Monday 29th September - a Jamie T & Prince sort of week

A good week to start this.

First up there's Jamie T  - Carry on the Grudge: how can anybody not like Jamie T?  His 3rd album, after a 5 year gap, and it's just like the first two, only a bit more grown up - which you should expect as we're all a bit more older and wiser since 2009.

Anyways, I've listened to this a couple of times, and heard a couple of tracks for a month or two, and if there was ever an album I should really like, it's this one given that it's seemingly a straight mix of the best bits of Joe Strummer and Damon Albarn; tuneful, spiky, smart & gritty.

Other albums I need to listen to this week:

Prince - Art Official Age: he's released about 1,800 albums, but he's meant to be on top form

Prince & 3rdeyegirl - Plectrumelectrum: so why not release two in one day? This is the heavier, more guitar based one he made with his recent touring band. I'll probably listen to this first.

Gerard Way - Hesitant Alien: Because he's Gerard Way, from My Chemical Romance.

The Vaselines - V for Vaselines:  Legendary Scottish duo who were Kurt Cobain's favourite band. Nirvana covered two Vaselines tracks on Insecticide and one on the MTV Unplugged Album. He also named his daughter Frances after the Vaseline's Frances McKee. This is only their 3rd album since 1986, and if you've never heard of them, now is the time to fix that.

That lot should keep you going this week, let me know what you think.