… and we’re off! Welcome back, folks. Already, in the three days since we’ve been back at work, we’ve got our hands on five (sorry, embargoed) brilliant new albums due in the coming months. Encouraging signs for the year ahead. Meanwhile, here’s my first playlist for 2019 – mostly catching up with a few stragglers from the very end of 2018, but hope you find something

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1.
THE RACONTEURS

“Sunday Driver”
(Third Man)

2.
WILLIAM TYLER

“Call Me When I’m Breathing Again”
(Merge)

3.
BASSEKOU KOUYATE & NGONI BA

“Deli”
(Outhere Records)

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4.
BILL CALLAHAN/YO LA TENGO

“Touched By The Sun”

5.
FATHER JOHN MISTY

“Untitled New Song”

6.
KEL ASSOUF

“Franza”
(Glitterbeat)

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7.
FAYE WEBSTER

“Kingston”
(Secretly Canadian)

8.
MICHAEL CHAPMAN

“After All This Time”
(Paradise Of Bachelors)

9.
USTAD SAAMI

“God Is”
( Glitterbeat)

10.
SCOTT GILMORE

“Two Roomed Motel”
(Crammed Discs)

11.
CHROMATICS

“I’m On Fire”
(Italians Do It Better)

12.
YVES JARVIS

“Fruits Of Disillusion”
(-Anti)

The February 2019 issue of Uncut is now on sale in the UK – with New Order on the cover. Inside, you’ll find Pete Shelley RIP, our massive 2019 Albums Preview, Sharon Van Etten, Mark Knopfler, Paul Simonon, John Martyn, Steve Gunn and much more. Our 15-track CD also showcases the best of the month’s new music, including Bruce Springsteen, William Tyler and the Dream Syndicate.