Jónsi - Shiver
Shiver sees Sigur Rós frontman Jónsi trying to find beauty in a glitch-pop style that’s been reserved for freakish fun, like searching for a diamond in a ballpit.
Sufjan Stevens - The Ascension
Art-folk diety Sufjan Stevens returns with the next installment of his pantheon of mainline studio albums.
Paul Institute - Summer 2020 EP
Jai and A.K. Paul's new label has dropped its biggest collection of tracks to date, a pick-and-mix mingling various flavours of synth-funk and alternative R&B.
Porridge Radio - Every Bad
Many indie rock bands are quick to pull the ‘…with a twist!’ card, but Porridge Radio’s incorporation of noise and art-rock hands us a compelling case.
Dan Deacon - Mystic Familiar
On his most impressive release to date, the Baltimore synth wizard hitches together something that’s equally striking from a distance, and impressively detailed with time and closer inspection.
KAYTRANADA - BUBBA
After putting the whole world onto his bassy beats with 99.9%, BUBBA attempts to circumvent the sophomore slump with a more focused R&B direction.
BROCKHAMPTON - GINGER
Fresh-faced from a tumultuous 2018, hip-hop’s biggest boy band come to terms with that period, finding power in lyrical maturity and audial simplicity as their creative muse.
Frank Ocean - Endless
Originally released alongside the more marketable Blonde, with Endless, Frank Ocean takes a confounding plunge into the avant-garde.
Chance the Rapper - The Big Day
Eight years into his career, Chi-town’s activistic gospel-rapper finally drops his first studio album.
Sigur Rós - Ágætis byrjun
The sheer oneness of Iceland has made it a very fertile land for creatives, and few individual pieces of work have proven this more successfully than Sigur Rós’ Ágætis byrjun.
A$AP Rocky - TESTING
In what is his first proper album without A$AP Yams, Rocky demonstrates why he has risen in the same trajectory as his boxer namesake.
Slint - Spiderland
Slint’s second and final album just so happens to be a defining touchstone for any post-rock, math-rock and post-hardcore band that follows them.
Three 6 Mafia - Mystic Stylez
Memphis horrorcore clique Three 6 Mafia put the city on the map using low-grade studio equipment to create grimy, haunted hip-hop.
Tyler, the Creator - IGOR
Tyler’s new record has a bewitching sense of mystery and alternative-dimensionality to it all, and finally shows that he’s not a rapper - he’s a creator.