The Record Doctor responds
I need to get my head out of 1972. I mostly listen to recently created music, but from the ELO-ish pop of Brendan Benson to the garage punk of the Hives, it's the late 60s/early 70s redux on my playlist. So what's big, strong, crazy and organic-sounding enough to hold my interest without that nagging feeling that I ought to be sharing a spliff with my high-school art teacher?

alaiti
There is no shame attached, alaiti, to your regard for 1972 (1985: now that was a stinker). But the finest album of the past few months, Grizzly Bear's restless Veckatimest, is rooted in what passes for the future round your way – 1975 or thereabouts. Failing that, seek out Primary Colours by the Horrors, which you might describe as "My Bloody Valentine. On acid" were such trite descriptions still deemed acceptable. Truly, knowing your old art teacher as I do, he'll loathe it.

From McFly to Duffy to Neil Diamond, I only get to listen to music approved by my three-year-old son. Can you help?

JohnnieGoat
As someone who once listened to little else but the Tweenies' Greatest Hits on every car journey (best track since you ask: Have Fun Go Mad!), I understand how you're feeling, JohnnieGoat. My advice: direct your son's attention to MGMT's Oracular Spectacular, Empire of the Sun's Walking on a Dream or pretty much anything by Animal Collective. Small children love their bubblegum psychedelia and you, however briefly, get to feel cool.
I'm a punk, cheesy metal and indie pop devotee who can't find a way into this new internet-friendly Pitchfork stuff. Is it just me or are they all twee underachievers mumbling while they tune up?

Stephano Bentos
One man's maudlin, bed-wetting mumbler is another's shy and retiring visionary. Unconvinced? Try current Pitchfork pin-up DM Stith, whose trick on the recently released Heavy Ghost is to mutter and, you know, sing. Look out, also, for the eponymous debut by Miles Anthony Benjamin Robinson, who is blessed with a touch of the Bon Ivers and, like folk's foremost survivalist, boasts a backstory that's too good to be true.

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