9/10
-
Tkay Maidza’s latest EP is hit after hit after hit after hit.
-
Blu & Exile deliver a jazz rap album whose ambition and craftsmanship should go unmatched for some time.
-
The power of disco is on full display on What’s Your Pleasure.
-
Black Dresses mercilessly kills us with kindness on Peaceful as Hell.
-
What Song for Our Daughter lacks in experimentation it more than makes up for with its robust songwriting.
-
H.A.Q.Q. is the culmination of all of Ravenna Hunt-Hendrix’s musical innovations this decade.
-
The fourth installment of Matana Roberts’ COIN COIN series is instantly one of the decade’s most compelling jazz projects.
-
Richard Dawson outdoes himself with this modernist spiritual successor to 2017’s Peasant.
-
Charli is a near-perfect balance of trusty pop formulas and PC Music experimentalism.
-
Caligula is an even more incredible journey to hell than its predecessor.
