New Albums This Week: Baauer, Iggy Pop + more

The best new music this week, including the debut from LuckyMe's Baauer and the return of rock royalty as Iggy Pop teams up with Queens of the Stone Age's Josh Homme

Baauer – Aa (LuckyMe)

The New York producer well and truly moves beyond the Harlem Shake on Aa, a half-hour showcase of his considerable production talents. Taking cues from tribal percussion, UK grime, Eastern cyberfunk and Brazilian pop, it's an eclectic, organic and confident debut album.

• From SxSW 2015, LuckyMe's Dominic Flanagan and Martyn Flyn on discovering Baauer in Austin

Iggy Pop – Post Pop Depression (Loma Vista)

Post Pop Depression finds Iggy Pop obsessed with his own legacy and exit (from the music industry, and the planet). If this really is Iggy's swansong, how fitting that he should choose the moment, entirely on his own terms, just like his old friend David Bowie.

Primal Scream – Chaosmosis (First International)

Judge this one not by its cover but by electric lead single Where the Light Gets In: a barrage of neon club pop lit up by the astute addition of Sky Ferreira. Chaosmosis's best tracks favour songcraft over attitude, with the Scream entering their golden years with their dignity ever intact. 

• Primal Scream headline this summer's Electric Fields festival at Drumlanrig near Dumfries – view the full line-up so far

Damien Jurado – Visions of Us on the Land (Secretly Canadian)

Visions finds the Americana-peddling Jurado treading familiar ground and checking in with some friendly faces. Loyal fans will catch a clever nod or two to past work, but all should benefit from the alluring sense of history that undergirds hiss well-worn characters.

Lust For Youth – Compassion (Sacred Bones)

Hannes Norrvide and co make a concerted move towards the dancefloor on Compassion, with lead single Better Looking Brother an expansive first move into new territory.

• Read our interview with Sacred Bones label manager Taylor Brode

ICHI – Maru (Lost Map)

Pulling together strands from punk, reggae and folk, and marshalling an impressive collection of found sounds and homemade instruments, ICHI captures a rare sense of humour within the world of avant-garde musos. You might *think* you make eclectic music, but you've got nothing on ICHI.