British-born, Nashville-based soul singer Jamie Lidell has never been afraid of experimenting with a multitude of instruments or genres; throughout his career he’s leapt deftly from R&B to funk to electronica, confidently finding his footing after every stylistic departure.

Before Katie Crutchfield (vocals/guitar) started her solo project Waxahatchee in 2011 and her twin sister Allison Crutchfield (drums) joined the now also defunct and much-missed Swearin’ around the same time, they were both in P.S. Eliot, a band formed in their hometown of Birmingham, Alabama.

There has perhaps never been a starker illustration of the dichotomy between an interesting record and a good one than this. Regardless of whether you think Oasis’ first two albums were any good or not, there is no denying they were huge; they captured the mood of a Euro ‘96 football-obsessed England, dissatisfied with the dying embers of Tory rule.

Reissued here as a double CD set, King for a Day…Fool for a Lifetime proves itself as perhaps Faith No More’s defining release.

On their debut record, 2013’s Howlin’, Jagwar Ma dedicated themselves to a hyper-pop sound built from nostalgic ‘90s Manchester club beats and melodic psychedelic pop songs.

It’s hard to say what it is that keeps you hoping that Kings of Leon will somehow return to their golden days of identity obscuring long hair, naughty southern swag, and shirt soaked, fireball spitting country rock that made drunk dancing an aerobic exercise.

Requiem is the sound the air makes in Joshua Tree and Korpilombolo; the way the sky looks as it melts into the horizon. It is the taste of adventure; the joyful abandon of running from sand to sea on a cold day.

Let’s get the obvious out of the way here. Fairly or not, it’s almost impossible to talk about this record without talking about the unspeakable tragedy that befell Nick Cave during its making.

Part way through Blood Bitch someone asks Jenny Hval “What’s this album about?” She answers: “Vampires… and more things.” It’s a perfect description of the Norwegian’s slant on songwriting. Hval is a pursuer of the sonically extraordinary; an adventurer of jarring soundscapes.