Animal Collective ‘Painting With’ (Domino)
Poppiest outing yet from Maryland’s neo-psychedelic adventurers
Andrew Weatherall ‘Convenanza’ (Rotters Golf Club)
Rare solo album sees the Lone Swordsman in fine voice… quite literally
From Karaoke To Stardom ‘Little Voodoo Dolls’ (Fenou)
Berlin-dwelling Parisian serves up colourful tech-house outing
Duke St Workshop with Laurence R Harvey ‘Tales of HP Lovecraft’ (Static Caravan)
Cosmic horror author’s tales get terrifying soundtrack treatment
Deux Filles ‘Space & Time’ (LTM / Les Disques Du Crépuscule)
Picking up where they left off for a third outing, two guys pretend to be two girls all over again
Charles Murdoch ‘Point’ (Future Classic)
Hotly-tipped Australian dance producer turns in short, sweet curio of a debut outing
Africaine 808 ‘Basar’ (Golf Channel)
Berlin duo sample their way around the world and serve up joyous mish-mash of an LP
Wild Style Lion ‘Wild Style Lion’ (I’m Single)
Filthy, heavy synth rock outingwith resounding endorsements from Dinosaur Jr and Sonic Youth
Various Artists ‘Still in a Dream: A Story of Shoegaze 1988-1995’ (Cherry Red)
Gotta spare seven hours? Boxset propels you back to the genre that fashion forsook
Various Artists ‘Leaf20’ (The Leaf Label)
Best-kept secret label celebrates two decades with tempting anniversary box set