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Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist  Alfredo 2

On the followup to the pair’s 2020 collaboration, Gibbs sounds unusually animated. The album is an effective demonstration of the rapper’s formalist technique—and prickly personality Pitchfork

Billie Martin  Dog Eared

Billie Marten shimmers with a chill confidence, offering clear-eyed portraits of her personal relationships that resonate with universal desires to love and be loved Clash

Indigo De Souza  Precipice

‘Precipice’ is a testament to De Souza’s evolution as a songwriter; not a dramatic leap forward, but a gentle step onto solid ground Dork

Billie Martin  Dog Eared

‘Dog Eared’ is the singer turning the page and stepping things up a notch, and across the 10 tracks, everything feels much brighter and breezier than before Dork

Folk Bitch Trio  Now Would Be A Good Time

It does exactly what a debut should: it’s an introduction to what Folk Bitch Trio are all about. Unapologetic in every sense, there’s little doubt that they’re destined for big things Dork

Alex G  Headlights

Sweet but never saccharine, unusual but never jarring, it perfectly balances intrigue and comfort so that you can’t help but want to sit for a while in this world of Alex G’s creation Dork

Lorde  Virgin

Lorde holds the tools to reinvent herself again, and with every excavation she makes, she discovers new ways to grow Dork

Ryan Davis & The Roadhouse Band  New Threats From the Soul

With New Threats, Davis, flanked by the talented Roadhouse Band, makes his mark, perhaps indelibly, joining a select group of artists who are deepening, broadening, and revamping the Americana genre Beats Per Minute

Ryan Davis & The Roadhouse Band  New Threats From the Soul

New Threats from the Soul is built with layers, layers of characters, layers of intricate musical choices, and layers of feeling. It constantly challenges you to peel them back and reflect. To see yourself in the shadows of society, in the lives we too often overlook as we pass them by Northern Transmissions

Folk Bitch Trio  Now Would Be A Good Time

A remarkable debut: emotionally intelligent, sonically adventurous, and powered by some of the finest vocal work you’ll hear this year XS Noize

Luke Haines & Peter Buck  Going Down To The River… To Blow My Mind

Haines and Buck have written a masterpiece God Is In The TV

Luke Haines & Peter Buck  Going Down To The River… To Blow My Mind

With Buck, he's making some of the most entertaining work of his long career, and Going Down To The River … To Blow My Mind works well enough that one hopes they'll change their minds about this being the end of their trilogy All Music

Luke Haines & Peter Buck  Going Down To The River… To Blow My Mind

Haines' references are as forensic as ever. Buck, meanwhile, rolls out his repertoire of languid 12-string jangles, swaggering glam riffs, psychedelic phrasing and jittery feedback. Print edition only Uncut

Luke Haines & Peter Buck  Going Down To The River… To Blow My Mind

The result is like two rock esotericists in a bunker alchemising to compelling effect. Print edition only Mojo

Luke Haines & Peter Buck  Going Down To The River… To Blow My Mind

Third album by former Auteurs frontman and R.E.M. guitarist matches acerbic lyrics with chiming guitars musicOMH