26 April 2024
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BOWLEGS 1 Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti Before Today 2 Fol Chen Part II: The New December 3 Wild Nothing Gemini 4 Avi Buffalo Avi Buffalo 5 Beach House Teen Dream 6 Secret Cities Pink Graffiti 7 The National High Violet 8 Warpaint The Fool 9 Kelly Stoltz To Dreamers 10 Deerhunter Halcyon Digest 11 Baths Cerulean 12 Marnie Stern Marnie Stern 13 How To Dress Well Love Remains 14 Tame Impala Innerspeaker 15 Caribou Swim 16 These New Puritans Hidden 17 The Walkmen Lisbon 18 Liars Sisterworld 19 Toro Y Moi Causers Of This 20 No Age Everything In Between CLASH
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Sheer Mag Playing Favorites
Playing Favorites proves that joy can show up defiantly, wearing a sleeveless denim vest, and sometimes, a rollicking good time is the glue holding our hearts together Spin
Justin Timberlake Everything I Thought It Was
An album that’s everything you thought it was but has nothing to say Spin
Tierra Whack World Wide Whack
Stretches Whack’s stylistic range, reintroducing an artist who seems more deeply in tune with her emotions Spin
Mannequin Pussy I Got Heaven
The record’s disparate strands mostly hold together, a formidable document of their fire and fury—and one that’s needed more than ever Spin
Bolis Pupul Letter to Yu
These songs never reach catharsis or resolution to their grand queries, but nonetheless find moments of joy in the process of seeking answers Spin
Khruangbin A LA SALA
It’s hard to be so stylized yet retain Khruangbin’s kind of staying power. You could kill the reverb and A LA SALA would still prevail Spin
Vampire Weekend Only God Was Above Us
All in all, Only God is a classic Vampire Weekend record, for those seeking exactly that Spin
Maggie Rogers Don't Forget Me
With Don’t Forget Me, Rogers sounds fully confident abandoning the glossiness of her earliest work—she doesn’t need studio flourishes to bolster her transcendent songwriting Spin
Mount Kimbie The Sunset Violent
Mount Kimbie are letting their songs smolder into life’s discontent. That uncomfortable tension is The Sunset Violent’s beauty Spin
Pearl Jam Dark Matter
Is Dark Matter that different from immediate predecessors Backspacer, Lightning Bolt, and Gigaton? Not really. But is it somehow Pearl Jammier, in an ineffable sense? Yep—in fact, it’s something special Spin
A Certain Ratio It All Comes Down To This
Nearly a half-century into their run, A Certain Ratio have plenty to teach but remain eager to learn—and, above all, to keep the party going Spin
Beyoncé Cowboy Carter
As both a treatise and a sonic testament, ‘COWBOY CARTER’ is its own triumph; unmoored in form, space and time, it’s the work of a preternatural talent painstakingly poring over every word, stratified vocal, sample and stylistic flourish Clash
Only God Was Above Us feels like a record made by a band once more comfortable in their skins. Print edition only Mojo
It would all be so much showing-off if the narrative ache Koenig displays wasn't so palpable, and the craft wasn't so meticulous. Print edition only Uncut
English Teacher This Could Be Texas
There are surprises everywhere. While "R&B" and "Nearly Daffodils" are sprightly, irreverent post-punk, the influence of Black Country, Nee Road nd Radiohead are evident on the complex, proggy title track and the diverse, hushed final third of the album. Print edition only Uncut
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"A terrific reminder of the intense, personal connection Swift can conjure in song" (10/10 - The Independent). "Surprisingly flat and, at times, cringeworthy" (6/10 - NME)
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