It was quite the week for new releases. There was so much quality stuff that I might never catch up – especially with a three-week break coming up in November.

There are sparkling new sounds in this week’s Twaddle from Pencil, Dancer, Captain Starlet, The Evening Sons, Tar Of, Red Pants, Desoto Reds, Blue Ocean, Blue Bendy, Mirror Tree, Anna Hillburg, The Smashing Times, The Lunar Laugh, Rachel Love, Fat Spirit, Aisle Knot, Hochzeitskapelle + Japanese Friends (feat. Yuko Ikema + Tenniscoats), Tyvek, Savarit (feat. Kacimi), Mope City, A Beacon School, Les Aunties (feat. Afrotronix), Soft Covers, Bas Jan, MUNYA, Faith Healer, The Small Intestines, Sternpost, Andreas Dorau, Wimps, Golden Apples, Bar Italia, Cuticles, Lightheaded, Ana Frango Elétrico, Lower Plenty, Melenas, Guided By Voices, Uni Boys, Emma Anderson, and Onyon.

From the past: The Chills (a cut from the newly and brilliantly remastered Brave Words), Fickle Pickle, Pernice Brothers, Ultimate Painting, and Sean O’Hagan.