If you like world music, try the El Gusto album. They're a North African Buena Vista Social Club, old musicians (Jewish and Muslims alike). It's a great record. 4 stars
I was a bit disappointed by the Leonard Cohen; this guy is always acclaimed by the critics whatever he does, and here It's decent but I was never impressed. His voice is in a bad shape, but the words and the instrumentation are good. 3.5 stars
I liked First Aid Kit's debut, so I'm gonna try them.
I've also heard a couple tracks by Django Django and Stuck In The Sound + the new Air and they sounded good.
thanks Bill I hadn't seen his post.
I've heard tracks from Cloud Nothing and although it's far from my alley I liked some of it (good guitars). Husker Du then Cloud Nothing, am I becoming a post hardcore fan
About the El Gusto Orchestra of ALgiers, it was produced by Damon Albarn and here's a sample