23 May 2019
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Tyler, The Creator Igor
The productions are as nuanced and judiciously tricked out as they are on the previous album, adjusted to enhance all the agitation and grief, yet it's all ear candy - spiraling synthesizers, vaguely psychedelic flourishes, and bumping drums galore All Music
Amyl & The Sniffers Amyl & The Sniffers
A great advert for Australia’s most incendiary live band DIY
Whether you like it or not Amyl and The Sniffers are coming, it’s time to embrace the chaos Northern Transmission
Primitive, raw and febrile rock’n’roll The Music
Its 11 breathless tracks bottle the barely-controlled explosion of energy that masquerades as their live show, then sprays it all out again like cheap lager. Print edition only Q
Taylor's intense stack-heeled charisma dominates: whether raging or romancing, she's the queen of this glorious chunder from Down Under. Print edition only Mojo
Burns through 11 tracks in 27 minutes like acetylene torch burns through butter, as spin-on-a-dime tight as it is exhilaration unsubtle. Print edition only Uncut
The best rock ‘n’ roll has always disrupted, ripped up the rulebook and caused inspiration and confusion in equal measure. On that note, Amyl and the Sniffers are an absolute bunch of pricks and we honestly wouldn’t have it any other way Clash
An incendiary debut The Line Of Best Fit
Injury Reserve Injury Reserve
Injury Reserve have proven their versatility with a debut record that is sometimes manic, sometimes spacious, yet captivating throughout Loud And Quiet
Injury Reserve’s debut record surpasses any and all expectations as a seamless concoction of serious topics flawlessly juxtaposed by extraterrestrial sounds, humor and righteous anger The 405
It's an understanding of their craft - an acceptance of its boundaries - and a willingness to grow. It is, at once, an open-mindedness, and a readiness to cut through the bullshit - a sound that undercuts pretention with humour, humour with consequence, and consequence with growth Sputnik Music (staff)
A feat of thrilling diversity The Line Of Best Fit
The oddball Phoenix rap trio traffic in wild, boundary-pushing production and playfully anarchic bars Pitchfork
Hayden Thorpe Diviner
It’s evidently, demonstrably and obviously a flawless work of genius, and may just be one of the best albums this writer has heard this decade The Line Of Best Fit
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The Line Of Best Fit reckon album number eight from the Ohio indie rock band is "their boldest and most assured to date". The Irish Times say they have "given us soundtracks to many days lived, and yet to be lived"
Since we've been around, that is. So, the highest-rated albums from the past eight years or so. Rankings are calculated to two decimal places.
Kendrick Lamar To Pimp A Butterfly
Kendrick Lamar Damn.
D'Angelo And The Vanguard Black Messiah
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Skeleton Tree
Frank Ocean Channel Orange
Anaïs Mitchell Hadestown
Kanye West My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Leonard Cohen You Want It Darker
Sufjan Stevens Carrie & Lowell
Mount Eerie A Crow Looked at Me