7/10
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While Jesca Hoop’s latest album does lack a strong sense of identity, its well-crafted songs and beautifully simple instrumentation are more than enough to make it one of the better singer-songwriter releases 2017.
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On their sophomore album Culture, the Migos boys are sounding a bit more focused than usual.
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William Basinski returns with one of his most accessible and compositionally satisfying sets of drones yet.
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Shape-shifting singer-songwriters Sam France and Jonathan Rado make a triumphant return as Foxygen to deliver their most lavishly orchestrated set of songs yet.
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Brooklyn quartet Yucky Duster makes its Infinity Cat debut with a five-song set of earnest, introspective indie rock and pop.
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TDE’s living lyrical conundrum, Ab-Soul, returns for one of his most dense albums yet.
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Childish Gambino carves his own niche in the recent wave of vintage soul revivalism with Awaken, My Love!
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Against all odds, Sleigh Bells has finally made an album that Anthony enjoys.
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Pop phenom Bruno Mars throws it back to the sounds of synth funk and R&B from 30 years ago. The result is his best album yet.
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Danish experimental rock supergroup Marching Church follows up last year’s This World Is Not Enough with a collection of post-punky jams that seem to have a bit more thought put into them, and just as much passion.
