rockers
Charli XCX – Wuthering Heights
Demob Happy – The Grown-Ups Are Talking
Earth Tongue – Dungeon Vision : heavy fuzz psych rock
En Kernaghan Band – Energetik
Fake Friends, the – Let’s Not Overthink This : modern, reaching, hardcore
Gogol Bordello – We Mean It, Man! : electro gypsy punk
Helicon x Al Lover – Arise
Howling Bells – Strange Life : smart indie rock; #femvox
Jill Scott – To Whom This May Concern
Lone Bellow, the – What A Time To Be Alive : solidly professional arena-indie-folk
Mariachi El Bronx – Mariachi El Bronx IV
Momoko Gill – Momoko : hip, sprightly jazz/pop/r&b invention
Nude Party, the – Look Who’s Back
Olympians, the – In Search of a Revival : instrumental flowing r&b/jazz/soul; #muzaky
Paranoid Style, the – Known Associates
Pony – Clearly Cursed : very bright, very fizzy, pop-rock
Radium Dolls – Wound Up : solidly enjoyable indie-rock
Sightseeing Crew – Muffled Ears, the World Sounds Bad Quality
Turner Cody & the Soldiers Of Love – Out For Blood
Twisted Teens – Blame the Clown : pulsating garage-country-rock via #NOLA
Tyler Ballgame – For the First Time, Again
Wet Tuna – Vast
-live-
Cheekface – Park Theatre, Winnipeg MB 01-23
DIIV – Boiled Alive (live)
Black Doldrums – Live at Fuzz Club Festival 2025
Go! Team, the – Thunder, Lightning, Strike (Live at the Roundhouse)
Mountain Goats, the – Live Archive Vol. 1: Going to Princeton 20-Oct-2024
Ty Segall & The Muggers – “Live” “At ” “The” “BBC” EP
Mavericks, the – It’s Now! It’s Live! (reissue, orig 1997)
-re-release/comps/mixes-
Boa – Whiplash (deluxe ed, orig 2024)
Viagra Boys – viagr aboys (JA deluxe ed, orig 2025)
va – Best of the Blog 2025 [Wilfully Obscure]
va – MOJO Presents: Up the Junction (15 Sharp Turns) [feb2025]
va – Tributes Or Not Tributes Vol 22
va – Uncut: Music for Pleasure [Jan2026]
Bay City Rollers – Bay City Rollers Greatest Story: Japanese Singles
Beck – Everybody’s Gotta Learn Sometime
Blue Van, the – Recording Club Of 1996
va – The Mood Mosaic: The Filthy Groove Score (TV Themes Done Gritty) : silly funky muzak tv covers
Girls Against Boys – Cruise Yourself (remaster, orig 1994)
Jill Sobule – Fuck 7th Grade: Original Cast Recording
Monkees, the – The A’s, The B’s & The Monkees
Squeeze – Play (remaster, orig 1991)
va – Covered: Tom Waits, Volume 1: 1973-1994
va – Covered: Tom Waits, Volume 2: 1994-2004
va – Covered: Tom Waits, Volume 3: 2004-2012
va – Covered: Tom Waits, Volume 4: 2013-2023
va – Keep Me in Your Heart: The Songs of Warren Zevon
va – Louder Than You Think: A Lo-Fi History of Gary Young & Pavement OST
va – Naive Melodies
va – Pop Ambient 2026
Calibro 35 – Exploration (deluxe ed, orig 2025)
Drummers of the Societe Absolument Guinin – Soul Jazz Records Presents: Voodoo Drums
NRBQ – Grooves In Orbit (reissue, orig 1983)
Roberta Flack – With Her Songs: The Atlantic Albums 1969-1978 [8cd]
Thee Michelle Gun Elephant – The Greatest Hits (remaster, orig 2009)
va – 2025 David Bash’s Top 25
va – CBGB: A New York City Soundtrack 1975-1986
va – Raiders Of The Lost Hook Vol 7
Hellacopters, the – Cream Of The Crap! Collected Non-Album Works, Vol. 3
NoMeansNo – Sex Mad (reissue, orig 1986)
Small Faces – Live. Rare. Unreleased. 1965-1969 (MOJO Sampler) [mar2026]
va – Shindig! Powerpop The Third Wave (1974-1981)
va – Stranger Things 5 OST
Velocity Girl – ¡Simpatico! (remaster, orig 1994)
Wall of Voodoo – Museums
-singles/EPs-
Kula Shaker – Lucky Number EP
They Might Be Giants – Eyeball EP
Al Green – To Love Somebody EP
Cat Power – Redux EP
Jewelry, the – Powder EP
La Luz – Extra! Extra! EP
Bitchin Bajas – Isle Peaks EP
Kaki King – Infinite Ache EP
Pokey LaFarge – Travelin’ with Pokey Lafarge Voice and Guitar, Vol 1 EP
Stereolab – Cloud Land b/w Flashes In The Afternoon single
U2 – Days of Ash EP