Some excellent albums and singles have been released in the last few weeks and these 20 tracks come highly recommended by the Old Indie Kid.
1) Always Sad by The Jesus And Mary Chain - Great news the JAMC are back together!
2) Strange Medicines by 485c - Looking forward to hearing more from these Londoners in 2017
3) Home Is A Feeling by Ride - Another influential 90's indie band have reformed.
4) Just A Boy by Jaws - I know very little about them but they made the cut.
5) White Man by Macy Gray - little bit of racial and sexual politics.
6) Elevator by Holy Holy - New album out now from these Aussie retro guitar troubadours.
7) Home Soon by Dope Lemon - Angus Stone's funky stoned return.
8) Melting by King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - from their new album Flying Microtonal Banana
9) Darling by Real Estate - New Jersey's Beach-core survivors
10) Jungle by Tash Sultana - Best Australian reggae since Men In Work's Land Down Under?
11) The Scientist by Corinne Bailey Rae - Coldplay cover from the 50 Shades Of Grey sequel.
12) L'Heure des Sorcieres by Methyl Ethel - New album from Perth's coolest band is released on Friday.
13) Golden by Kingswood - More Aussie AOR. I need to have a word with myself - I'm getting soft.
14) Johny by Sofi Tukker - Words can't do it justice so I won't even try.
15) She by Apes - Yet another Australian indie band...
16) Who Knows (SHY FX Remix) by Protoje featuring Chronixx - One of my favourite reggae tunes given a dnb remix - not sure if this sub gene will catch on but too interesting to ignore.
17) Slow Slippy by Underworld - I have pinpointed the peak 90's moment as when Renton lights Begbie's cigarette and gets a face full of smoke to the opening chords of Born Slippy. This remix from T2 Trainspotting soundtrack is both familiar but distorted.
19) Thick Girls Knock Me Out by The Dandy Warhols - Rocking Out
20) Snowdonia by Surfer Blood - A real progression from snotty surf punks to 60's tripsters