Pop
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Beach House bounces back with their most adventurous album since Teen Dream.
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Despite being a stylistically mixed bag, Kimbra’s latest album features some of the best art pop you’ll hear this year.
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Dirty Computer is Janelle Monáe’s poppiest album to date, as well as her most deeply sexual and political.
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On Sex & Food, UMO try to convey significant political messages via an inconsequential bedroom pop sound.
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Princess Nokia’s love for the emo scene can’t really be doubted, but A Girl Cried Red more often than not borders on unintentional parody.
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Thanks to its strong melodies and aesthetic, Isolation is a great and promising full-length debut from the Colombian soul singer.
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Kacey Musgraves softens and buries everything country about her music on the bland Golden Hour.
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My Dear Melancholy, is The Weeknd’s least adventurous set of songs since Kiss Land.
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Though it could be more consistent and substantial, this debut album from Superorganism will probably go down as one of the year’s most creative pop projects.
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The Neighbourhood incorporates more elements of synthpop and alternative R&B on their self-titled album, which is about as drab as what came before it.
