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Michael Kiwanuka
Small Changes
The London-born musician tweaks his sound and thematic concerns, burrowing deeper into the niche he has forged
The Irish Times
Kim Deal
Nobody Loves You More
Nothing fits, but that’s the point – it’s four decades of experience distilled into an eclectic, fun, and eminently listenable album
Spill Magazine
Father John Misty
Mahashmashana
He never sacrifices any song for the sake of being different, but rather expands the boundaries of a song
Spill Magazine
Kendrick Lamar
GNX
This collection of songs is well worth your time and another example of a singular voice who doesn’t need any of us to help gas up his GNX
Northern Transmissions
Kendrick Lamar
GNX
There is no Big Three. There never really was. There’s just Kendrick Lamar, and then there’s everyone else
Sputnik Music (staff)
Kim Deal
Nobody Loves You More
Kim Deal’s first solo record is a pleasant and likeable album with hidden depths, channeling deep, powerful and often ambivalent emotions into a set of surprisingly mild and melodic pop songs
Spectrum Culture
Poppy
Negative Spaces
Vocally Poppy has come on leaps and bound from what she was laying down on ‘I Disagree’, but it’s the instrumental composition across most of the album that causes it to fall so flat
God Is In The TV
Kendrick Lamar
GNX
He embraces his dual identities of spiritualist and block thumper
Rolling Stone
070 Shake
Petrichor
The American singer-rapper, who had a breakthrough hit with Raye, showcases her imaginative musical scope
The FT
Kendrick Lamar
GNX
The rapper seems inspired by his recent feud with Drake in songs riffing on rivalry, loyalty and status
The FT
070 Shake
Petrichor
The one-time rapper unleashes howling guitars, weeping strings and OTT vocals – including those of Courtney Love – on her overcooked third album
The Guardian
070 Shake
Petrichor
The New Jersey artist’s third album is a lovesick showcase – an invite into her deepest vulnerabilities, desires and otherworldly imaginations
NME
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