Tomihiko Morimi - The Tatami Galaxy

A bit of a goof, but the voice is appealing - though the narrator, deliberately, often isn't - and so is the zip with which it moves through its various repeating hi-jinks.

"Women Photographers 1900-1975: A Legacy of Light" (NGV International)

Not seeking to be the type of comprehensive overview that I'd hoped for, the ambitions of this exhibition are hinted at in its framing around women in photography in the early twentieth century: "For many women, photography offered a means of income, a way to document daily life, and a powerful tool for communication and activism." That more grounded lens (ha ha) maybe explains why the photos on show here veer towards the documentary more than towards capital 'a' Art. Still much to enjoy however, Olive Cotton standing out as she always does.

Gertrude Kasebier - "The gargoyle", c 1900

Olive Cotton - "Girl with mirror", 1938

Ponch Hawkes - "No title (Helen at Falconer Street)", c 1975 - that being Helen Garner

Alison Krauss & Union Station - Arcadia

I'd more or less assumed any likely new music from Alison Krauss & Union Station would fall into an elevated easy listening vein, given their seeming direction of travel - much as I've liked so much of their music on the journey. So it was a pleasant surprise that Arcadia brings, if not anything truly new, at least a freshness and an energy - and a very subtle mystical hint in some of Krauss's numbers. A good one.

Geese - Getting Killed

Nice to know that a proper rock band can still give me that chill down the spine. Highlights all the way through - "Cobra", "Getting Killed", "Islands of Men", "Au Pays du Cocaine", "Taxes".

Perfume Genius - Glory

Classy, emotive and interesting but for me doesn't have the lightning-strike quality that the best of this type does.