Giant Sand / Photo by Sofie Gelb

Here's a rundown of the essential albums available online and in record stores today:

• Theresa Andersson, Hummingbird, Go! (Basin Street)
  Swedish transplant delights as a dexterous one-woman band
  READ REVIEW

• Brian Wilson, That Lucky Old Sun (Capitol)
  Beach Boy bard loads up the woodie for one more ride
  READ REVIEW

• Giant Sand, proVisions (Yep Roc)
  Country sprouts quotation marks with curiously winning results
  READ REVIEW

• Shugo Tokumaru,Exit (Almost Gold)
  Japanese multi-instrumentalist captivates with aural origami
  READ REVIEW