8/10
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Sleaford Mods follow their breakout album Divide and Exit with an even more impressive release.
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Arizona’s Injury Reserve comes through with one of the most impressive hip hop debuts I’ve heard this year. Download the project here.
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Everything Everything comes through with a creative, progressive pop album with equal parts eccentricity and accessibility.
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7L, Esoteric, and Wu-Tang’s own Inspectah Deck–a.k.a. Czarface–deliver a sophomore album that’s an improvement on all fronts: lyricism, delivery, production, personality.
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Lil Ugly Mane’s latest compilation is a genre-hopping collection of warped musical beauties.
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KEN mode releases their most savage record yet with Success!
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London-based produced Ash Koosha comes to my attention with a complex and engaging album of otherworldly electronic music.
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High On Fire’s latest album is one of their catchiest and most melodic yet.
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Georgia’s Algiers fuse post-punk, gospel and more on their fantastic debut LP.
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Unknown Mortal Orchestra comes through with their most eerie, catchy, soulful, and idiosyncratic record yet.
