Courtney Barnett
Centred round the gloriously deadpan little medical drama of Avant Gardener, the words-of-thought process just seem to fall from Ms Barnett, with no control gate between brain and mouth. But maybe that's the trick, because a line like Don't Apply Compression Gently's – 'I might not be 100%, but at least I'm not with you' – is laser-aimed, even if delivered with apparent offhandedness. The music is similarly carefully casual as it strolls behind her, or wobbles like a wonky bike wheel. Just a thing of nonchalant brilliance.
