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Arcade Fire  Pink Elephant

The Canadian band’s seventh album is clunky, poorly mixed, offensively self-serving, and annoyingly regurgitated Paste Magazine

billy woods  GOLLIWOG

Irreversible, unavoidable self-destruction at the foot of power is a tale as old as humankind, but rarely is it captured so poignantly, or as comprehensively, as on the Brooklyn MC's latest Paste Magazine

Tune-Yards  Better Dreaming

Rediscovering what made her such an exciting prospect in the first place, there’s a freshness and exuberance to Merrill Garbus’s sixth outing musicOMH

Tune-Yards  Better Dreaming

These 11 songs brim with images of armed men, noxious air and entitled egotists, intermingled with notions of self-liberation and community solidarity. But the sonics too often seem stuck in Garbus's past. Print edition only Mojo

Tune-Yards  Better Dreaming

They're following their "first thought" instincts while allowing space for the full expression of Garbus's mighty soul voice. Print edition only Uncut

Billy Nomates  Metalhorse

Altogether, with added depth and melody, it’s Maries’ best yet. Print edition only Mojo

Billy Nomates  Metalhorse

The dilapidated English fairground has served as a metaphor for the vicissitudes of the music business for everyone from Ray Davies to Kevin Ayers, but it's rarely been so vividly, furiously and poignantly realised. Print edition only Uncut

Rico Nasty  Lethal

Very much out there in her own lane, Rico Nasty attacks each song with purpose Clash

Rico Nasty  Lethal

The rapper's latest LP, Lethal, matches her characteristic raw energy with a rock-influenced sound and introspective tone Rolling Stone

Rico Nasty  Lethal

The ideas are present, but the urgency and edge that once defined her work feel dialled back The Arts Desk

Rico Nasty  Lethal

An alluring feat that feels just as trendy as it is against the grain DIY

Rico Nasty  Lethal

Perhaps mastering a sense of duality is what Rico Nasty is gunning for – harsh and soft, or trap and rock Kerrang!

billy woods  GOLLIWOG

The American rapper dwells on scary things – both fictional and real – for his latest album musicOMH

Billy Nomates  Metalhorse

Tor Maries’ third album is testimony to the fact that whatever doesn’t kill you does indeed make you stronger musicOMH

Kali Uchis  Sincerely

The singer-songwriter’s new album is a phantasmagoria of pleasure—the perfect complement to her talent for keeping her cool Pitchfork