MA stoner rock/doom metal outfit Elder impressively reinvents itself with a more progressive sound on Reflections of a Floating World.
On her sophomore album Melodrama, Lorde makes a few Top 40 concessions, but shows a ton of promise with the stylistic and formal risks she does take.
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.
On their third studio album Renaissance, The Underachievers still have great fundamentals and chemistry, but much of the time it sounds like they’re on autopilot.
Young Thug delivers his most melodic and pop-friendly project yet with Beautiful Thugger Girls.
Australia’s Kirin J Callinan delivers one of this year’s most colorfully eccentric pop records with Bravado.
SZA delivers a strong full-length debut that explores the emotional complexities of being the other woman.
For an album inspired by the cosmos, Planetarium is lacking quite a bit in the way of flow and harmony.
Witness finds Katy Perry heading in exciting new sonic and lyrical directions, but is sometimes held back by Katy indulging in safer, staler sounds and her usual cliches.
On Saturation, Brockhampton jells in a way no other group their size has in quite some time. Definitely my frontrunner for hip hop project of the year at the moment.
