1 June 2023
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Bar Italia Tracey Denim
Tracey Denim lives and thrives in the shadows of past greats, but is unable to escape them Beats Per Minute
There are plenty of signs that Bar Italia are poised to reach the emotional heights of Blonde Redhead or Interpol, and for all their love of the past, they are clearly prepared for the future Spectrum Culture
Paul Simon Seven Psalms
Surveying the scene, looking back on the past, not worried about the legacy but focused on the final notes Kerrang!
Mandy, Indiana I've Seen A Way
Mandy, Indiana are angry at the political structures that have failed various marginalized groups, and they’re going to use the energy generated by their rage by taking it to the dance floor Spectrum Culture
Water From Your Eyes Everyone's Crushed
Six albums in, the real potential of Water From Your Eyes is only just starting to crystallise. Everyone’s Crushed is their best collection of ideas to date, blending disparate elements into a harmonious cacophony you can lose yourself to God Is In The TV
At its worst, the music on Everyone’s Crushed sounds like etudes – studies in experimentalism, finger exercises for tyros in the avant-garde. But when Water From Your Eyes find transcendence – especially on the record’s final two tracks, “14” and the extra winky “Buy My Product” – it can be quite stunning. Rolling Stone
Arlo Parks My Soft Machine
Parks has a skill for inviting listeners not only into her mind, but into her immediate environment, and the effects bring her racing emotions right to the forefront Rolling Stone
Lana Del Rey Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd
With Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd, Lana Del Rey implores us not to forget her and has ensured that we can’t possibly PopMatters
Graham Nash Now
Now reminds of the treasure that Graham Nash has been and continues to be in the ongoing narrative of rock music and it’s a snapshot of the creative spark PopMatters
Seven Psalms is Paul Simon’s 15th solo album and in it, he confronts his mortality head-on and wonders about God, the reasons for existence, and death PopMatters
The singer-songwriter’s second album is headier and more dynamic than her Mercury Prize-winning debut, but its sharp writing is often blunted by its temperate sound Pitchfork
The Brooklyn duo's logic-defying new album threads anticapitalist critique, stoner humor, and a hazy undercurrent of fatalism into art-pop so mesmerizing it'll give you a contact high Pitchfork
Sparks The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte
The Mael brothers are riding high. Their 26th album strikes the ideal Sparksian balance of madcap melody, labyrinthine arrangement, and stinging social satire Pitchfork
Foo Fighters But Here We Are
But Here We Are will come to be the most treasured Foo Fighters album of all Gigwise
While it’s been a long road for Foo Fighters to get to this point, and this album doesn’t quite match up to their most distant triumphs, these aging rockers have demonstrated here that some fire in the belly remains Sputnik Music (staff)
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"The veteran singer-songwriter ponders faith and mortality in seven beautiful, impressionistic movements" (The Observer). "Seven Psalms is, more than anything else, a thematic experience" (Sputnik Music)
Since we've been around, that is. So, the highest-rated albums from the past twelve years or so. Rankings are calculated to two decimal places.
Kendrick Lamar To Pimp A Butterfly
Fiona Apple Fetch The Bolt Cutters
Kendrick Lamar Damn.
D'Angelo And The Vanguard Black Messiah
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Ghosteen
Self Esteem Prioritise Pleasure
Bob Dylan Rough and Rowdy Ways
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Skeleton Tree
Frank Ocean Channel Orange
Dave We’re All Alone In This Together
