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Ty Segall &bull; <i>Harmonizer</i>

Ty Segall • Harmonizer

Ty’s arsenal of instrumentation continues to grow, as he fills out his domain of prog-rock, stoner drones, glam trash, and other Seventies detritus with keyboards, more keyboards, and an evolving sense of studio wizardry.

Paul McCartney &bull; <i>McCartney III</i>

Paul McCartney • McCartney III

Of course, when it’s Sir Paul doing the pandemic recording, it’s old hat to play all the instruments, this being his third such truly solo album. Like the others, it exists in the McCartney continuum of eternal rock and roll.

Ty Segall &bull; <i>Segall Smeagol</i>

Ty Segall • Segall Smeagol

Jealousy is an intense driving artistic force, and nowhere is this more evident than with the recent tradition of releasing a covers album. These selections from Nilsson Schmilsson show a good variety of styles and approaches.

Le Big Zero &bull; <i>Ollie Oxen Free</i>

Le Big Zero • Ollie Oxen Free

Pop jigsaw symphonies, incongruous bits and pieces of songs interlocking together into a hypnotic cascade of rhythms, melodies, and harmonies.