Wild Beasts: Boy King
Wild Beasts’ Boy King is a woefully uncensored portrait of masculine libido woven through their aesthetically tightest record to date.
Ryan Dieringer
Mitski: Puberty 2
On Puberty 2 Mitski has hit a deep stride, delivering music with effortless power and resonant wit.
Whitney: Light Upon the Lake
Whitney’s Light Upon the Lake is a taut debut, which sparkles throughout with sunny melody tempered by just the right amount of angst.
Islands: Should I Remain Here at Sea / Taste
Islands’ latest two records are a liberated, iconoclastic take on a dual set of genres. Some of Nick Thorburn's clearest and most relaxed work, the albums serve as an extended meditation on the idea that music is simply a matter of taste.
Spookyland: Beauty Already Beautiful
Spookyland’s Beauty Already Beautiful is a rock 'n' roll melting pot filled with youthful disaffection and ugly, everyday romance.
There’s Music Coming From ‘The Last House on Dead End Street’
Having apparently blown $2,200 of his $3,000 budget on coke, Roger Watkins turned to what's known as ‘library music' to salvage a decent soundtrack.
Suuns: Hold/Still
Suuns made a career-focusing album reflective of, and worthy of, our scattered brains.
Kevin Morby’s ‘Singing Saw’ Is Simply Superb
Singing Saw is a breakthrough record for Kevin Morby. It brims with vibrant imagery and fluid orchestration.
Crew Love: Based on a True Story
Often hypnotic, often funky mash-ups of different club styles, Based on a True Story, an allstar collaborative release from Wolf + Lamb and Soul Clap DJ labels, runs the gamut of Soundcloud mix-core.
‘Small Town Talk’ Both Celebrates and Interrogates Woodstock’s Past
If you're looking for a true-to-life portrait of the way cultural memory evolves and is shaped within the context of a small town, this is a profound case study.
Public Memory: Wuthering Drum
Wuthering Drum is a moody, cinematic collection of low-tempo ambient music, that while relatively restricted, can be immersive.
Night Moves: Pennied Days
Night Moves' Pennied Days is a small town rock record with big studio ambition.