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Caroline Polachek  Pang

‘PANG’ marks the beginning of a new chapter and confirms its position as one of the most singular, captivating records of the year Clash

Caroline Polachek  Pang

Pang is a remarkable debut album assured of its legitimacy and brilliance, one that should be celebrated for its shimmering beauty and the success of its authorial intent The Line Of Best Fit

Caroline Polachek  Pang

It is great to see Caroline Polachek giving a go at being an independent pop artist, and this album makes it feasible that she one day becomes a household name in the genre Exclaim

Caroline Polachek  Pang

The Charlift singer has crystallised years of musical exploration (which included a Beyoncé co-write) into her innovative first solo record under her own name NME

Caroline Polachek  Pang

The former Chairlift singer-songwriter centers her sweeping solo debut on her powerful voice, crafting love songs about the moment of surrender, the pain preceding it, and the euphoria after Pitchfork

Caroline Polachek  Pang

The ex-Chairlift singer gasps, yelps and croons through a well-written and melodious portrait of lust, romance and heartbreak The Guardian

Vagabon  Vagabon

Swapping crunching guitars for softer electronics, Laetitia Tamko’s second album is both sharp and tender The Guardian

Mark Lanegan Band  Somebody’s Knocking

Lanegan’s desolate croon gets its groove on, in this rocking, relatable 11th album The Guardian

Foals  Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost Part 2

Where they could have been indulgent, Foals have given every facet of their musical style space to breathe this year. Nothing sounds like it’s here to make up the numbers. This big plan has succeeded Evening Standard

Floating Points  Crush

Tracks such as thunderous LesAlpx aim for the dancefloor but wherever Crush is listened to — in a club, on the night bus home, or yes, an airport — there’s plenty to discover, so long as you’re willing to delve in deep enough Evening Standard

Floating Points  Crush

Crush certainly comes across as fragmentary, as if a dozen tracks, at least a couple albums worth of ideas, were truncated, quickly sequenced, and packed onto one LP. That said, it's hard to imagine more forethought and deliberation resulting in a listen more riveting than this one All Music

Mark Lanegan Band  Somebody’s Knocking

You won't want to spike the punch too much if Lanegan comes to your next dance party, but Somebody's Knocking shows he most definitely knows how to have a good time in his own way All Music

Jimmy Eat World  Surviving

At a lean ten tracks, Surviving quickly makes its point, pushing through years of pain and emotional turmoil by setting sights on a stronger, more confident future All Music

Vagabon  Vagabon

Somewhere between bedroom pop and emotive electronica DIY

clipping.  There Existed An Addiction To Blood

Blood is nothing more than a little fun. Because I think it is something more. Because it doesn't have to be. Because Blood, at its heart — if, indeed, it has one — is a puzzle, whether it intends to be or not Sputnik Music (staff)