Michelle Branch - The Spirit Room

20th anniversary of this debut album. I'd never heard more than "Everywhere" and the acoustic version of "Sweet Misery" that DP put on a mix cd once so it's nice to encounter such a jam-packed record of high quality pop-rock soarers even if such a long time after the fact.

Ballboy - A Guide for the Daylight Hours

Long known to me via the version of their song "I Lost You, But I Found Country Music" recorded by lead singer Gordon McIntyre with Laura Cantrell, but without any other context. This 2002 album turns out to be a bit of a charmer, albeit very much of a certain slice of its time - an indie pop record from Scotland at the turn of the millennium, and only just (but nonetheless) on the right side of overly precious, with some good tunes dialled up by melodically noisy fm-radio style instrumentation into low-key epics.

Lake Street Dive - Obviously

Not easily categorisable but partaking of plenty of familiar sounds, Obviously only really hits its strides on a few songs near the middle, but it's easy listening.

Liz Phair - Soberish

It sounds like Liz Phair, plenty of years on, but Soberish is undistinguished. 

Vika & Linda - 'Akilotoa: Anthology - 1994-2006

Warm, characterful and frequently singalong. Many quickly lovable discoveries.

Loki season 1

A colourful and pretty fun MCU product - the charm of Tom Hiddleston and Owen Wilson goes a long way.

"Becoming You: An incomplete guide" (Immigration Museum)

71 snippets of coming of age stories told by diverse Australians. Enjoyable.

(w/ Siobhan)