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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.

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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.

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Caribou - Suddenly

A mighty six years after his last, Caribou has captured another wonderous snapshot of his oft-imitated, never-mastered indietronic style.

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Moses Boyd - Dark Matter

Jazz drummer Moses Boyd tributes the sounds he grew up hearing in his home city of London, from the stoic smithery of grime beats to the heartsore climate of underground dance music.

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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.

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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.

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Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes

Violent Femmes’ 1983 debut didn’t get the ear it deserved until the following decade, which is small surprise; the angst that cracks at the corners of the band’s folk-punk livery was practically hand-made for the alt-rock decade.

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The Blue Nile - Hats

On the surface being one of synthpop’s most definitive artefacts, The Blue Nile’s second album hides a melancholic tantra on the anxieties of urban life.

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Arigato - Self-Titled

The debut EP from a brand new alt-pop project demonstrates a strong vision and potential, even if the material comes with a tonne of baggage.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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