8/10
-
Set My Heart on Fire Immediately covers even more aesthetic ground than No Shape did, only occasionally coming across as disjointed.
-
how i’m feeling now is, to date, the most effective musical reflection of life during lockdown.
-
Natalia Lafourcade’s latest album is a wonderful tribute to the many sounds Mexican folk music has to offer.
-
With Home Body, Dope Body improves the mixtape-esque approach of their once-swansong Kunk.
-
The sequel to Quelle Chris and Chris Keys’ Innocent Country is one of the rapper’s most sobering efforts and continues his winning streak.
-
Lido Pimienta celebrates her indigenous roots with this colorful, digital blend of art pop and Cumbia.
-
Rina Sawayama comes to us as a near-fully formed popstar on her debut album.
-
More than just an oddity in The Strokes’ catalog, The New Abnormal is a return to form after the disappointing Comedown Machine.
-
Nicolas Jaar’s second album of 2020 is an evocative set of electroacoustic vignettes.
-
The Common Task could be a good gateway to the wonders of post-minimalist math rock.
