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Vampire Weekend – Modern Vampires of the City

Vampire Weekend’s latest album is a worth sequel to 2010′s Contra, presenting songs that truly stand on the merits of their memorable writing and lush instrumentation.

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Classixx – Hanging Gardens

Out on Innovative Leisure, Classixx’s Hanging Gardens might be one of the more enjoyable experiences you’ll have with dance music this year. While this album isn’t grabbing as much hype as the thoroughly blogged <em>Random Access Memories, there’s a vintage quaintness to a lot of the grooves and basslines Classixx brings to the table on these cuts. Enjoy a full stream of this LP via the widget above!

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Co La – Moody Coup

Co La’s latest album is a pretty intriguing journey through complex beats and disorienting samples.

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Charli XCX – True Romance

Honestly, True Romance didn’t offer me much that felt romantic or true. Aside from a few well-written and produced singles, this album mostly dishes out cookie cutter electropop with very little flare.

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Altar of Plagues – Teethed Glory and Injury

Irish black metal outfit Altar of Plagues’ latest album sees the band challenging their atomspheric black metal roots with loops, synthetic drums, keyboards, noise, and some unique grooves.

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Chance The Rapper – Acid Rap

Chicago rapper and singer Chance The Rapper comes through with a more ambitious mixtape with Acid Rap, improving upon his production, hooks, and recording quality. A lot of the beats on this project are impressive as hell, but Chance often puts hooks, ad-libs, and instrumentals ahead of the quality and cohesion of his lyrical content. Anyone listening deeper than Chance’s over-the-top persona will find there’s a little something missing.

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R.A. The Rugged Man – Legends Never Die

R.A. The Rugged Man returns with his first album in almost ten years. While he may be rapping faster than ever–and is incredibly vile at points–some of the production on this LP sounds incredibly dated and obvious.

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Deafheaven – “Dream House”

Atmospheric black metal outfit Deafheaven returns with the first single from their sophomore release, Sunbather.

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The Haxan Cloak – Excavation

The Haxan Cloak’s new, sophomore album is possibly one of the scariest sonic experiences you’ll have all year.

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Jenny Hval – Innocence Is Kinky

Singer-songriter Jenny Hval’s sophomore full-length has its share of jumbled ideas with obvious inspirations, but sometimes her vocal expressions and songwriting are just enough to keep this album intriguing and somewhat moving.

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