Hold Steadys "Boys and Girls in America". Randy Newman, Billy Joel, and Bruce Hornsby all mashed up with Televison & the New York Dolls 😀
Black Stone Cherry: "Black Stone Cherry": Prime cuts of good old-fashioned Southern Rawk ala Skynryd
Arctic Monkeys "Favourite Worst Nightmare": Like Alan Bennet crossed with The Clash, fabulous band
Cansei der ser Sexy: Brazilian artchickpop
All of Scott Walker's stuff, interest reignited by a recent BBC docu
Brian Eno: "Taking Tiger Mountain (by strategy)". Just about the finest album ever made as far as my ears/brain are concerned
Tinariwen: Aman Iman. Completely extraordinary raga rock guitars laid over mantra-like songs. "World" music without all the usual beardstroking, would love to hear these guys remixed by The Chemical Brothers