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Waxahatchee
Tigers Blood
One of the few uniting and defining records of the moment, especially in the face of the recent trend of popularization of the roots music and its assimilation into the indie audience
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Elbow
Audio Vertigo
The band aren’t getting any younger, but they are getting wiser and, dare I say, more fun
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Adrianne Lenker
Bright Future
This is a triumphant work from an ascendant artist, and, oh yeah, also one of the finer folk albums of recent years
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Jlin
Akoma
The Indiana-based footwork producer and Pulitzer Prize finalist broadens her horizons on her first album in seven years
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The Jesus and Mary Chain
Glasgow Eyes
Glasgow Eyes isn’t far off being a great record, but those drops in quality aren’t just blips, they’re chasms
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Beyoncé
Cowboy Carter
There’s no question that Cowboy Carter is a landmark record. Arguably, an inevitable one. But once the dust of its audacity settles, it misses the mark of a classic
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Beyoncé
Cowboy Carter
Straying far beyond its original country concept, the musician’s eighth album straddles the Beatles, the Beach Boys, the blues – and Becky with the Good Hair via Dolly Parton’s Jolene
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The Black Crowes
Happiness Bastards
The Robinson brothers’ greatest successes have been with the Black Crowes. Perhaps that’s why they agreed to reunite for this album, finally (but no doubt grudgingly) admitting that they do their best work when they’re playing together
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Four Tet
Three
Small soundscapes grow and expand without dominating Hebden’s aural trademarks
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Adrianne Lenker
Bright Future
A deceptively quiet solo outing from the Big Thief singer carries a vibrant emotional impact
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Jlin
Akoma
On Akoma, all bets are off. Jlin pulls inspiration from everywhere, and even though the source material couldn’t be further from each other, they all meld together under her idiosyncratic eye
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The Staves
All Now
Returning with only two of the three sisters, they feature a sound threatening to eat them whole
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