What I’ve been listening to recently:

The Roches, dude! Their first two albums.

Also, the reissued Red Crayola albums on Drag City (obviously not the 90s one); Mercury Rev’s All Is Dream; Mickey & Sylvia; The Raindrops; Holly Golightly; The Sweethearts (and if someone wants to tell me who sent me this wonderful slice of gentle femme-pop recently, I’d be indebted); the first two Pretenders albums (but the live bootleg from 1984 stinks); the deluxe reissue of Sonic Youth’s Goo; the new compilation of Concretes rarities; the new TV Personalities compilation of live tracks and outtakes, extremely dodgy recordings; my son Isaac chuckling and attempting to sing back my songs to me; the hum of my iMac.