These 13 (Thirty Tigers). Review by Julius C. Lacking.

This week’s compendium of five carefully selected albums are all connected by the quantuum improbability of having landed on Julius C. Lacking’s desk at precisely the right time.

Weird music from the south

I am generally skeptical and disrespectful of band names with special capitalization, but IDLES look and sound like they mean business.

No need to worry about offending delicate sensibilities with this playlist. We’re not talking about profanity, so just take the title at face value.

I Got Your Medicine. Review by James Mann.

Dark Night of the Soul (Fat Possum). Review by Carl F Gauze.

Blue Light (Big Legal Mess Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.

Sincerely, Severely (Orange Records). Review by Jeff Schweers.

You Can’t Go Back to the Garden of Eden. Review by Tim Wardyn.

Sing-Along Songs for the Damned & Delirious (Sensory / Lasers Edge). Review by Carl F Gauze.

How Big Can You Get? A Tribute to Cab Calloway (Vanguard Records). Review by Tim Wardyn.

Susquehanna (Space Age Bachelor Pad Records/In Music We Trust). Review by Tim Wardyn.

The Bastress (Tellous). Review by Aaron Shaul.

Nothing Personal (Warning Voice Music). Review by Kyrby Raine.

Weather Systems (Grimsey Records). Review by James Mann.

My Favorite Record (Spanks-a-Lot / Bloodshot). Review by Ian Koss.

Present a Christmas Spanking (Bloodshot). Review by James Mann.

The Swimming Hour (Rykodisc). Review by James Mann.

A Man Under the Influence (Bloodshot). Review by Sean Slone.