Blending Afro-Portuguese kuduro with syncopated drums and electronics, Nídia and Valentina Magaletti’s collaborative album harnesses the sticky energy of Lisbon dancefloors to power an explorative, percussive trip.
Loose-limbed and unpredictable, The Smile’s second album suggests a band eager to outrun its associations
With a suite of guest features drawn from rap’s new generation, the seventh album by Ishmael Butler’s Seattle-based collective walks a line between evolution and homage
Her untouchable knack for exploring psychodramas of the self remains, but on this sweeping, Nashville-influenced, album Mitski finds hope in the promise of heartbreak
Beverly Glenn-Copeland’s first original album in 19 years trades his futuristic keyboard meditations for the sounds of his origins, revealing a renewed sensibility for rhythm and voice
Anohni and the Johnsons’ first album in 13 years is an urgent, gorgeously arranged meditation on the violence endured by society’s misfits. It also makes one thing abundantly clear: hope is not gone yet
On this self-titled debut, Avalon Emerson knowingly channelling the synth-pop influences she grew up with into playful and emotional pop songs
μ-Ziq’s latest album sees him depart from breakbeat mutations in favour of amorphous compositions which focus on mood and atmosphere
There’s nothing you can do, upon listening to ‘10,000 gecs’, but surrender to having just as much fun as Dylan Brady and Laura Les are
A diverse cross-section of artists celebrate a giant of modern music, proving that reinterpretation is the sincerest form of flattery
Shygirl’s full-length debut recasts a dated trope as a flesh-and-blood expression of modern sexuality
Jockstrap excel at being both relatable and innovative at once, creating a sound that is entirely theirs
Rap’s philosopher king returns with a revelatory album of knotty provocations and personal breakthroughs
On her second album, ‘Painless’, Nilüfer Yanya shares her own indeterminable emotions, unstifled and exposed
The Los Angeles-based musician has created an album that is expansive enough to act as a tonic to, and vessel of, the displacement felt by communities like her own
The gqom pioneer’s debut album is nothing short of a grand entrance fit for royalty
The dawn represents new beginnings. On his new EP, ‘Antidawn’, London producer Burial homes in on those mystical moments just before
‘Ants From Up There’ sees Black Country, New Road stretching and exploring their sound
With this genre-defying anthology, Arca reaches into the mystical folklore of her Venezuelan heritage to design a non-binary future
A willingness to experiment (and an affinity for pop) can be felt on Parris’ debut album
On their forth record, the Swedish post-punk group examine the concept of time, and invigorate their temporal subject matter with now-classic sounds
On debut album ‘Public Storage’, LA-based musician Hana Vu fuses understated, downtempo moments with fluttering percussion and anthemic pop motifs
An eccentric and indulgent offering from the London four-piece
There’s a glaring disconnect at the heart of James Blake’s fifth album, between the producer’s everyman intentions and self-indulgent execution
On their fifth album – and first in five years – BADBADNOTGOOD seem less concerned with relevance than ever
Equal parts remix album, futurist symphony, and next-level club mix, Lyra Pramuk’s Delta retains all the enchantment of its predecessor while introducing a key new element: other voices
Alex Brettin delivers his most political album to date. But far from saying anything new, the musician wrestles with hollow clichés
On ‘Sounds of Pamoja’, Nyege Nyege Tapes guides us even deeper into the electrifying world of Tanzanian singeli music
A defiant, live-in-the-moment attitude informs much of 박혜진 Park Hye Jin’s debut album
‘Vanguard’ is a reminder, if needed, that Bristol has always held its own as a forcing house for new strains of electronic music
