Its first album with Saddest Factory Records, MUNA’s self-titled record hits all its marks. The trio explores different genres and sounds in a diverse collection of songs, each with more self-assured and brutally honest lyrics than the last.
Read MoreLucky Daye’s sultry album mixes ingredients of funk, lo-fi, and soul to add a new flavor to modern R&B. Candy Drip hits the sweet spot.
Read MoreGang of Youths’ latest album, ‘angel in realtime.,’ tells stories of life, death, and love as frontman David Le’aupepe navigates the puzzle pieces his father left him.
Read MoreThe hit-making, boundary-pushing pop star’s been on the rise for the last 10 years. After helping to push her genre forward, she brings her major-label last hurrah.
Read MoreTransfigure a mix of “confused and sad and horny” emotions any way you like — you still won’t be able to replicate SASAMI’s everywhere-at-once take on a metal sophomore showing.
Read MoreMitski returns to the music scene with a melodramatic yet danceable reflection on being her own ticking time bomb with odds already stacked against her.
Read MoreFKA twigs’ road to self-discovery is at once spiritual, fun, and painful; it is a journey that requires a soundtrack as genre-bending and honest as CAPRISONGS.
Read MoreDabbling in everything from avant-garde to reggaeton, Arca creates one of her most sonically diverse projects in her latest release from the Kick quintet.
Read MoreSwift returns to her 2012 pop-rock-country crossover with a few years of critical success and a complete 180 in the public eye under her belt. It’s a detailed and faithful re-recording, which brings new light to the relationships that inspired the original.
Read MoreThe Swedish pop group’s first new release in 40 years reflects on the dual divorces that once tore the band apart, but remains dedicated to the bright, bouncy pop of their past.
Read MoreLil Nas X's debut album sees the rapper fully embrace his identity with unmatched artistic vision, emotional vulnerability, and an eagerness to cut through the music industry's red tape.
Read MoreThe London rapper establishes herself as her generation’s foremost feminist rapper, with lush soul-jazz sounds and astute lyricism centering on her introversion, family strife, and womanhood.
Read MoreBig Red Machine’s sophomore project is a masterclass in the power of the musical community.
Read MoreStepping away from her inner demons and looking outwards, Lorde cultivates a fresh sound and bright outlook in her third studio album.
Read MoreLingua Ignota’s Kristin Hayter trades her ever-evolving noise rock for simple, yet harrowing, neoclassical ballads.
Read MoreThe Philly musician tells two stories at once: one in which she experiences her adolescence as it happens, and another in which she meditates on it as an adult who’s grown past its heightened emotions.
Read MoreBlending the loud, raunchy rhymes evocative of his earlier work with the sonic and emotional explorations prevalent in IGOR and Flower Boy, the thirty-year-old rapper’s sixth studio is a canon of his entire discography.
Read MoreDespite scattering a handful of confident clichés throughout its 36-minute glory, MARINA’s mature fifth studio album marries social commentary and break-up blues beautifully.
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