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MIKE  Showbiz!

At just under 50 minutes, Showbiz! packs in 24 tracks, some of which feel more like interludes or sketches rather than fully fleshed-out songs Northern Transmissions

MIKE  Showbiz!

The album portrays the entertainment industry as a relentless, soul-crushing machine Slant Magazine

MIKE  Showbiz!

The New York rapper-producer lays down hard truths over a dense tapestry of soul, funk and 60s girl group sounds The Quietus

MIKE  Showbiz!

These fleeting fragments of the rapper-producer’s itinerant life, delivered in a lackadaisical yet focused style, prove he deserves all the acclaim he gets The Guardian

MIKE  Showbiz!

The prolific Brooklyn rapper reflects on dislocation and homecoming with his most refined, spiritual-sounding album to date Pitchfork

Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy  The Purple Bird

The depth of the production helps deliver this feeling, elevating the sound of The Purple Bird to a place where all of its carefully placed details and rusty joy can be clearly heard, and even more markedly felt Albumism

Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy  The Purple Bird

His humor, his pathos, his very real concern for the hungry, whether it’s for love or for justice, make any Bonnie “Prince” Billy album a necessary edition to the American songbook Northern Transmissions

Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy  The Purple Bird

The veteran folkster’s latest album is a weird, catchy, effortless homage to the genre’s roots Paste Magazine

FKA Twigs  Eusexua

The hazy underground equivalent of BRAT summer with a massive injection of purified sex DIY

Franz Ferdinand  The Human Fear

Although they've unfairly become a footnote in early-2000s rock revival lore, Franz Ferdinand always deserved credit for keeping a level of class throughout their career Exclaim

Mogwai  The Bad Fire

Although there are a handful of highlights, the group has settled into a comfort zone from which good tracks emerge effortlessly, but nothing outstanding Sputnik Music (staff)

David Gray  Dear Life

There are enough weak tracks here that a stronger album could have resulted from a more unsparing selection and a shorter runtime Spectrum Culture

Maribou State  Hallucinating Love

You’re guaranteed to please a carful of family members and friends alike with Maribou State’s third album, but you’re also not going to reach for Shazam when you hear it on the speaker at your local cafe Spectrum Culture

The Weeknd  Hurry Up Tomorrow

There’s worthwhile material here but he’d have done well to have made this personal opus much shorter, and thereby more impactful The Arts Desk

Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy  The Purple Bird

The Purple Bird is impeccably produced, but has an almost compilation-like feel in the way it shifts sharply through tones, perhaps the result of having so many cooks in the kitchen Under The Radar