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Beyoncé  Cowboy Carter

The Age of Pleasure could have been made by an artist other than Janelle Monáe, but there’s no way COWBOY CARTER could have been made by anyone other than Beyoncé. We’re lucky to have her No Ripcord

Cloud Nothings  Final Summer

From the moment it starts to its very last note, Final Summer comes rich with gargantuan hooks that make you feel alive No Ripcord

Justice  Hyperdrama

The French electronic titans’ fourth album is sleekly aerodynamic, expensively appointed, and stacked with bold-name guests like Tame Impala and Thundercat. If only there were some real drama Pitchfork

St. Vincent  All Born Screaming

On All Born Screaming, St. Vincent suggests the end of life is really just a new beginning. Love is the purpose. There is no joy without pain PopMatters

St. Vincent  All Born Screaming

It’s music that evokes the terror we all share in just being alive, and the way that fighting through it is a form of constant rebirth we all share, too. That’s the kind of truth this album excavates and celebrates many times, and why this is some of Annie Clark’s most satisfyingly urgent music yet Rolling Stone

St. Vincent  All Born Screaming

Rich in Rid Of Me-era PJ Harvey distortion and sludgy guitars straight from Seattle The Arts Desk

Pearl Jam  Dark Matter

Thirty years ago, no one was expecting this sort of longevity from the grunge scene, but Pearl Jam carries on with fortitude, surprisingly undimmed in their mix of realism and optimism Spectrum Culture

Justice  Hyperdrama

Well-layered textures and attractive vocals from an array of guests dominate the electronic duo’s fourth record The FT

Justice  Hyperdrama

Ultimately hit and miss, Justice's gift for arena-friendly hooks remains undimmed. Print edition only Mojo

Justice  Hyperdrama

Justice fuse funk and synthwave with their trademark electronica – the result is intentionally uneven, constantly exciting and extremely dramatic The Skinny

Justice  Hyperdrama

The French duo’s first record in eight years – which stars Tame Impala and Thundercat – features their best songs since their 2007 debut NME

Justice  Hyperdrama

If you'd cooled on the duo for this reason, now is the time to jump back in. Justice have purified their sound on Hyperdrama, largely for the better Exclaim

Fat White Family  Forgiveness Is Yours

With more past members than current ones, the scrubbed-up oiks have made their most accomplished album. If it’s a swansong, it’s a fitting one NME

Pet Shop Boys  nonetheless

Still at the top of their game and occupying their own esteemed place in the British pop pantheon, the Pet Shop Boys are as familiarly brilliant as ever Dork

Pillow Queens  Name Your Sorrow

Grounding like the first sting of cold air on a fresh spring morning, ‘Name Your Sorrow’ is for the tired, tender hearts who, despite it all, keep on hoping. Pillow Queens have produced yet another triumph Dork