8/10
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Algiers blow the sophomore slump out of the water with The Underside of Power, a more intense and versatile album than the band’s self-titled debut.
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Fleet Foxes triumphantly emerge from hiatus with their most progressive effort yet.
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MA stoner rock/doom metal outfit Elder impressively reinvents itself with a more progressive sound on Reflections of a Floating World.
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The Mountain Goats’ latest is a gothic-themed concept album, a foray into the world of guitar-less music, and one of the greatest testaments to John Darnielle’s chops as a storyteller.
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Australia’s Kirin J Callinan delivers one of this year’s most colorfully eccentric pop records with Bravado.
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Jersey producer Sinjin Hawke makes his full-length debut with a beautiful set of nuanced bangers.
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On his sophomore album Compassion, Forest Swords’ unique style of dramatic, meditative, and primal ambient dub offers some much needed respite from the trend-chasing nature of modern electronic music.
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No Shape is Perfume Genius’ grandest and most eclectic musical statement to date.
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2017 keeps the strong singer/songwriter releases coming with Feist’s Pleasure.
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Joey Bada$$ comes through with his most mature album yet, passionately dissecting the state of black people in present day America.
