Rock (2010s)

Snoh Aalegra (1987– )

• Ugh, Those Feels Again [2019, ARTium], B+(**)
• Temporary Highs in the Violet Skies [2021, ARTium/Roc Nation], B+(*)

Abjects [2013– ]

• Never Give Up [2019, Yippee Ki Yay], B+(**)

Gracie Abrams (1999– )

• Good Riddance [2023, Interscope], B+(***)

Active Child [2010– ]

• You Are All I See [2011, Vagrant], B–

Ada Lea

• One Hand on the Steering Wheel the Other Sewing a Garden [2021, Saddle Creek], B+(**)

Adia Victoria (1986– )

• Beyond the Bloodhounds [2016, Canvasback/Atlantic], B+(*)
• A Southern Gothic [2021, Atlantic], B+(**)

Charlotte Adigéry (1990– )

• Zandoli [2019, EP], B+(**)
• w/Bolis Pupul: Topical Dancer [2022, Deewee/Because Music], A–

Adulkt Life

• Book of Curses [2020, What's Your Rupture?], B+(***)

Adult Books [2016– ]

• Running From the Blows [2016, Lolipop], B+(*)

Adult Mom

• Driver [2020, Epitaph], B+(**)

Aeon Station [2021– ]

• Observatory [2021, Sub Pop], B+(**)

AgesandAges [2011– ]

• Alright You Restless [2011, Knitting Factory Works], B+(**)

Jhené Aiko (1988– )

• Sail Out [2013, Def Jam, EP], B+(**)
• Souled Out [2014, Def Jam], B+(*)
• Chilombo [2020, Def Jam], B+(*)

The Airport 77s

• We Realize You Have a Choice [2022, Jem], B+(*)

André Akinyele

• Uniglo Boys [2020, Orange River], B+(**)

Alabama Shakes [2011– ]

• Alabama Shakes [2011, Rough Trade, EP], B+(*)
• Boys and Girls [2012, ATO], B+(**)
• Sound and Color [2015, ATO], B+(*)

Alaska Thunderfuck (1985– )

• Anus [2015, Sidecar], A–

Algiers [2015– ]

• Algiers [2015, Matador], B
• The Underside of Power [2017, Matador], B–
• Shook [2023, Matador], B+(*)a

Alice Phoebe Lou (1993– )

• Glow [2021, self-released], B+(*)
• Child's Play [2021, self-released], B+(*)

Allie X (1985– )

• Girl With No Face [2024, Twin Music], B+(***)

Allo Darlin'

• Allo Darlin' [2010, Fontana Pop], B+(***)
• Europe [2012, Slumberland], A–
• We Came From the Same Place [2014, Slumberland], A–

Alma

• Have U Seen Her? [2020, PME], B+(**)

Alt-J [2012– ]

• An Awesome Wave [2012, Infectious], B+(*)
• This Is All Yours [2014, Canvasback/Atlantic], B
• The Dream [2022, Infectious Music], B

Aluna

• Renaissance [2020, Mad Decent], A–
• Mycelium [2023, Mad Decent], A–

AlunaGeorge

• Body Music [2013, Island], B+(*)

Alvvays

• Alvvays [2014, Polyvinyl], B+(*)
• Antisocialites [2017, Polyvinyl], B+(**)
• Blue Rev [2022, Polyvinyl], B+(**)

Amaarae (1994– )

• The Angel You Don't Know [2020, Golden Child Entertainment], A–
• Fountain Baby [2023, Interscope], A–

Marsha Ambrosius (1977– )

• Late Nights and Early Mornings [2011, J], B–
• Fvck and Love [2014, self-released, EP], B+(*)

American Wrestlers

• American Wrestlers [2014, Fat Possum], B

Amnesia Scanner

• Another Life [2018, Pan], B+(*)

Amyl and the Sniffers [2016– ]

• Amyl and the Sniffers [2019, ATO], A–
• Comfort to Me [2021, Rough Trade], A–
• Cartoon Darkness [2024, B2B/Virgin], A–

The Anchoress

• The Art of Losing [2021, Kscope], B+(***)

Anika

• Anika [2010, Stones Throw], B+(**)

Annie Girl and the Flight [2012– ]

• Bodies [2015, United for Opportunity, EP], B+(**)

Amber Arcades (1988– )

• Fading Lines [2016, Heavenly], B+(*)
• Barefoot on Diamond Road [2023, Fire], B+(*)

Tamar Aphek

• All Bets Are Off [2021, Kill Rock Stars], B+(**)

Omar Apollo (1997– )

• Ivory [2022, Warner], B+(**)

Arbor Labor Union

• New Petal Instants [2020, Arrowhawk], B+(**)

The Arcs [2015– ]

• Yours, Dreamily [2015, Nonesuch], B

Billie Joe Armstrong (1972– )

• w/Norah Jones: Foreverly [2013, Reprise], B

Ashnikko (1996– )

• Demidevil [2021, Parlophone, EP], B+(**)

A.S.O.

• A.S.O. [2023, Low Lying], A–

Atoms for Peace [2013– ]

• Amok [2013, XL], B+(*)

Au Suisse

• Au Suisse [2022, City Slang], B+(*)

Aurora (1996– )

• The Gods We Can Touch [2022, Glassnote], B

Austra [2011– ]

• Feel It Break [2011, Domino], B+(*)
• Olympia [2013, Domino], B

Autre Ne Veut

• Anxiety [2013, Software], B+(***)

Avi Buffalo

• At Best Cuckold [2014, Sub Pop], B+(*)

Katy B (1989– )

• On a Mission [2011, Columbia], B+(*)
• Little Red [2014, Columbia], B+(***)
• Honey [2016, Virgin EMI], B+(**)

Baby Queen (1997– )

• Medicine [2020, Polydor, EP], A–
• The Yearbook [2021, Polydor], B+(***)
• Quarter Life Crisis [2023, Polydor], A–

Baby Rose (1994– )

• Through and Through [2023, Secretly Canadian], B+(*)

Bad Bad Hats [2012– ]

• Walkman [2021, Don Giovanni], B+(*)

Bad Moves [2016– ]

• Wearing Out the Refrain [2024, Don Giovanni], B+(***)

Alice Bag (1958– )

• Blueprint [2018, Don Giovanni], B+(*)

Lee Bains III

• Dereconstructed [2014, Sub Pop], B

Julien Baker (1995– )

• Sprained Ankle [2015, 6131 Records], B+(*)
• Turn Out the Lights [2017, Matador], B
• Little Oblivions [2021, Matador], B+(*)

Bananagun [2019– ]

• The True Story of Bananagun [2020, Full Time Hobby], B+(*)

Banks (1988– )

• Goddess [2014, Harvest], B+(**)

Bar Italia

• Tracey Denim [2023, Matador], B+(***)
• The Twits [2023, Matador], B+(***)

Bark

• Loud [2023, Dial Back Sound], B+(**)

Courtney Barnett (1988– )

• The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas [2012–2013, Mom + Pop Music], B+(*)
• Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit [2015, Mom + Pop Music], A–
• w/Kurt Vile: Lotta Sea Lice [2017, Matador], B+(*)
• Tell Me How You Really Feel [2018, Mom + Pop Music], B+(***)
• MTV Unplugged (Live in Melbourne) [2019, Mom + Pop Music], B+(**)
• Things Take Time, Take Time [2021, Mom + Pop], A–

Julia Barwick

• Healing Is a Miracle [2020, Ninja Tune], B

Bas Jan [2015– ]

• Yes I Jan [2018, Lost Map], B+(***)
• Yes We Can [2018, Lost Map], B
• Baby U Know [2022, Lost Map], B+(***)

Bastille [2013– ]

• Bad Blood [2013, Virgin], B
• Give Me the Future [2022, Virgin/EMI], B

Rostam Batmanglij (1983– )

• Half-Light [2017, Nonesuch], B+(**)
• Changeophobia [2021, Matsor Projects], B+(*)

Bdrmm [2016– ]

• Bedroom [2020, Sonic Cathedral], B+(**)
• I Don't Know [2023, Rock Action], B+(*)

Beabadoobee (2000– )

• Fake It Flowers [2020, Dirty Hit], B+(**)
• Beatopia [2022, Dirty Hit], B+(***)
• This Is How Tomorrow Moves [2024, Dirty Hit], A–

Beach Bunny

• Honeymoon [2020, Mom + Pop], B+(*)

Beach Fossils [2010– ]

• Beach Fossils [2010, Captured Tracks], B+(**)
• Clash the Truth [2013, Captured Tracks], B
• Bunny [2023, Bayonet], B

Beach Slang [2015– ]

• The Things We Do to Find People Who Feel Like Us [2015, Polyvinyl], B

Beady Eye [2011– ]

• Different Gear, Still Speeding [2011, Dangerbird], B–

Willis Earl Beal

• Acousmatic Sorcery [2011, Hot Charity/XL], B+(*)
• Nobody Knows [2013, Hot Charity/XL], B

Jazmin Bean (2003– )

• Traumatic Livelihood [2024, Island], B+(**)

McKendrick Bearden

• Bright as the Mines Out [2023, self-released], B+(*)

Evan Nicole Bell

• Runaway Girl [2024, Humingbird, EP], B+(*)

Andy Bell (1970– )

• Flicker [2022, Sonic Cathedral], B+(***)

The Belle Brigade [2011– ]

• The Belle Brigade [2011, Reprise], B+(*)

Benji.

• w/Spillage Village: Smile, You're Alive! [2021], B+(**)

Bent Shapes

• Wolves of Want [2015, Slumberland], B+(**)

Bentcousin

• Bentcousin [2016, Team Love], B+(**)

Matt Berninger (1971– )

• Serpentine Prison [2020, Book], B+(**)

Jehnny Beth (1984– )

• To Love Is to Live [2010, Caroline], B+(*)

The Beths

• Future Me Hates Me [2018, Carpark], B+(*)
• Jump Rope Gazers [2020, Carpark], B+(*)
• Expert in a Dying Field [2022, Carpark], B+(***)

Better Oblivion Community Center

• Better Oblivion Community Center [2019, Dead Oceans], B+(*)

Duane Betts (1978– )

• Wild and Precious Life [2023, Royal Potato Family], B+(*)

Beverly [2014– ]

• Careers [2014, Kanine], B+(*)

Yaya Bey

• Remember Your North Star [2022, Big Dada], B+(**)
• Ten Fold [2024, Big Dada], B+(***)

Big Joanie

• Sistahs [2018, Daydream Library Series], B+(***)
• Back Home [2022, Kill Rock Stars], B+(***)

The Big Moon

• Walking Like We Do [2020, Fiction], B

Big Thief [2016– ]

• Masterpiece [2016, Saddle Creek], B+(*)
• Capacity [2017, Saddle Creek], B+(**)
• U.F.O.F. [2019, 4AD], A–
• Two Hands [2019, 4AD], B+(**)
• Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You [2022, 4AD], A–

Big Ups [2014– ]

• Eighteen Hours of Static [2014, Tough Love], A–

Biig Piig (1998– )

• Bubblegum [2023, RCA], B+(*)

Gina Birch (1955– )

• I Play My Bass Loud [2023, Third Man], B+(***)

Bitchin Bajas [2010– ]

• Switched On Ra [2021, Drag City], B+(**)
• Bajascillators [2022, Drag City], B+(**)

Maggie Björklund

• Shaken [2014, Bloodshot], B

Black Belt Eagle Scout (1989– )

• The Land, the Water, the Sky [2023, Saddle Creek], B+(**)

Black Country, New Road [2021– ]

• For the First Time [2021, Ninja Tune], B+(**)
• Ants From Up There [2022, Ninja Tune], B+(*)
• Live at Bush Hall [2023, Ninja Tune], B+(*)

Black Foxxes

• Reiðl [2018, Spinefarm], B

Black Midi

• Schlagenheim [2019, Rough Trade], B+(**)
• Cavalcade [2021, Rough Trade], B+(*)
• Hellfire [2022, Rough Trade], B–

Black Pistol Fire [2011– ]

• Look Alive [2021, Black Hill], B+(*)

The Blam Blams

• Opening Night [2020, LunaSea Media], B

Blanck Mass

• Dumb Flesh [2015, Sacred Bones], B+(***)
• World Eater [2017, Sacred Bones], B+(*)

Bleachers

• Gone Now [2017, RCA], B+(*)
• Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night [2021, RCA], B+(*)

Bleeding Rainbow

• Yeah Right [2013, Kanine], B+(*)

Pip Blom

• Boat [2019, Heavenly], B+(***)

Blondshell

• Blondshell [2023, Partisan], B+(*)

Blood Orange (1985– )

• Coastal Grooves [2011, Domino], B+(*)
• Cupid Deluxe [2013, Domino], B+(***)
• Freetown Sound [2016, Domino], A–
• Negro Swan [2018, Domino], B+(**)
• Angel's Pulse [2019, Domino], B+(**)

Nicki Bluhm (1979– )

• Nicki Bluhm and the Gramblers: Loved Wild Lost [2015, Little Sur], B+(**)

Blushh

• w/Maddie Rose: Split [2017, self-released, EP], B+(**)

The Bobby Lees

• Bellevue [2022, Ipecac], A–

Body/Head [2013– ]

• Coming Apart [2013, Matador], B–

Kadhja Bonet

• Childqueen [2018, Fat Possum], B–

Bonny Light Horseman

• Bonny Light Horseman [2020, 37d03d], B

Benjamin Booker

• Benjamin Booker [2014, ATO], B+(***)
• Witness [2017, ATO], B+(***)

Bibi Bourelly (1994– )

• Free the Real (Pt. 1) [2016, Circa 13/Def Jam, EP], B+(*)
• Free the Real (Pt. 2) [2016, Circa 13/Def Jam, EP], B

Boy Azooga

• (One) (Two) (Kung Fu!) [2018, Heavenly], B+(*)

Boy Harsher

• Careful [2019, Nude Club], A–

Boygenius

• Boygenius [2018, Matador, EP], B
• The Record [2023, Interscope], B
• The Rest [2023, Interscope, EP], B

Boytoy

• Grackle [2015, Papercup Music], B+(***)

Darrin Bradbury

• Talking Dogs and Atomic Bombs [2019, Anti-], B+(**)
• Artvertisement [2021, Anti-], B+(***)

Charles Bradley (1948–2017)

• No Time for Dreaming [2011, Daptone], B+(**)
• Victim of Love [2013, Daptone], B+(**)
• Changes [2016, Daptone], B+(*)

Breakfast in Fur [2015– ]

• Flyaway Garden [2015, Bar/None], B+(*)

Bridge of Flowers

• A Soft Day's Night [2021, ESP-Disk], B+(*)

Phoebe Bridgers (1994– )

• Strangers in the Alps [2017, Dead Oceans], B+(*)
• Punisher [2020, Dead Oceans], B+(**)
• Copycat Killer [2020, Dead Oceans, EP], B+(*)
• If We Make It Through December [2020, Dead Oceans, EP], B+(***)

Leon Bridges (1989– )

• Coming Home [2015, Columbia], B+(*)
• Good Thing [2018, Columbia], B+(*)
• Gold-Diggers Sound [2021, Columbia], B+(*)

Bright Moments

• Natives [2012, Luaka Bop], B

Sheela Bringi

• Incantations [2014, Black Swan Sounds], B+(**)

Britti

• Hello, I'm Britti [2024, Easy Eye Sound], B+(**)

Broken Bells

• Broken Bells [2010, Columbia], B+(*)

Brad Brooks

• God Save the City [2020, Brad Brooks], B+(*)

Bruch

• The Fool [2020, Cut Surface/Trost], B+(***)

ML Buch

• Suntub [2023, 15 Love], B+(*)

Jake Bugg (1994– )

• Jake Bugg [2012, Mercury], B

Bully

• Feels Like [2015, Startime International/Columbia], A–
• Losing [2017, Sub Pop], B+(**)
• Sugaregg [2020, Sub Pop], B+(**)
• Lucky for You [2023, Sub Pop], B+(**)

The Bundles

• The Bundles [2010, K], B+(***)

The Buoys [2017– ]

• Lustre [2024, Sony], B+(***)

Will Butler (1982– )

• Policy [2015, Merge], B+(**)
• Generations [2020, Merge], B+(***)

Julie Byrne (1990– )

• Not Even Happiness [2017, Ba Da Bing], B+(**)
• The Greater Wings [2023, Ghostly International], B+(**)

Cable Ties [2016– ]

• Far Enough [2020, Merge], B+(**)

The Cadillac Three [2012– ]

• Tabasco and Sweet Tea [2020, Big Machine], B+(*)

Daniel Caesar

• Freudian [2017, Golden Child], B+(*)
• Never Enough [2023, Republic], B+(*)

Matt Caflisch

• Runaway [2020, Fat Oak], B+(*)

Ethel Cain (1998– )

• Preacher's Daughter [2022, Daughters of Cain], B+(*)

Anna Calvi

• Anna Calvi [2011, Domino], B+(*)

Camp Cope [2016– ]

• How to Socialise and Make Friends [2018, Run for Cover], B+(***)
• Running With the Hurricane [2022, Run for Cover], B+(*)

Lewis Capaldi (1996– )

• Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent [2019, Capitol], B+(*)
• Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent [2023, Capitol], B+(*)

Car Seat Headrest [2015– ]

• Teens of Style [2015, Matador], B
• Teens of Denial [2016, Matador], B+(***)
• Twin Fantasy [2018, Matador, 2CD], B+(***)
• Commit Yourself Completely [2018, Matador], B+(**)
• Making a Door Less Open [2020, Matador], A–

Caroline

• Caroline [2022, Rough Trade], B

Sabrina Carpenter (1999– )

• Emails I Can't Send [2022, Island], B+(***)
• Short n' Sweet [2023, Island], B+(***)

Cat Clyde

• Down Rounder [2023, Second Prize], B+(*)

Cautious Clay (1993– )

• Karpeh [2023, Blue Note], B+(*)

Cavern of Anti-Matter [2016– ]

• Void Beats/Invocation Trex [2016, Duophonic], B+(***)
• Hormone Lemonade [2018, Duophonic], B+(**)

Cerebral Ballzy [2011– ]

• Cerebral Ballzy [2011, Williams Street, EP], B+(*)

Eddie Chacon (1963– )

• Sundown [2023, Stones Throw], B+(*)

Sarah Mary Chadwick

• Me and Ennui Are Friends, Baby [2021, Ba Da Bing!], B+(**)
• Flipped It [2022, Kill Rock Stars, EP], B
• Messages to God [2023, Kill Rock Stars], B+(***)

The Chain Gang of 1974 [2011– ]

• Wayward Fire [2011, Modern Art], B

Charly Bliss

• Guppy [2017, Barsuk], B+(**)
• Young Enough [2019, Barsuk], A–
• Supermoon [2019, Barsuk, EP], B+(**)

Chastity Belt [2013– ]

• Time to Go Home [2015, Hardly Art], B+(*)
• I Used to Spend So Much Time Alone [2017, Hardly Art], B+(*)

Chat Pile

• God's Country [2022, The Flenser], B+(*)

The Chats [2016– ]

• High Risk Behaviour [2020, Bargain Bin], B+(*)
• Get Fucked [2022, Bargain Bin], B+(***)

Grian Chatten

• Chaos for the Fly [2023, Partisan], B+(**)

Cheekface

• Therapy Island [2019, New Professor Music], B+(**)
• Emphatically No [2021, New Professor Music], B+(***)
• Too Much to Ask [2022, self-released], A–

Chelsea Light Moving [2013– ]

• Chelsea Light Moving [2013, Matador], B+(***)

Cherub

• Year of the Caprese [2014, Columbia], B+(*)

Cherry Glazerr

• Stuffed and Ready [2019, Secretly Canadian], B

Chicano Batman [2010– ]

• Freedom Is Free [2017, ATO], B–

Childbirth

• Women's Rights [2015, Suicide Squeeze], B+(***)

Rachel Chinouriri (1998– )

• Better Off Without [2022, Parlophone/Atlas, EP], B+(*)
• What a Devastating Turn of Events [2024, Elektra], B+(***)

The Chisel

• Retaliation [2021, La Vida Es Un Mus], B+(*)
• What a Fucking Nightmare [2024, Pure Noise], B+(*)

Chloe x Halle

• Ungodly Hour [2020, Columbia], B+(*)

Chook Race

• Around the House [2016, Trouble in Mind], B+(*)

Chronophage [2017– ]

• Chronophage [2022, Bruit Direct Disques], B

Chubby and the Gang

• Speed Kills [2020, Static Shock], B+(*)
• The Mutt's Nuts [2021, Partisan], B+(**)

Chumped

• Teenage Retirement [2014, Anchorless], A–

Stef Chura

• Midnight [2019, Saddle Creek], B+(**)

Chvrches [2013– ]

• Recover [2013, Glassnote, EP], B+(*)
• The Bones of What You Believe [2013, Glassnote], B
• Every Open Eye [2015, Glassnote], B+(**)
• Love Is Dead [2018, Glassnote], B+(*)
• Screen Violence [2021, Glassnote], B+(***)

Cigarettes After Sex

• Cigarettes After Sex [2017, Partisan], A–
• Cry [2019, Partisan], B+(***)

Cindy Lee [2012– ]

• Diamond Jubilee [2024, Realistik Studios, 2CD], B+(*)

Cïtric Dümmies

• Zen and the Arcade of Beating Your Ass [2023, Feel It], B+(*)

City Yelps

• Half Hour [2016, Odd Box], B+(*)

The Civil Wars [2009– ]

• Barton Hollow [2011, Sensibility], B
• The Civil Wars [2013, Sensibility/Columbia], B–

Clairo (1998– )

• Immunity [2019, Fader], B+(***)
• Sling [2021, Fader/Republic], B+(*)
• Charm [2024, Clairo], B+(***)

Class Actress [2010– ]

• Rapprocher [2011, Carpark], A–

The Claudettes

• No Hotel [2015, Yellow Dog], B

Chuck Cleaver (1959– )

• Send Aid [2019, Shake It], B+(***)

Benjamin Clementine (1988– )

• At Least for Now [2015, Behind/Virgin EMI], B+(**)

Cleric

• Retrocausal [2017, Web of Memory], B–

The Close Readers

• Group Hug [2010, Austin], B+(***)
• New Spirit [2012, Austin], B+(***)
• The Lines Are Open [2014, Austin], A–

Cloud Nothings [2010– ]

• Cloud Nothings [2011, Carpark, EP], B+(*)
• Attack on Memory [2012, Carpark], B+(***)
• Here and Nowhere Else [2014, Carpark], A–
• Life Without Sound [2017, Carperk], B+(**)
• Last Building Burning [2018, Carpark], B+(**)
• The Shadow I Remember [2021, Carpark], B+(**)

CMAT (1996– )

• If My Wife New I'd Be Dead [2022, AWAL], B+(***)
• Crazymad, for Me [2023, CMATBaby/AWAL], B+(***)

Coco and Clair Clair

• Sexy [2022, self-released], B+(*)
• Girl [2024, Nice Girl World, EP], B+(***)

Amber Coffman

• City of No Reply [2017, Columbia], B+(**)

Code Orange [2012– ]

• Underneath [2020, Roadrunner], B

Cola

• Deep in View [2022, Fire Talk], B+(*)

Cold Specks [2012– ]

• I Predict a Graceful Expulsion [2012, Mute], B+(**)

Louis Cole

• Knower: w/Genevieve Artadi: Think Thoughts [2011, self-released], B+(**)
• Knower: Knower Forever [2023, self-released], B

The Coneheads [2014– ]

• L.P. 1 [2015, Erste Theke Tonträger], B+(***)

Confidence Man

• Confident Music for Confident People [2018, Heavenly], A–
• Tilt [2022, Heavenly], B+(***)

Contour

• Love Suite [2021, Good Question, EP], B+(*)

The Contraptionists

• Working Man's Dread [2021, self-released], B

Control Top

• Covert Contracts [2019, Get Better], A–

A.G. Cook (1990– )

• Apple [2020, PC Music], B
• Britpop [2024, New Alias], B+(**)

Mike Cooley (1966– )

• w/Patterson Hood, Jason Isbell: Live at the Shoals Theatre [2014, Southeastern], B+(***)

Gaz Coombes (1976– )

• Matador [2015, Hot Fruit], B+(*)

Coriky

• Coriky [2020, Dischord], B+(*)

Corook (1995– )

• Best of Corook (So Far) [2021–2022, Atlantic], B+(***)
• Serious Person (Part 1) [2023, Atlantic, EP], B+(***)
• Serious Person (Part 2) [2023, Atlantic, EP], A–

Bethany Cosentino

• Natural Disaster [2023, Concord], B+(**)

Frankie Cosmos (1994– )

• Zentropy [2014, Midheaven, EP], B+(*)
• Next Thing [2016, Bayonet], B+(***)
• Vessel [2018, Sub Pop], B+(**)
• Close It Quietly [2019, Sub Pop], B+(**)

Country Mice [2011– ]

• Twister [2011, Woo Woo], B+(**)

The Courtneys [2012– ]

• II [2017, Flying Nun], B+(**)

Crack Cloud

• Pain Olympics [2020, Meat Machine], B+(*)

Martin Creed (1968– )

• Thoughts Lined Up [2016, Telephone], B+(***)

Creeper [2017– ]

• Sex, Death and the Infinite Void [2020, Roadrunner], B–

Joy Crookes (1998– )

• Skin [2021, Insanity], B+(**)

Crosslegged

• Another Blue [2023, self-released], B+(*)

Allison Crutchfield

• Tourist in This Town [2017, Merge], B+(**)

Brian Cullman

• Winter Clothes [2020, Sunnyside], B+(**)

Madison Cunningham (1996– )

• Revealer [2022, Verve Forecast], B+(**)

Cults [2011– ]

• Cults [2011, ITNO/Columbia], B+(**)
• Static [2013, Columbia], B–

Rosalie Cunningham

• Two Piece Puzzle [2022, Machine Elf], B

Cut Worms

• Nobody Lives Here Anymore [2020, Jagjaguwar], B+(*)

Cydnee With a C

• Confessions of a Fangirl [2023, Bread & Butter, EP], B+(*)

The D.A.

• You Kids! [2011, self-released], B+(***)

Lucy Dacus (1995– )

• No Burden [2016, Egghunt], B+(***)
• Historian [2018, Matador], B+(*)
• Home Video [2021, Matador], B+(**)

Daddy Issues [2014– ]

• Can We Still Hang [2015, Infinity Cat, EP], B+(***)
• Deep Dream [2017, Infinity Cat], A–

Dagny (1990– )

• Strangers / Lovers [2020, Polydor, EP], B+(**)

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. [2010– ]

• It's a Corporate World [2011, Warner Brothers], B+(*)

Damaged Bug

• Bunker Funk [2017, Castle Face], B

Dan Ex Machina

• Bail Shag EP [2017, self-released], B+(*)
• Pity Party Animal [2020, self-released], B+(***)
• My Wife [2020, self-released], B+(**)
• All Is Ours, Nothing Is Theirs [2022, self-released], B+(***)
• Ex's Sexts [2023, self-released], A–

Daphne and Celeste

• Daphne and Celeste Save the World [2018, Balatonic], B

The Dare (1996– )

• What's Wrong With New York? [2024, Republic], B+(*)

Daughter [2013– ]

• If You Leave [2013, Glass Note], B+(*)

Chris Dave (1973– )

• Chris Dave and the Drumhedz [2018, Blue Note], B

Ryan Davis

• Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band: Dancing on the Edge [2023, Sophomore Lounge], B+(**)

Richard Dawson (1981– )

• Nothing Important [2014, Weird World], B
• Peasant [2017, Weird World], B
• w/Circle: Henki [2021, Weird World], B
• The Ruby Chord [2022, Domino], B–

Lucky Daye (1985– )

• Candydrip [2022, Keep Cool/RCA], B+(***)

Dead Sara [2012– ]

• Pleasure to Meet You [2015, Pocket Kid], B+(*)

Deafheaven [2010– ]

• Sunbather [2013, Deathwish], B+(***)
• New Bermuda [2015, Anti], B+(*)
• Infinite Granite [2021, Sargent House], B+(*)

Olivia Dean

• Messy [2023, EMI], B+(*)

Deap Vally [2013– ]

• Sistrionix [2013, Island], B+(*)
• Femejism [2016, Nevado], B+(***)

Death Grips

• Exmilitary [2011, Third Worlds], B+(*)
• The Money Store [2012, Epic], B
• No Love Deep Web [2012, Third Worlds/Harvest], B
• Government Plates [2013, Third Worlds], B–
• The Powers That B [2014–2015, Electro Magnetic/Harvest, 2CD], B+(*)
• Bottomless Pit [2016, Third Worlds/Harvest], B+(*)

Erika De Casier (1990– )

• Sensational [2021, 4AD], B+(**)

Deep State

• The Path to Fast Oblivion [2019, Friendship Fever], B

Darwin Deez

• Darwin Deez [2010, Lucky Number], B+(*)

Dehd [2016– ]

• Flower of Devotion [2020, Fire Talk], B+(*)

Helena Deland

• Someone New [2020, Luminelle], B+(*)
• Goodnight Summerland [2023, Chivi Chivi], B+(*)

Delicate Steve (1987– )

• Wondervisions [2009, Luaka Bop], B

The Delines [2014– ]

• Colfax [2014, El Cortez], A–
• The Imperial [2019, El Cortez], B+(***)
• The Sea Drift [2022, Jealous Butcher], B+(**)

Lana Del Rey (1986– )

• Born to Die [2012, Interscope], B+(**)
• Paradise [2012, Interscope], B
• Ultraviolence [2014, Interscope], B+(***)
• Honeymoon [2015, Interscope], B+(***)
• Lust for Life [2017, Interscope], B+(***)
• Norman Fucking Rockwell [2019, Polydor/Interscope], A–
• Chemtrails Over the Country Club [2021, Polydor/Interscope], B+(**)
• Blue Bannisters [2021, Polydor/Interscope], B+(***)
• Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd [2023, Interscope/Polydor], B+(**)

Demae

• Life Works Out . . . Usually [2020, Touching Bass, EP], B

Mac DeMarco (1990– )

• 2 [2012, Captured Tracks], B+(*)
• Salad Days [2014, Captured Tracks], B

Deradoorian

• The Expanding Flower Planet [2015, Anticon], B

Jason Derulo (1989– )

• Jason Derülo [2010, Warner Brothers], B
• Talk Dirty [2014, Warner Brothers], A–
• Everything Is 4 [2015, Warner Brothers], B+(*)

The Deslondes [2015– ]

• The Deslondes [2015, New West], B
• Hurry Home [2017, New West], B

Indigo De Souza (1997– )

• Any Shape You Take [2021, Saddle Creek], B+(*)
• All of This Will End [2023, Saddle Creek], B+(*)

Dev (1989– )

• I Only See You When I'm Dreamin' [2017, Devishot], A–

Hannah Diamond (1991– )

• Perfect Picture [2023, PC Music], B+(*)

Diamond Rugs [2012– ]

• Diamonds Rugs [2012, Partisan], B+(**)

Diet Cig

• Over Easy [2015, Father/Daughter, EP], B+(*)
• Swear I'm Good at This [2017, Frenchkiss], B+(***)

DIIV [2012– ]

• Oshin [2012, Captured Tracks], B+(**)
• Is the Is Are [2016, Captured Tracks], B+(**)
• Frog in Boiling Water [2204, Fantasy], B+(*)

Dijon (1992– )

• Absolutely [2021, R&R Digital/Warner], B

Dilly Dally

• Sore [2015, Partisan], B+(**)

The Dirt Drifters [2011– ]

• This Is My Blood [2011, Warner Brothers], A–

Dirty Loops [2014– ]

• Loopified [2014, Verve], C+

Beth Ditto (1981– )

• EP [2011, Columbia], A–
• Fake Sugar [2017, Virgin], B+(***)

Divine Fits [2012– ]

• A Thing Called Divine Fits [2012, Merge], B+(***)

Kevin Dixon

• The Summer We All Bought Guns [2020, Covid Charlie's Demo-lution], B

Django Django [2012– ]

• Django Django [2012, Because], B

Djo (1992– )

• Decide [2022, Awal], B

Dodie (1995– )

• Hot Mess [2022, Doddleoddle, EP], B

Dog Party [2011– ]

• Vol. 4 [2015, Asian Man], B+(**)

Dogbrain

• Blue Dog [2016, Dogbrain Music, EP], B+(***)

Dogleg

• Melee [2020, Triple Crown], B

Bo Dollis Jr. (1981– )

• A New Kind of Funk [2013, self-released], B+(***)

Stella Donnelly (1992– )

• Beware of the Dogs [2019, Secretly Canadian], A–
• Flood [2022, Secretly Canadian], B+(**)

Don't Talk to the Cops [2012– ]

• Let's Quit [2012, Greedhead], B+(**)

Doss

• 4 New Hit Songs [2021, LuckyMe, EP], B+(***)

Charlotte Dos Santos (1990– )

• Morfo [2022, Because Music], B+(***)

Dott

• Swoon [2013, Graveface], B+(*)

Dorian Electra (1992– )

• My Agenda [2020, self-released], B

Downtown Boys [2015– ]

• Full Communism [2015, Don Giovanni], A–
• Cost of Living [2017, Sub Pop], B+(**)

Drain

• Living Proof [2023, Epitaph], B+(*)

Dream Wife

• Dream Wife [2018, Lucky Number], B+(***)
• So When You Gonna . . . [2020, Lucky Number], A–
• Social Lubrication [2023, Lucky Number], B+(***)

Dry Cleaning

• Sweet Princess [2018, It's OK, EP], B+(***)
• Boundary Road Snacks and Drinks [2019, It's OK, EP], B+(***)
• New Long Leg [2021, 4AD], A–

Ducks Ltd. [2021– ]

• Get Bleak [2019, Carpark, EP], B+(**)
• Modern Fiction [2021, Carpark], B+(**)
• Harm's Way [2024, Carpark], B+(**)

Dub Thompson [2014– ]

• 9 Songs [2013, Dead Oceans, EP], A–

Emily Duff

• Maybe in the Morning [2017, Mod Prom], B+(***)
• Hallelujah Hello [2019, Mr. Mudshow Music], B+(**)
• Born on the Ground [2020, Mr. Mudshow Music], B+(***)
• Razor Blade Smile [2021, Mr. Mudshow Music], A–

Dumb

• Club Nites [2019, Mint], B+(***)

D.D. Dumbo

• Utopia Defeated [2016, 4AD], B

Dump Him

• Dykes to Watch Out For [2019, Musical Fanzine/Get Better], B+(*)

C Duncan (1989– )

• Architect [2015, Fat Cat], B–

Dvsn

• Sept. 5th [2016, OVO Sound/Warner Brothers], B+(*)
• A Muse in Her Feelings [2020, OVO Sound/Warner Brothers], B+(*)

Dyke Drama

• Tender Resignation [2015, Salinas, EP], B

Eagulls [2014– ]

• Eagulls [2014, Partisan], B+(*)

Anderson East (1988– )

• Delilah [2015, Low Country Sound/Elektra], B+(***)

East India Youth

• Total Strife Forever [2014, Stolen], B

Che Ecru

• Til Death [2020, F Plus], B+(**)

The 81's [2020– ]

• 2 Things and 118 Others [2020, The 81's], B+(**)

Billie Eilish (2001– )

• Don't Smile at Me [2017, Darkroom/Interscope, EP], B+(***)
• When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? [2019, Darkroom/Interscope], A–
• Happier Than Ever [2021, Interscope], A–
• Hit Me Hard and Soft [2024, Interscope], A–

Ekko Astral

• Pink Balloons [2024, Topshelf], B+(***)

The Ekphrastics

• Special Delivery [2023, Harriet], B+(*)

Hanni El Khatib

• Head in the Dirt [2013, Innovative Leisure], B+(**)

Ella Mai

• Heart on My Sleeve [2022, 10 Summers/Interscope], B

EMA (1982– )

• Past Life Martyred Saints [2011, Souterrain Transmissions], B+(***)
• The Future's Void [2014, Matador], B+(***)
• Exile in the Outer Ring [2017, City Slang], B+(**)

Empath

• Active Listening: Night on Earth [2019, Get Better], B+(*)
• Visitor [2022, Fat Possum], B

Empress Of (1989– )

• Me [2015, Terrible/XL], B+(*)
• I'm Your Empress Of [2020, Terrible], B+(**)
• For Your Consideration [2024, Major Arcana/Giant], B+(**)

En Attendant Ana

• Juillet [2020, Trouble in Mind], B+(**)
• Principia [2023, Trouble in Mind], B

Hazel English (1990– )

• Wake UP! [2020, Polyvinyl], B+(*)

English Teacher [2022– ]

• This Could Be Texas [2024, Island], B+(***)

EOLA

• Dang [2016, Leaving, EP], B–

Noga Erez (1989– )

• Off the Radar [2017, City Slang], B
• Kids [2021, City Slang], B+(***)

Escort [2011– ]

• Escort [2011, Tirk], B+(***)

Eska (1971– )

• Eska [2015, Naim Edge], B+(*)

Tianna Esperanza

• Terror [2023, BMG], B+(***)

Everything Everything [2010– ]

• Raw Data Feel [2022, AWAL], B+(*)

Ex Cops [2011– ]

• True Hallucinations [2013, Other], B+(*)
• Daggers [2014, Downtown], B+(*)

Ex Hex [2014– ]

• Rips [2014, Merge], B+(***)
• It's Real [2019, Merge], B+(**)

The Exbats [2016– ]

• A Guide to the Health Issues Affecting Rescue Hens [2016, Burger], B+(**)
• I've Got the Hots for Charlie Watts [2018, Burger], B+(***)
• E Is 4 Exbats [2016–2018, Burger], B+(***)
• Kicks, Hits and Fits [2020, Burger], B+(***)

Eyelids

• The Accidental Falls [2020, Decor], B+(**)

George Ezra (1993– )

• Wanted on Voyage [2014, Columbia], B–

EZTV [2015– ]

• Calling Out [2015, Captured Tracks], B

FACS

• Still Life in Decay [2023, Trouble in Mind], B+(**)

Joe Fahey

• February on Ice [2021, Rough Fish], B+(***)
• Baker's Cousin [2022, Rough Fish], B+(**)
• Andrea's Exile [2024, Rough Fish], B+(**)

Brent Faiyaz (1995– )

• Wasteland [2022, Lost Kids], B+(*)

Chet Faker (1988– )

• Built on Glass [2014, Downtown], B+(**)

Erica Falls

• Home Grown [2017, Southern Girls], B+(**)

Fang Island [2010– ]

• Fang Island [2010, Sargent House], B–

Fantastic Negrito (1968– )

• The Last Days of Oakland [2016, Blackball Universe], B+(***)
• Have You Lost Your Mind Yet? [2020, Cooking Vinyl/Blackball Universe], B+(***)
• White Jesus Black Problems [2022, Storefront], B+(***)

Father John Misty (1981– )

• Fear Fun [2012, Sub Pop], B
• I Love You, Honeybear [2015, Sub Pop], B
• Pure Comedy [2017, Sub Pop], B
• God's Favorite Customer [2018, Sub Pop], B
• Chloë and the Next 20th Century [2022, Sub Pop], B

FAVX

• Welfare [2018, Miel de Moscas/Burger, EP], B+(**)

Fear of Men [2011– ]

• Early Fragments [2011–2013, Kanine, EP], B+(**)

Feeble Little Horse [2021– ]

• Girl With Fish [2023, Saddle Creek], B+(***)

Heidi Feek (1979– )

• The Only [2013, Western Pin-Up], B+(***)

Jared Feinman

• Love Is an Obstacle [2021, West of Philly], B+(*)

Simone Felice (1976– )

• Strangers [2014, Dualtone], B+(*)

Laura Fell

• Safe From Me [2020, Balloon Machine], B+(*)

Sam Fender

• Seventeen Going Under [2021, Polydor], B

Sky Ferreira (1992– )

• Night Time, My Time [2013, Capitol], B+(**)

Fickle Friends

• You Are Someone Else [2018, Polydor], B+(**)

Fiddlehead

• Between the Richness [2021, Run for Cover], B+(*)

FIDLAR [2011– ]

• FIDLAR [2013, Mom + Pop Music], B+(***)

Filthy Friends [2014– ]

• Invitation [2017, Kill Rock Stars], B+(*)
• Emerald Valley [2019, Kill Rock Stars], B+(**)

Craig Finn (1971– )

• Clear Heart Full Eyes [2012, Full Time Hobby], B+(***)
• Faith in the Future [2015, Partisan], A–
• I Need a New War [2019, Partisan], B+(***)
• A Legacy of Rentals [2021, Positive Jams], A–

The Fireworks

• Switch Me On [2015, Shelflife], B+(**)

Fist City [2010– ]

• It's 1983 Grow Up [2012, Black Tent Press], B+(**)

5 Seconds of Summer

• 5 Seconds of Summer [2014, Capitol], B

FKA Twigs (1988– )

• LP1 [2014, Young Turks], B
• M3LL155X [2015, Young Turks, EP], C+
• Magdalene [2019, Young Turks], B
• Caprisongs [2022, Young/Atlantic], B+(**)

Flasher

• Loe Is Yours [2022, Domino], B+(*)

The Flat Five

• It's a World of Love and Hate [2016, Bloodshot], B–

Florist [2014– ]

• Florist [2022, Double Double Whammy], B+(***)

Brandon Flowers (1981– )

• The Desired Effect [2015, Virgin EMI], B+(**)

Wolfgang Flür (1947– )

• Magazine 1 [2022, Cherry Red], B+(***)

Miya Folick (1989– )

• Roach [2023, Nettwerk], B+(**)

Föllakzoid [2011– ]

• III [2015, Sacred Bones], B+(**)

Fontaines D.C. [2019– ]

• Dogrel [2019, Partisan], B+(***)
• A Hero's Death [2020, Partisan], B+(*)
• Skinty Fia [2022, Partisan], B+(*)
• Romance [2024, XL], B+(**)

For Those I Love

• For Those I Love [2019, September], B+(***)

Hannah Frances (1997– )

• Keeper of the Shepherd [2024, Ruintation], B+(*)

Frazey Ford

• U Kin B the Sun [2020, Arts & Crafts], B+(**)

Sallie Ford

• Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside: Dirty Radio [2011, Partisan], B+(*)
• Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside: Untamed Beast [2013, Partisan], B–

Keeley Forsyth (1979– )

• Debris [2020, The Leaf Label], B

Foster the People [2011– ]

• Torches [2011, Columbia], B

Fox Green [2020– ]

• The Longest April [2020, self-released], B+(***)
• Holy Souls [2022, self-released], A–
• Light Over Darkness [2024, self-released], A–

Foxes (1989– )

• The Kick [2022, PIAS], B+(*)

Foxygen [2012– ]

• We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace and Magic [2013, Jagjaguwar], B–

Martin Frawley

• Undone at 31 [2019, Merge], B+(***)

Mark Fredson

• Nothing but Night [2021, self-released], B+(*)

Debby Friday

• Good Luck [2023, Sub Pop], A–

Eleanor Friedberger (1976– )

• Last Summer [2011, Merge], B+(*)

The Front Bottoms [2011– ]

• The Front Bottoms [2011, Bar/None], B+(***)
• Talon of the Hawk [2013, Bar/None], B+(**)
• In Sickness and in Flames [2020, Fueled by Ramen], B+(**)
• You Are Who You Hang Out With [2023, Fueled by Ramen], B+(*)

Alex G (1993– )

• Alex G: DSU [2014, Orchid Tapes], B+(*)
• Rocket [2017, Domino], B
• House of Sugar [2019, Domino], B
• God Save the Animals [2022, Domino], B

Gabriels

• Angels and Queens Part 1 [2022, Atlas Artists/Parlophone], B+(**)
• Angels and Queens [2023, Atlas Artists/Parlophone], B+(**)

Gabriel Garzón-Montano

• Jardin [2017, Stones Throw], B

Liam Gallagher (1972– )

• C'mon You Know [2022, Warner], B+(*)

Gang of Youths [2015– ]

• Angel in Realtime [2022, Warner], B+(*)

Angelica Garcia

• Cha Cha Palace [2020, Spacebomb], B

Gabriel Garzón-Montano (1989– )

• Agüita [2020, Jagjaguwar], B+(*)

Gauche [2015– ]

• A People's History of Gauche [2016–2018, Merge], B+(***)

Dana Gavanski

• Yesterday Is Gone [2020, Ba Da Bing!], B+(*)
• Wind Songs [2020, Ba Da Bing!, EP], B

Gayngs [2010– ]

• Relayted [2010, Jagjaguwar], B+(*)

Gazelle Twin

• Unflesh [2014, Last Gang], B+(**)

Geese

• 3D Country [2023, Partisan], B–

Gel

• Only Constant [2023, Convulse, EP], B

Georgia (1990– )

• Seeking Thrills [2020, Domino], B+(***)
• Euphoric [2023, Domino], B+(***)

GFOTY

• Call Him a Doctor [2016, PC Music, EP], B–

Ghost [2010– ]

• Impera [2022, Loma Vista], B–

Billy Gibbons (1949– )

• The Big Bad Blues [2018, Concord], B+(*)

Gilla Band [2015– ]

• Girl Band: Holding Hands With Jamie [2015, Rough Trade], B+(**)
• Girl Band: The Talkies [2019, Rough Trade], B+(*)
• Most Normal [2022, Rough Trade], B

Girl in Red (1999– )

• Chapter 1 [2018, AWAL/Human Sounds, EP], B+(*)
• Chapter 2 [2019, AWAL, EP], B+(*)
• If I Could Make It Go Quiet [2021, AWAL], B+(***)
• I'm Doing It Again Baby! [2024, Columbia], B+(**)

Girl Ray

• Prestige [2023, Moshi Moshi], B

Girl Scout

• Real Life Human Garbage [2023, Made, EP], B+(**)

Girlpool [2014– ]

• Girlpool [2014, Wichita, EP], B+(**)
• Before the World Was Big [2015, Wichita], B+(**)
• Powerplant [2017, Anti-], B
• What Chaos Is Imaginary [2019, Anti-], B
• Forgiveness [2022, Anti-], B

Girls on Grass [2015– ]

• Dirty Power [2019, self-released], B+(**)

Margaret Glaspy (1989– )

• Emotions and Math [2016, ATO], B+(**)
• Echo the Diamond [2023, ATO], A–
• The Sun Doesn't Think [2024, ATO, EP], B+(***)

Glass Beach

• Plastic Death [2024, Run for Cover], B–

Glasser

• Ring [2010, True Panther Sounds], B+(*)
• Interiors [2013, True Panther Sounds], B+(*)

Glitter Wizard [2009– ]

• Kiss the Boot [2023, Kitten Robot, EP], B

Glitterbust [2016– ]

• Glitterbust [2016, Burger], B+(*)

GLOSS [Girls Living Outside Society's Shit] [2015– ]

• Demo [2015, self-released, EP], B+(***)

GOAT [2012– ]

• World Music [2012, Rocket], B+(***)
• Commune [2014, Sub Pop], A–
• Requiem [2016, Sub Pop], B+(***)

Goat Girl [2016– ]

• On All Fours [2021, Rough Trade], B+(**)

Gold Motel [2010– ]

• Summer House [2010, Good as Gold], B+(*)

Gold-Bears [2011– ]

• Are You Falling in Love? [2011, Slumberland], B+(***)
• Dalliance [2014, Slumberland], B+(**)

Golden Pelicans

• S/T [2014, Total Punk, EP], B+(***)
• Oldest Ride Longest Line [2015, Total Punk, EP], B+(**)
• Disciples of Blood [2017, Goner], B+(***)

Alison Goldfrapp (1966– )

• The Love Invention [2023, Skint/BMG], B+(***)

Max Gomez

• Rule the World [2013, New West], B

The Goon Sax [2016– ]

• Up to Anything [2016, Chapter Music], B+(***)
• We're Not Talking [2018, Wichita], A–
• Mirror II [2021, Matador], B+(**)

Diana Gordon (1985– )

• Pure [2019, self-released, EP], B+(*)

Ellie Goulding (1986– )

• Lights [2010, Cherrytree/Interscope], B

Ciara Grace

• Write It Down [2024, self-released], B+(***)

Laura Jane Grace (1980– )

• Hole in My Head [2024, Polyvinyl], B+(***)

Ariana Grande (1993– )

• Yours Truly [2013, Island/Republic], B+(***)
• My Everything [2014, Island/Republic], B+(**)
• Dangerous Woman [2016, Republic], B+(*)
• Sweetener [2018, Republic], B
• Thank U, Next [2019, Republic], B+(**)
• Positions [2020, Republic], B+(*)
• Eternal Sunshine [2024, Republic], B+(**)

John Grant (1968– )

• Queen of Denmark [2010, Bella Union], B
• Grey Tickles, Black Pressure [2015, Partisan], B+(*)

Grass Widow [2010– ]

• Past Time [2010, Kill Rock Stars, EP], B+(*)

Conan Gray (1998– )

• Kid Krow [2020, Republic], B+(*)

Colleen Green

• I Want to Grow Up [2015, Hardly Art], B
• Cool [2021, Hardly Art], B+(**)

Phoebe Green

• Lucky Me [2022, Chess Club], B+(**)

Grimes (1988– )

• Visions [2012, 4AD], B+(*)
• Art Angels [2015, 4AD], A–
• Miss Athropocene [2020, 4AD], B+(***)

Danny Paul Grody

• In Search of Light [2011, Students of Decay], B+(*)

Grouplove [2011– ]

• Never Trust a Happy Song [2011, Canvasback/Atlantic], B+(*)

Grrrl Gang

• Here to Stay! [2017–2018, Damnably, EP], B+(**)
• Spunky! [2023, Big Romantic], B+(**)

Gwenno

• Y Dydd Olaf [2014, Heavenly], A–
• Le Kov [2018, Heavenly], B+(**)
• Tresor [2022, Heavenly], B+(**)

Marika Hackman (1992– )

• I'm Not Your Man [2017, Sub Pop], B+(**)
• Big Sigh [2024, Chrysalis], B+(**)

Haiku Hands

• Haiku Hands [2020, Mad Decent], B+(*)

Haiku Salut

• Etch and Etch Deep [2015, How Does It Feel to Be Loved], B+(**)

Haim [2013– ]

• Days Are Gone [2013, Columbia], B+(**)
• Something to Tell You [2017, Columbia], B+(**)
• Women in Music Pt. III [2020, Columbia], B+(**)

Nigel Hall (1981– )

• Ladies and Gentlemen . . . Nigel Hall [2015, Feel Music Group], B+(***)

Halsey (1994– )

• Badlands [2015, Astralwerks], A–
• Hopeless Fountain Kingdom [2017, Astralwerks], B+(**)
• Manic [2020, Capitol], B+(***)
• If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power [2021, Capitol], B+(***)
• The Great Impersonator [2024, Columbia], A–

Cory Hanson

• Western Cum [2023, Drag City], B+(*)

Happy Birthday [2010– ]

• Happy Birthday [2010, Sub Pop], B+(**)

The Happy Fits

• What Could Be Better [2020, The Happy Fits], B+(**)

Hard Working Americans [2014– ]

• Hard Working Americans [2014, Melvin/Thirty Tigers], B+(***)
• The First Waltz [2013, Melvin], B+(*)
• Rest in Chaos [2016, Melvin], B+(**)
• We're All in This Together [2017, Melvin], B+(***)

Aldous Harding (1990– )

• Party [2017, 4AD], B
• Designer [2019, 4AD], B
• Warm Chris [2022, 4AD], B+(**)

Curtis Harding (1979– )

• If Words Were Flowers [2021, Anti-], B+(***)

Honey Harper (1989– )

• Starmaker [2019, ATO], B

Hutch Harris (1975– )

• Suck Up All the Oxygen [2021, self-released, EP], B+(**)

Hash Redactor

• Drecksound [2019, Goner], B+(**)

Hatchie (1993– )

• Giving the World Away [2022, Secretly Canadian], B+(**)

Anna von Hausswolff (1986– )

• The Miraculous [2015, Other Music], B
• Live at Montreux Jazz Festival [2018, Southern Lord], B

Hamish Hawk (1991– )

• Angel Numbers [2023, Post Electric], B

H. Hawkline (1985– )

• I Romanticize [2017, Heavenly], B

Lande Hekt

• Gigantic Disappointment [2019, self-released, EP], B+(*)
• Going to Hell [2021, Get Better], B+(***)

Helen

• The Original Faces [2015, Kranky], B+(*)

Amy Helm (1970– )

• Didn't It Rain [2015, E1], B+(**)

H.E.R.

• Back of My Mind [2021, RCA], B+(**)

Jessica Hernandez

• Secret Evil [2014, Instant], B+(***)

Heron Oblivion

• Heron Oblivion [2016, Sub Pop], B+(**)

Herzog [2012– ]

• Cartoon Violence [2011, Exit Stencil], B+(*)

Haley Heynderickx

• I Need to Start a Garden [2018, Mama Bird], B+(**)

Hiatus Kaiyote [2013– ]

• Choose Your Weapon [2015, Flying Buddha], B–
• Mood Valiant [2021, Brainfeeder], B+(*)

Lauran Hibberd (1997– )

• Garageband Superstar [2022, Virgin], B+(***)

Hickeys [2022– ]

• Fragile Structure [2022, self-released], B+(**)

Hinds

• Leave Me Alone [2016, Mom + Pop], B
• I Don't Run [2018, Mom + Pop], B+(***)
• The Prettiest Curse [2020, Mom + Pop], A–
• Viva Hinds [2024, Lucky Number], A–

Hippo Campus

• LP3 [2022, Grand Jury], B+(**)

The History of Apple Pie [2013– ]

• Out of View [2013, Marshall Teller], B+(**)

Julia Holter (1984– )

• Ekstasis [2012, RVNG], B
• Loud City Song [2013, Domino], B
• Have You in My Wilderness [2015, Domino], B
• Aviary [2018, Domino], B
• Something in the Room She Moves [2024, Domino], B+(*)

Holychild [2015– ]

• The Shape of Brat Pop to Come [2015, Glassnote], B+(**)

Home Counties

• Redevelopment [2020, Alcopop!, EP], B+(*)
• Exactly as It Seems [2024, Submarine Cat], B+(*)

Home Is Where

• The Whaler [2023, Wax Bodega], B+(**)

Honeyblood [2014– ]

• Honeyblood [2014, Fat Cat], B

Hookworms [2013– ]

• Pearl Mystic [2013, Weird World], A–
• The Hum [2014, Weird World], B+(***)
• Microshift [2018, Domino], B+(*)

Hop Along [2013– ]

• Painted Shut [2015, Saddle Creek], B+(*)
• Bark Your Head Off, Dog [2018, Saddle Creek], B+(*)

Hope D

• Clash of the Substance [2023, self-released], B+(**)

Horse Lords [2012– ]

• Interventions [2016, Northern Spy], B+(**)
• The Common Task [2020, Northern Spy], B+(*)
• Comradely Objects [2022, RVNG Intl], B+(***)
• Live in Leipzig [2022, Northern Spy, EP], B+(*)

Horsegirl [2020– ]

• Versions of Modern Performance [2022, Matador], B+(*)

Hospitality [2012– ]

• Hospitality [2012, Merge], B+(*)

The Hotelier [2014– ]

• Home, Like Noplace Is There [2014, Tiny Engines], B+(*)
• Goodness [2016, Tiny Engines], B+(**)

Hotline TNT

• Cartwheel [2023, Third Man], B+(*)

Hovvdy

• Hovvdy [2024, Arts & Crafts], B+(*)

How to Dress Well [2010– ]

• Total Loss [2012, Acephale], B
• What Is This Heart? [2014, Domino], B

Ben Howard (1987– )

• Every Kingdom [2011, Universal Republic], B
• Is It? [2023, Island], B+(*)

Brittany Howard (1988– )

• Jaime [2019, ATO], B
• What Now [2024, Island], B+(**)

Hozier (1990– )

• Unreal Unearth [2023, Island], B+(**)

The Human Hearts [2012– ]

• Viable [2023, Open Boat], B+(**)

Hunx and His Punx [2010– ]

• Too Young to Be in Love [2011, Hardly Art], B+(**)

Jenny Hval (1980– )

• Apocalypse, Girl [2015, Sacred Bones], B+(*)
• Blood Bitch [2016, Sacred Bones], C+
• The Practice of Love [2019, Sacred Bones], B+(***)
• Classic Objects [2022, 4AD], B+(**)

Chrissie Hynde (1951– )

• Stockholm [2014, Caroline], B+(*)
• Chrissie Hynde and the Valve Bone Woe Ensemble: Valve Bone Woe [2019, BMG], B
• Standing in the Doorway: Chrissie Hynde Sings Bob Dylan [2021, BMG], B+(**)

I Break Horses [2011– ]

• Hearts [2011, Bella Union], B

Ibeyi [2015– ]

• Ibeyi [2015, XL], B
• Ash [2017, XL], B+(*)

Iceage [2011– ]

• New Brigade [2011, What's Your Rupture?], B+(***)
• You're Nothing [2013, Matador], B
• Plowing Into the Field of Love [2014, Matador], B
• Seek Shelter [2021, Mexican Summer], B

Ich Bin Nintendo

• Lykke [2016, Shhpuma], B+(**)

Icona Pop [2012– ]

• This Is . . . Icona Pop [2013, Atlantic/Big Beat], B+(*)

Idles [2012– ]

• Brutalism [2017, Bailey], B+(***)
• Joy as an Act of Resistance [2018, Partisan], B+(***)
• Ultra Mono: Momentary Acceptance of the Self [2020, Partisan], B+(***)
• Crawler [2021, Partisan], B+(***)
• Tangk [2024, Partisan], B+(**)

Illuminati Hotties [2018– ]

• Kiss Yr Frenemies [2018, Tiny Engines], B+(**)
• Free I.H.: This Is Not the One You've Been Waiting For [2020, Snack Shack Tracks], B+(*)
• Let Me Do One More [2021, Snack Shack Tracks/Hopeless], A–
• Power [2024, Hopeless], B+(**)

Inc. [2013– ]

• No World [2013, 4AD], B+(*)

Indoor Pets

• Be Content [2019, Wichita], B+(*)

Insignificant Other

• I'm So Glad I Feel This Way About You! [2019, Counter Intuitive], B+(*)

International Teachers of Pop [2018– ]

• Pop Gossip [2019, Desolate Spools], B+(**)

The Internet [2011– ]

• Ego Death [2015, Columbia], B+(**)
• Hive Mind [2018, Columbia], B+(***)

Grace Ives

• 2nd [2019, Dots Per Inch], B+(***)
• Janky Star [2022, True Panther Sounds/Harvest], B+(***)

Jessie J (1988– )

• Who Are You [2011, Universal Republic], B

Julia Jacklin (1990– )

• Crushing [2019, Polyvinyl], B
• Pre Pleasure [2022, Polyvinyl], B+(*)

Kate Jackson (1979– )

• British Road Movies [2016, Hoo Ha], B+(*)

Jamaican Queens [2013– ]

• Wormfood [2013, Notown], B

Luke James

• Luke James [2014, Island], B+(**)

Japanese Breakfast

• Psychopomp [2016, Dead Oceans], B+(*)
• Soft Sounds From Another Planet [2017, Dead Oceans], B+(**)
• Jubilee [2021, Dead Oceans], B+(***)

The Japanese House (1995– )

• Good at Falling [2019, Dirty Hit], B+(*)
• In the End It Always Does [2023, Dirty H it], B+(*)

Japanese Television [2018– ]

• Space Fruit Vineyard [2022, Tip Top], B–

Jealous of the Birds

• Wisdom Teeth [2019, Atlantic, EP], B+(**)
• Peninsula [2020, Atlantic], B+(*)

JER

• Bothered / Unbothered [2022, Bad Time], B+(*)

Tobias Jesso, Jr. (1985– )

• Goon [2015, True Panther Sounds], B+(**)

Jaill [2010– ]

• That's How We Burn [2010, Sub Pop], B+(**)

Nikki Jean

• Pennies in a Jar [2011, S-Curve], B

Cassandra Jenkins

• An Overview on Phenomenal Nature [2021, Ba Da Bing], B+(**)

Joanna Gruesome [2013– ]

• Weird Sister [2013, Slumberland], B+(***)
• Peanut Butter [2015, Slumberland], B+(*)

Jockstrap

• Wicked City [2020, Warp, EP], B

Sly Johnson

• 55.4 [2022, BBE], B+(**)

Durand Jones

• Durand Jones and the Indications: Private Space [2021, Dead Oceans], A–
• Wait Til I Get Over [2023, Dead Oceans], B+(*)

Rochelle Jordan

• Play With the Changes [2021, Young Art], B+(***)

Kathryn Joseph (1974– )

• For Those Who Are Wronged [2022, Rock Action], B+(*)

Camden Joy

• Updated Just Now [2020, self-released, EP], B+(**)
• American Love [2020, self-released], B+(**)

Judy and the Jerks

• Music for Donuts EP [2019, Thrilling Living, EP], C+

Julie

• My Anti-Aircraft Friend [2024, Atlantic], B+(*)

Jumpstarted Plowhards

• Round One [2019, Recess, EP], B+(*)

Jungle [2014– ]

• Jungle [2014, XL], B+(**)
• Loving in Stereo [2021, Awal], B+(*)
• Volcano [2023, Caiola/AWAL], Spotify

Junip

• Fields [2010, Mute], B

Juniper

• Juniper [2020, self-released], A–

Just Mustard [2016– ]

• Heart Under [2022, Partisan], B+(*)

K. Michelle (1986– )

• Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart? [2014, Atlantic], B+(*)
• All Monsters Are Human [2020, EOne Music], B+(**)

Kacy and Clayton [2011– ]

• w/Marlon Williams: Plastic Bouquet [2020, New West], B+(**)

Noah Kahan

• Stick Season [2022, Republic], B+(***)

Kehlani (1995– )

• You Should Be Here [2015, self-released], B–
• SweetSexySavage [2017, Atlantic], B+(*)
• While We Wait [2019, Atlantic/TNMI], B+(**)
• It Was Good Until It Wasn't [2020, Atlantic], A–
• Blue Water Road [2022, Atlantic], B+(***)

KeiyaA

• Forever, Ya Girl [2020, Keiya], B+(**)

Kele

• The Boxer [2010, Glassnote], B+(**)

Kelela (1983– )

• Cut 4 Me [2013, Fade to Mind], B+(*)
• Hallucinogen [2015, Cherry Coffee, EP], B+(*)
• Take Me Apart [2017, Warp], B+(**)
• Raven [2023, Warp], B+(**)

Khalid (1998– )

• American Teen [2017, Right Hand/RCA], A–
• Suncity [2018, RCA, EP], B+(*)
• Free Spirit [2019, RCA], B+(***)

K-Holes [2011– ]

• Dismania [2012, Hardly Art], B+(*)

Khruangbin

• Con Todo El Mundo [2018, Dead Oceans], B+(*)
• Mordechai [2020, Dead Oceans], B+(*)
• w/Leon Bridges: Texas Sun [2020, Dead Oceans, EP], B+(**)
• w/Leon Bridges: Texas Moon [2022, Dead Oceans, EP], B+(*)

Amythyst Kiah

• Wary + Strange [2021, Rounder], B+(*)

Kyle Kidd

• Soothsayer [2022, American Dreams], B+(*)

Natalia Kills (1986– )

• Perfectionist [2011, Interscope], B+(**)

Kimbra (1990– )

• Vows [2011, Warner Brothers], B+(*)
• A Reckoning [2023, self-released], B+(**)

Kindness

• World, You Need a Change of Mind [2012, Female Energy/Polydor], C+

King

• We Are King [2016, King Creative], B+(*)

Elle King (1989– )

• Love Stuff [2015, RCA], B+(**)
• Come Get Your Wife [2023, RCA], B+(**)

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard [2012– ]

• Nonagon Infinity [2016, ATO], B+(*)

King Princess (1998– )

• Hold On Baby [2022, Zelig/Columbia], B+(**)

Kings Go Forth [2010– ]

• The Outsiders Are Back [2010, Luaka Bop], B

Katy Kirby

• Blue Raspberry [2024, Anti-], B+(**)

Kilo Kish (1990– )

• American Gurl [2022, Kisha Soundscape + Audio], B+(*)

Kitten

• Kitten [2014, Elektra], B+(**)

Michael Kiwanuka (1987– )

• Love and Hate [2016, Polydor], B+(**)
• Kiwanuka [2019, Polydor], B+(*)

Kiwi Jr.

• Football Money [2020, Persona Non Grata], B+(**)
• Cooler Returns [2021, Sub Pop], B+(***)
• Chopper [2022, Sub Pop], B+(***)

Hayley Kiyoko (1991– )

• Expectations [2018, Empire/Atlantic], B+(*)

Terry Klein

• Great Northern [2017, self-released], B+(***)
• Tex [2019, self-released], B+(*)
• Good Luck Take Care [2022, self-released], A–
• Leave the Light On [2023, self-released], B+(***)

Knife Pleats

• Hat Bark Beach [2015, Jigsaw], B+(*)

Lily Konigsberg

• The Best of Lily Konigsberg Right Now [2017–2021, Wharf Cat], B+(*)
• Lily We Need to Talk Now [2021, Wharf Cat], B+(**)

Korallreven [2011– ]

• An Album by Korallreven [2011, Acephale], B+(**)

Rich Krueger (1960– )

• The Troth Sessions [2002, Rockin'K Music], B
• Life Ain't That Long [2017, Rockin'K Music], B+(**)
• NOWThen [2018, Rockin'K Music], B+(***)

Kwes.

• Ilp. [2013, Warp], B–

La Femme [2013– ]

• Psycho Tropical Berlin [2013, Disque Pointu], B+(***)
• Paradigmes [2020, Disque Pointu], B+(**)

Labrinth (1989– )

• w/Sia, Diplo: Labrinth/Sia/Diplo Present . . . LSD [2019, Columbia], B–

Yazmin Lacey

• Voice Notes [2023, On Your Own/Believe], B+(**)

Steve Lacy (1998– )

• Steve Lacy's Demo [2017, Three Quarter, EP], B
• Apollo XXI [2019, 3Qtr], B+(*)
• Gemini Rights [2022, RCA], B

Lianne La Havas (1989– )

• Is Your Love Big Enough? [2012, Nonesuch], B+(***)
• Lianne La Havas [2020, Nonesuch], B+(*)

Alex Lahey (1992– )

• I Love You Like a Brother [2017, Dead Oceans], B+(***)
• The Best of Luck Club [2019, Dead Oceans], B+(**)
• The Answer Is Always Yes [2023, Liberation], B+(**)

Lame Drivers

• Chosen Era [2015, Jigsaw], B+(*)

Låpsley (1996– )

• Long Way Home [2016, XL], B+(*)
• Cautionary Tales of Youth [2023, Believe], B+(**)

Larkin Poe

• Blood Harmony [2022, Tricki-Woo], B+(*)

Zara Larsson (1997– )

• So Good [2017, Epic/TEN], B+(**)

The Last Dinner Party

• Prelude to Ecstasy [2024, Island], B+(*)

Laufey (1999– )

• Everything I Know About Love [2022, Awal], B+(**)
• Bewitched [2023, AWAL], B+(*)

Lauv (1994– )

• All 4 Nothing [2022, Virgin], B+(*)

Le Butcherettes [2010– ]

• Sin Sin Sin [2010, Rodriguez Lopez Productions], B+(*)

Hamilton Leithauser

• w/Rostam Batmanglij: I Had a Dream That You Were Mine [2016, Glassnote], B

Leland Sundries

• The Foundry EP [2012, L'Echiquier, EP], B+(**)
• Music for Outcasts [2016, L'Echiquier], B+(***)

The Lemon Twigs [2014– ]

• Everything Harmony [2023, Captured Tracks], C+

Ravyn Lenae (1999– )

• Crush EP [2018, Atlantic, EP], B+(*)
• Hypnos [2022, Atlantic], B+(**)

MJ Lenderman (1999– )

• Boat Songs [2022, Dear Life], B+(**)
• MJ Lenderman and the Wind: Live and Loose! [2023, Anti-], B+(**)
• Manning Fireworks [2024, Anti-], B+(***)

Adrianne Lenker (1991– )

• Abysskiss [2018, Saddle Creek], B+(*)
• Songs [2020, 4AD], B+(*)
• Instrumentals [2020, 4AD], B
• Bright Future [2024, 4AD], B+(***)

Ari Lennox (1991– )

• Shea Butter Baby [2019, Dreamville/Interscope], B+(*)
• Age / Sex / Location [2022, Dreamville/Interscope], B+(**)

Let's Eat Grandma

• I, Gemini [2016, Transgressive], B
• I'm All Ears [2018, Transgressive], B+(*)
• Two Ribbons [2022, Transgressive], B+(*)

Lewsberg [2017– ]

• Out and About [2023, self-released], B+(**)

Fenne Lily

• Breach [2020, Dead Oceans], B+(**)

Limousines [2011– ]

• Get Sharp [2011, Dangerbird], A–

The Linda Lindas [2020– ]

• The Linda Lindas [2020, self-released, EP], B+(***)
• Growing Up [2022, Epitaph], B+(***)
• No Obligation [2024, Epitaph], B+(**)

Lingua Ignota (1986– )

• Sinner Get Ready [2021, Sargent House], B–

Dua Lipa (1995– )

• Dua Lipa [2017, Warner Brothers], B+(**)
• Future Nostalgia [2020, Warner], A–
• w/The Blessed Madonna: Club Future Nostalgia [2020, Warner], B+(***)
• Radical Optimism [2024, Warner], A–

Liquid Mike [2021– ]

• Stuntman [2021, Lost Dog], B
• You Can Live Forever on Paradise Earth [2021, Sweet Chin Music, EP], B
• A Beer Can and a Bouquet [2022, self-released, EP], B+(**)
• S/T [Self-Titled] [2023, Kitschy Spirit, EP], B+(***)
• Paul Bunyan's Slingshot [2023, self-released], B+(**)

Brian Lisik

• Güdbye Stoopid Whirled [2020, Cherokee Queen], B+(**)

Lithics

• Mating Surfaces [2018, Kill Rock Stars], B+(***)
• Tower of Age [2020, Trouble in Mind], A–

Tove Lo (1987– )

• Queen of the Clouds [2014, Island], B
• Lady Wood [2016, Island], B+(*)
• Dirt Femme [2022, Pretty Swede], A–

Lomelda

• Hannah [2020, Double Double Whammy], B+(*)

London Grammar [2013– ]

• If You Wait [2013, Warner/Chappell], B+(*)

The Lone Bellow [2013– ]

• The Lone Bellow [2013, Descendant], B–

Lord Huron [2012– ]

• Lonesome Dreams [2012, Iamsound], B+(*)
• Strange Trails [2015, Iamsound], B+(**)
• Long Lost [2021, Republic], B

Lorde (1996– )

• Pure Heroine [2013, Lava/Republic], B+(**)
• Melodrama [2017, Lava/Republic], A–
• Solar Power [2021, Universal], B+(**)

Los Bitchos

• Let the Festivities Begin! [2022, City Slang], B+(***)

Los Bonsáis

• Nordeste [2015, Elefant], B+(*)

Lost Girls

• Menneskekollektivet [2020, Smalltown Supersound], A–

Low Cut Connie [2011– ]

• Get Out the Lotion [2011, self-released], A–
• Call Me Sylvia [2012, self-released], A–
• Hi Honey [2015, Ardent Music/Contender], A–
• "Dirty Pictures" (Part 1) [2017, Contender], B
• "Dirty Pictures" (Part 2) [2018, Contender], B+(**)
• Private Lives [2020, Contender], B
• Tough Cookies [2020, Contender], B+(***)
• Art Dealers [2023, Contender], B

Low Society

• You Can't Keep a Good Woman Down [2014, Icehouse], B+(*)

Rosie Lowe

• Yu [2019, Wolf Tone], B+(**)

Lower Dens

• Twin-Hand Movement [2010, Gnomonsong], A–
• Nootropics [2012, Ribbon Music], B+(*)

L'Rain

• Fatigue [2021, Mexican Summer], B+(*)
• I Killed Your Dog [2023, Mexican Summer], B+(**)

Kelsey Lu

• Blood [2019, Columbia], B+(**)

Lucius [2013– ]

• Wildewoman [2013, Mom + Pop Music], B+(*)

Lucy Rose

• This Ain't the Way You Go Out [2024, Communion], B+(*)

The Lumineers [2012– ]

• The Lumineers [2012, Dualtone], B+(*)

Lump

• Lump [2018, Dead Oceans], B+(*)
• Animal [2021, Chrysalis], B+(**)

Mabel (1996– )

• About Last Night . . . [2022, Polydor], B+(**)

Mad Crush

• Mad Crush [2018, Upon This Rock, EP], B+(**)

Ryan Maffei

• Country Town [2013, Jamrag], B+(***)

Magdalena Bay

• Mercurial World [2021, Luminelle], A
• Imaginal Disk [2024, Mom + Pop], B+(**)

Mahalia (1998– )

• IRL [2023, Atlantic], B+(***)

Mammoth Penguins [2015– ]

• There's No Fight We Can't Both Win [2019, Fika], B+(**)

Man on Man [2020– ]

• Man on Man [2021, Polyvinyl], B+(**)
• Provincetown [2023, Polyvinyl], B+(***)

Mandy, Indiana [2020– ]

• I've Seen a Way [2023, Fire Talk], B+(**)

Mannequin Pussy

• Romantic [2016, Tiny Engines, EP], B+(*)
• Patience [2019, Epitaph], B+(**)
• I Got Heaven [2024, Epitaph], B+(**)

Gia Margaret

• Mia Gargaret [2020, Orindal], B+(*)
• Romantic Piano [2021–2022, Jagjaguwar], B+(*)

The Margots [2013– ]

• Pescado [2013, Okka Disk], B+(***)
• Soplé [2014, Okka Disk], B+(***)

Marina and the Diamonds (1985– )

• The Family Jewels [2010, Chop Shop/Atlantic], B+(**)
• Froot [2015, Atlantic], B+(*)
• Marina: Ancient Dreams in a Modern Land [2021, Atlantic], A–

Amber Mark (1994– )

• Conexão [2018, PMR/Virgin EMI, EP], B+(**)
• Three Dimensions Deep [2022, PMR], B+(***)

Bruno Mars (1985– )

• Doo-Wops and Hooligans [2010, Elektra], A
• Unorthodox Jukebox [2012, Atlantic], B+(**)
• 24K Magic [2016, Atlantic], B
• Silk Sonic: w/Anderson .Paak: An Evening With Silk Sonic [2021, Aftermath/Atlantic], B+(**)

Archy Marshall (1994– )

• King Krule: 6 Feet Beneath the Moon [2013, True Panther Sounds], B+(**)
• King Krule: A New Place 2 Drown [2015, True Panther Sounds], A–
• King Krule: The OOZ [2017, True Panther Sounds], B
• King Krule: Man Alive! [2020, True Panther Sounds], B
• King Krule: Space Heavy [2023, XL/Matador], B+(*)

Martha [2012– ]

• Blisters in the Pit of My Heart [2016, Dirtnap], A–
• Love Keeps Kicking [2019, Dirtnap], B+(**)
• Please Don't Take Me Back [2022, Dirtnap], B+(*)

Dom Martin

• Buried in the Hail [2023, Forty Below], B+(*)

Walter Martin

• Reminisce Bar and Grill [2018, Family Jukebox], B

Melanie Martinez (1995– )

• Cry Baby [2015, Atlantic], B+(***)

Maximum Balloon

• Maximum Balloon [2010, DGC/Interscope], B+(*)

Michael Mayo

• Bones [2021, Artistry Music], B+(*)

Mazes [2011– ]

• A Thousand Heys [2011, Fat Cat], B+(*)

Anna McClellan

• I Saw First Light [2020, Father/Daughter], B+(*)

Eliza McLamb

• Going Through It [2024, Royal Mountain], B+(***)

JD McPherson (1977– )

• Signs and Signifiers [2010, Rounder], B+(**)
• Let the Good Times Roll [2015, New Rounder], B+(**)
• Undivided Heart and Soul [2017, New West], B+(*)
• Nite Owls [2024, New West], B+(**)

Tate McRae (2003– )

• I Used to Think I Could Fry [2022, RCA], B+(***)

Melkbelly [2014– ]

• PITH [2020, Wax Nine/Carpark], B

Melody's Echo Chamber (1987– )

• Bon Voyage [2018, Fat Possum], B

Melt Yourself Down [2013– ]

• Melt Yourself Down [2013, The Leaf Label], B+(**)
• Pray for Me I Don't Fit [2022, Decca], B+(*)

Memphis LK

• Too Much Fun [2023, Dot Dash, EP], B+(**)
• True Love and Its Consequences [2023, Dot Dash, EP], B+(***)

The Men [2011– ]

• Leave Home [2011, Sacred Bones], B+(*)
• Open Your Heart [2012, Sacred Bones], B+(**)
• New Moon [2013, Sacred Bones], B

Shawn Mendes (1998– )

• Shawn Mendes [2018, Island], B+(***)
• Wonder [2020, Island], B+(*)

Greg Mendez

• Greg Mendez [2023, Forged Artifactds], B–

Mereba (1990– )

• Azeb [2021, Interscope, EP], B+(***)

Anna Meredith (1978– )

• Varmints [2016, Moshi Moshi], B
• Fibs [2019, Moshi Moshi], B

Merso

• Red World [2016, Good to Die], B+(**)

The Messthetics [2018– ]

• Anthropocosmic Nest [2019, Dischord], B+(*)
• w/James Brandon Lewis: The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis [2024, Impulse!], B+(***)

Methodist Hospital

• Giants [2017, self-released], B+(***)

Metz [2012– ]

• Metz [2012, Sub Pop], B
• Atlas Vending [2020, Sub Pop], B

M(h)aol

• Attachment Styles [2023, Tulle], B+(**)

Microwave [2014– ]

• Death Is a Warm Blanket [2019, Pure Noise], B+(*)

Middle Brother [2011– ]

• Middle Brother [2011, Partisan], A–

Miguel (1986– )

• All I Want Is You [2010, Jive], B+(**)
• Art Dealer Chic Vol. 1 [2012, self-released, EP], B–
• Kaleidoscope Dream [2012, RCA], B+(*)
• Wildheart [2015, Wildheart], B+(***)
• War and Leisure [2017, ByStorm/RCA], B+(*)

Militarie Gun

• Life Under the Gun [2023, Loma Vista], B

Blake Mills

• Mutable Set [2020, New Deal/Verve], B
• Jelly Road [2023, New Deal/Verve Forecast], B

Parker Millsap

• Parker Millsap [2014, Okrahoma], B+(**)

Mindtroll

• And That's Just Some of the Good Ones [2013, self-released], B+(**)
• EP #4 [2014, self-released], B+(***)

Minks [2011– ]

• By the Hedge [2011, Captured Tracks], B+(**)

Ela Minus

• Acts of Rebellion [2020, Domino], B+(***)

Miracles of Modern Science

• Dog Year [2011, self-released], B

Tom Misch (1995– )

• w/Yussef Dayes: What Kinda Music [2020, Beyond the Groove], B+(**)

Mitski (1990– )

• Puberty 2 [2016, Dead Oceans], B+(*)
• Be the Cowboy [2018, Dead Oceans], B
• Laurel Hell [2022, Dead Oceans], B+(*)
• The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We [2023, Dead Oceans], B+(*)

Mk.gee (1997– )

• Two Star and the Dream Police [2024, R&R Digital], B+(**)

Model / Actriz [2017– ]

• Dogsbody [2023, True Panther Sounds], B+(***)

Modern Baseball [2014– ]

• The Nameless Ranger [2011, Lame-O, EP], B+(*)
• You're Gonna Miss It All [2014, Run for Cover], B+(***)
• Holy Ghost [2016, Run for Cover], B+(**)

Modern Mal

• The Misanthrope Family Album [2017, Mal], B+(*)

Momma

• Household Name [2022, Lucky Number], B+(*)

Janelle Monáe (1985– )

• The Archandroid [2010, Bad Boy], B+(**)
• The Electric Lady [2013, Bad Boy], A–
• Dirty Computer [2018, Bad Boy], A–
• The Age of Pleasure [2023, Wondaland/Bad Boy/Atlantic], A–

Victoria Monét (1993– )

• Jaguar [2020, Tribe, EP], B+(**)
• Jaguar II [2023, RCA], B+(**)

Money for Guns

• Dead Tracks [2007–2020, Money for Guns], B
• All the Darkness That's in Your Head [2023, Money for Guns], B+(**)

The Moonlandingz

• Interplanetary Class Classics [2017, Transgressive], B

Kevin Morby (1988– )

• Singing Saw [2016, Dead Oceans], B+(***)
• Sundowner [2020, Dead Oceans], B+(*)
• This Is a Photograph [2022, Dead Oceans], B+(*)

Elizabeth Morris

• Optimism [2013, self-released, EP], B+(***)

Rae Morris (1992– )

• Someone Out There [2018, Atlantic], B+(*)

PJ Morton (1981– )

• Watch the Sun [2022, Morton/Empire], B+(**)

The Mowgli's [2012– ]

• Kids in Love [2015, Photo Finish/Island], A–
• Where'd Your Weekend Go? [2016, Photo Finish/Island], B

Mozart Estate (1961– )

• Pop-Up! Ker-Ching! And the Possibilities of Modern Shopping [2023, West Midlands/Cherry Red], B+(*)

Mozes and the Firstborn [2013– ]

• Mozes and the Firstborn [2013, Burger], B+(**)

Mr Twin Sister

• Mr Twin Sister [2014, Twin Group/Infinite Best], B–

Mr. Wrong [2016– ]

• Babes in Boyland [2017, Water Wing, EP], B+(**)
• Create a Place [2020, Water Wing, EP], B+(***)

MSPAINT

• Post-American [2023, Convulse], B+(**)

Nick Mulvey (1987– )

• First Mind [2014, Fiction/Harvest], B+(*)

Muna [2017– ]

• About U [2017, RCA], B+(*)
• Saves the World [2019, RCA], B+(**)
• Muna [2022, Saddest Factory/Dead Oceans], B+(*)

Muncie Girls [2012– ]

• Fixed Ideals [2018, Buzz], B+(**)

The Murder Capital [2019– ]

• When I Have Fears [2019, Human Season], B+(*)

Mush [2016– ]

• Down Tools [2022, Memphis Industries], B+(**)

The Muslims [2018– ]

• Fuck These Fuckin Fascists [2021, Epitaph], B+(***)

Mustafa (1996– )

• When Smoke Rises [2021, Regent Park Songs, EP], B+(*)

Laura Mvula (1986– )

• Pink Noise [2021, Atlantic], B+(*)

Mxmtoon (2000– )

• The Masquerade [2019, House Arrest], B+(*)
• Dawn and Dusk [2020, AWAL], B+(**)
• Rising [2022, AWAL], A–

My Idea

• That's My Idea [2021, Hardly Art, EP], B+(**)

Mythic Sunship [2010– ]

• Changing Shapes: Live at Roadburn [2019, El Paraiso], B+(**)

Nao (1987– )

• For All We Know [2016, Little Tokyo], B+(*)

Naomi Punk [2012– ]

• Television Man [2014, Captured Tracks], B

Nation of Language [2016– ]

• A Way Forward [2021, PIAS], B+(**)
• Strange Disciple [2023, PIAS], B+(*)

Natural Child [2011– ]

• 1971 [2011, Infinity Cat], B+(***)
• Dancin' With Wolves [2014, Burger], B+(**)

Nervous Dater

• Call in the Mess [2021, Counter Intuitive], B+(**)

New Age Doom [2019– ]

• Lee "Scratch" Perry's Guide to the Universe [2021, We Are Busy Bodies], B+(**)

The New Basement Tapes [2014– ]

• Lost on the River [2014], B+(*)

The New Mendicants [2013– ]

• Into the Lime [2014, Ashmont], A–

Nikki Jean (1983– )

• Pennies in a Jar [2011, S-Curve], B

The 1975 [2013– ]

• I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It [2016, Dirty Hit/Interscope], B+(*)
• A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships [2018, Dirty Hit/Interscope], B
• Notes on a Conditional Form [2020, Dirty Hit], B+(***)
• Being Funny in a Foreign Language [2022, Dirty Hit], B+(***)

No Fun [2014– ]

• How I Spent My Bummer Vacation [2014, Concrete Jungle], B+(***)

No Joy [2010– ]

• Wait to Pleasure [2013, Mexican Summer], B+(*)
• Motherhood [2020, Joyful Noise], B+(*)

Billy Nomates

• Billy Nomates [2020, Invada], A–
• Emergency Telephone [2020, Invada, EP], B+(***)
• Cacti [2023, Invada], B+(**)

No-No Boy

• 1942 [2018, No-No Boy], A–
• 1975 [2021, Smithsonian Folkways], A–
• Empire Electric [2023, Smithsonian Folkways], B+(***)

Normani (1996– )

• Dopamine [2024, RCA], B+(**)

Matt North

• Above Ground Fools [2017, self-released], A–
• Bullies in the Backyard [2022, self-released], B+(***)

Nots [2014– ]

• We Are Nots [2014, Goner], A–
• Cosmetic [2016, Goner], A–
• 3 [2019], B+(**)

Nourished by Time

• Erotic Probiotic 2 [2023, Scenic Route], B

Nova Twins [2016– ]

• Nova Twins EP [2016, Robotunes, EP], A–
• Who Are the Girls [2020, 333 Wreckords Crew], A–
• Supernova [2022, 333 Wreckords Crew], A–

Nubiyan Twist

• Jungle Run [2019, Strut], B–
• Freedom Fables [2021, Strut], B
• Find Your Flame [2024, Strut], B+(*)

NZCA Lines [2012– ]

• NCZA/Lines [2012, Loaf], B+(*)
• Pure Luxury [2020, Memphis Industries], B+(*)

Obnox [2011– ]

• Know America [2015, Ever/Never], B+(*)

Sinéad O'Brien

• Time Bend and Break the Bower [2022, Chess Club], B+(***)

Frank Ocean

• Nostalgia, Ultra [2011, mixtape], A–
• Channel Orange [2012, Def Jam], A–
• Blonde [2016, Boys Don't Cry], B+(**)

Off! [2010– ]

• First Four EPs [2010, Vice, EP], A–
• OFF! [2012, Vice, EP], B+(***)
• Wasted Years [2014, Vice], B+(**)
• Free LSD [2022, Fat Possum], B+(**)

Ohmme [2015– ]

• Parts [2018, Joyful Noise], B+(**)

Dave Okumu (1976– )

• Dave Okumu and the Seven Generations: I Came From Love [2023, Transgressive], B+(*)

Joy Oladokun (1992– )

• In Defense of My Own Happiness [2021, Amigo/Verve Forecast/Republic], A–
• Proof of Life [2022, Amigo/Verve Forecast/Republic], A–

Angel Olsen (1987– )

• Burn Your Fire for No Witness [2014, Jagjaguwar], B+(*)
• My Woman [2016, Jagjaguwar], B+(***)
• All Mirrors [2019, Jagjaguwar], B+(*)
• Whole New Mess [2020, Jagjaguwar], B
• Big Time [2022, Jagjaguwar], B+(*)
• Forever Means [2023, Jagjaguwar, EP], B

Omnigone (2019– )

• Against the Rest [2023, Bad Time], B+(*)

One Direction [2012– ]

• Up All Night [2012, Syco/Columbia], B+(*)
• Take Me Home [2012, Syco/Columbia], C+

100 Gecs

• 1000 Gecs [2019, Dog Show, EP], B
• 1000 Gecs and the Tree of Clues [2020, Dog Show], B+(**)
• Snake Eyes [2022, Dog Show/Atlantic, EP], B+(*)
• 10,000 Gecs [2023, Dog Show/Atlantic], B+(*)

Operation ID

• Legs [2011, Table & Chairs], B

Optic Sink

• Optic Sink [2020, Goner], B+(***)

Rita Ora (1990– )

• You and I [2023, BMG], B+(**)

The Orielles [2018– ]

• Disco Volador [2020, Heavenly], B+(*)

Ought [2014– ]

• More Than Any Other Day [2014, Constellation], A–
• Sun Coming Down [2015, Constellation], B+(*)

Palberta [2013– ]

• Palberta 5000 [2021, Wharf Cat], B+(*)

Palehound

• Eye on the Bat [2023, Polyvinyl], B+(**)

Fabiana Palladino

• Fabiana Palladino [2024, Paul Institute/XL], B+(***)

Owen Pallett

• Heartland [2010, Domino], B+(*)

Palma Violets [2013– ]

• 180 [2013, Rough Trade], B+(**)

The Paranoid Style [2013– ]

• The Power of Our Proven System [2013, Misra, EP], B+(***)
• The Purposes of Music in General [2013, Bar/None, EP], A–
• Rock and Roll Just Can't Recall [2015, Worldwide Battle, EP], B+(***)
• Rock and Roll Just Can't Recall + 3 [2015, Bar/None, EP], B+(***)
• Rolling Disclosure [2016, Bar/None], A–
• Underworld USA [2017, Bar/None, EP], B+(***)
• A Goddamn Impossible Way of Life [2019, Bar/None], B+(***)
• For Executive Meeting [2022, Bar/None], A–
• The Interrogator [2024, Bar/None], A–

The Paranoyds

• Talk Talk Talk [2022, Third Man], B+(*)

Pardoner [2016– ]

• Peace Loving People [2023, Bar/None], B+(*)

Arlo Parks (2000– )

• Collapsed Into Sunbeams [2021, Transgressive], A–
• My Soft Machine [2023, Transgressive], A–

Tess Parks (1992– )

• w/Anton Newcombe: I Declare Nothing [2015, A Records], B+(***)
• And Those Who Were Seen Dancing [2022, Fuzz Club], B+(***)

Parquet Courts [2012– ]

• Light Up Gold [2012, What's Your Rupture?], A–
• Parkay Quarts: Tally All the Things You Broke [2013, What's Your Rupture?, EP], B+(***)
• Sunbathing Animal [2014, What's Your Rupture?], A–
• Parkay Quarts: Content Nausea [2014, What's Your Rupture?], A–
• Monastic Living [2015, Rough Trade, EP], B+(**)
• Human Performance [2016, Rough Trade], A–
• Wide Awake! [2018, Rough Trade], A–
• Sympathy for Life [2021, Rough Trade], B+(***)

Part Chimp

• Drool [2021, Wrong Speed], B

Tayla Parx (1993– )

• Coping Mechanisms [2020, Taylamade], B+(*)

Esmé Patterson

• There Will Come Soft Rains [2020, BMG], B+(**)

Jai Paul

• Leak 04–13 (Bait Ones) [2013, XL], B+(**)

Peach Kelli Pop

• Peach Kelli Pop III [2015, Burger, EP], B+(*)

Peaness [2015– ]

• World Full of Worry [2022, Totally Snick], B+(**)

Josh T. Pearson

• Last of the Country Gentlemen [2011, Mute], B

Katy J Pearson

• Sound of the Morning [2022, Heavenly], B+(*)

Hannah Peel (1985– )

• Awake but Always Dreaming [2016, My Own Pleasure], B
• Fir Wave [2021, My Own Pleasure], B+(**)

Peggy Sue [2010– ]

• Acrobats [2011, Yep Roc], B

Greentea Peng (1994– )

• Man Made [2021, AMF], B+(***)

Pennybirdrabbit

• Safer [2013, Big Beat, EP], B+(**)

Perfect Pussy [2013– ]

• I Have Lost All Desire for Feeling [2013, self-released, EP], B
• Say Yes to Love [2014, Captured Tracks], B–

Perfume Genius (1981– )

• Put Your Back N 2 It [2012, Matador], B
• Too Bright [2014, Turnstile], B
• No Shape [2017, Matador], B–
• Set My Heart on Fire Immediately [2020, Matador], B+(*)
• Ugly Season [2022, Matador], B+(*)

Peter Perrett (1952– )

• How the West Was Won [2017, Domino], A–
• Humanworld [2019, Domino], A–

Pest Control

• Don't Test the Pest [2023, Quality Control HQ], B+(*)
• Year of the Pest [2024, Quality Control HQ, EP], B+(***)

Maisie Peters (2000– )

• The Good Witch [2023, Gingerbread Man], B+(**)

Kim Petras (1992– )

• Slut Pop [2022, Republic, EP], A–
• Feed the Beast [2023, Island], B+(*)

Petrol Girls [2014– ]

• Baby [2022, Hassle], B+(**)

Zach Phillips

• The Wine of Youth [2020, self-released], B+(*)
• Goddaughters [2022, self-released], A–

Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs

• Viscerals [2020, Rocket], B

Pinegrove

• Cardinal [2016, Run for Cover], B+(*)
• Marigold [2020, Rough Trade], B+(*)

PinkPantheress (2001– )

• To Hell With It [2021, Parlophone, EP], A–
• Take Me Home [2022, Warner Music, EP], B+(*)
• Heaven Knows [2023, 300 Entertainment], B+(***)

Yunè Pinku

• Bluff [2022, Platoon, EP], B+(**)
• Babylon IX [2023, Platoon, EP], B+(**)

PINS [2013– ]

• Girls Like Us [2013, Bella Union], B+(*)
• Wild Nights [2015, Bella Union], B+(**)

Pixel [2012– ]

• Reminder [2011, Cuneiform], B–
• Golden Years [2015, Cuneiform], B

Pkew Pkew Pkew

• Open Bar [2022, Dine Alone], B+(*)

Planet Z

• Planet Z Featuring Susan Aquila [2011, Blue Chair], B

Plus Sized Dan

• w/Marshall Ruffin: Plus Sized Dan With Marshall Ruffin [2015, self-released, EP], B+(***)

Caroline Polachek (1985– )

• Pang [2019, Columbia], B+(*)
• Desire, I Want to Turn Into You [2023, Perpetual Novice], B+(*)

Pom Poko

• Birthday [2019, Bella Union], B+(*)

Pom Pom Squad [2017– ]

• Death of a Cheerleader [2021, City Slang], B+(**)

Pony [2015– ]

• TV Baby [2021, Take This to Heart], B
• Velveteen [2023, Take This to Heart], B+(*)

Ponykiller

• The Wilderness [2011, Housecore], C+

Poppy (1995– )

• I Disagree [2020, Sumerian], B+(*)
• Flux [2021, Sumerian], B+(***)

Porcelain Raft [2012– ]

• Strange Weekend [2012, Secretly Canadian], B+(**)

Porridge Radio [2015– ]

• Every Bad [2020, Secretly Canadian], B+(*)
• Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder to the Sky [2022, Secretly Canadian], B+(*)

Pottery [2019– ]

• Welcome to Bobby's Motel [2020, PTKF], B+(*)

Pouty

• Forget About Me [2024, Get Better], B+(**)

Power Animal

• Exorcism [2012, Crash Symbols], B+(**)

The Pozniaks [2013– ]

• Pozniak Street [2013, Jamrag], A–

Natalie Prass (1986– )

• Natalie Prass [2015, Spacebomb], B+(*)

Jessica Pratt (1987– )

• Quiet Signs [2019, Mexican Summer], B–
• Here in the Pitch [2024, Mexican Summer], B

Preoccupations [2016– ]

• Preoccupations [2016, Jagjaguwar], B+(*)

Priests

• Bodies and Control and Money and Power [2014, Don Giovanni, EP], B+(*)
• Nothing Feels Natural [2017, Sister Polygon], B+(**)
• The Seduction of Kansas [2019, Sister Polygon], B+(***)

Protomartyr [2014– ]

• Under Color of Official Right [2014, Hardly Art], B+(**)
• The Agent Intellect [2015, Hardly Art], B+(**)
• Relatives in Descent [2017, Domino], B+(***)
• Ultimate Success Today [2020, Domino], B+(**)

PUP

• The Dream Is Over [2016, Side One Dummy], C+
• Morbid Stuff [2019, Rise], B
• This Place Sucks Ass [2020, Rise, EP], B+(*)
• The Unraveling of PUPTheBand [2022, Rise/BMG], B+(**)

Purity Ring

• Shrines [2012, 4AD], B+(*)

Purple Mountains

• Purple Mountains [2019, Drag City], B+(***)

Pussy Riot

• XXX [2016, Nice Life, EP], B+(***)
• Matriarchy Now [2022, Neon Gold, EP], B+(*)

Charlie Puth (1991– )

• Voicenotes [2018, Atlantic], B+(*)
• Charlie [2022, Atlantic], B+(**)

PVRIS [2013– ]

• Use Me [2020, Warner], B

Pylon Reenactment Society

• Magnet Factory [2024, Strolling Bones], B+(***)

Quadron

• Avalanche [2013, Vested in Culture], B+(**)

Francis Quinlan (1986– )

• Likewise [2020, Saddle Creek], B+(*)

Quttinirpaaq

• Dead September [2015, Rural Isolation Project], C+

R. Ring

• War Poems, We Resisted [2023, Don Giovanni], B+(*)

Radical Dads

• Rapid Reality [2013, Uninhabitable Mansions], A–
• Universal Coolers [2015, Old Flame], A–

Rag'n'Bone Man (1985– )

• Human [2017, Columbia], B–

Priya Ragu (1985– )

• Santhosam [2023, Warner], B+(**)

The Rails

• Cancel the Sun [2019, Psychonaut], B+(*)

Billie Rainbird

• Deep Blue [2015, Phantom], B+(*)

Jordan Rakei (1992– )

• What We Call Life [2021, Ninja Tune], B+(*)

Raymond Byron Raposa (1981–2022)

• Raymond Byron: Bond Wire Cur [2021, ESP-Disk], B+(***)

Reneé Rapp (2000– )

• Snow Angel [2023, Interscope], B

Ratboys

• Printer's Devil [2020, Topshelf], B+(*)
• The Window [2023, Topshelf], B+(***)

Nathaniel Rateliff

• Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats [2015, Stax], B+(*)

Shilpa Ray

• Teenage and Torture [2011, Knitting Factory], B–

Raye (1997– )

• My 21st Century Blues [2023, Human Re Sources], B+(**)

The Reds, Pinks and Purples [2019– ]

• Uncommon Weather [2021, Tough Love], B+(*)

Raze Regal

• w/White Denim: Raze Regal and White Denim Inc. [2023, Bella Union], B

The Regrettes [2015– ]

• Feel Your Feelings Fool! [2017, Warner Brothers], B+(**)
• How Do You Love? [2019, Warner Brothers], B+(***)
• Further Joy [2022, Warner], A

Nadia Reid

• Preservation [2017, Basin Rock], B+(*)

Re-TROS

• Before the Applause [2017, Modern Sky Entertainment], A–

Rex Orange County (1998– )

• Pony [2019, RCA], B

Bebe Rexha (1989– )

• Expectations [2018, Warner Brothers], B+(*)

Jessie Reyez (1991– )

• Before Love Came to Kill Us [2020, Island], B+(**)

R5 [2013– ]

• Sometime Last Night [2015, Hollywood], B+(*)

The Ridiculous Trio

• The Ridiculous Trio Plays the Stooges [2020, Modern Harmonic], B+(**)

Chappell Roan (1998– )

• The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess [2023, Amusement/Island], A–

Rocket 808

• Rocker 808 [2019, 12XU], B

Olivia Rodrigo (2003– )

• Sour [2021, Geffen], A–
• Guts [2023, Geffen], A

Maggie Rogers (1994– )

• Heard It in a Past Life [2019, Capitol], B+(**)
• Surrender [2022, Capitol], B+(*)
• Don't Forget Me [2024, Capitol], A–

Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever [2016– ]

• Talk Tight [2015, Sub Pop, EP], A–
• The French Press [2017, Sub Pop, EP], B+(**)
• Hope Downs [2018, Sub Pop], A–
• Sideways to New Italy [2020, Sub Pop], B+(**)
• Endless Rooms [2022, Sub Pop], B

Romy (1989– )

• Mid Air [2023, Young], A–

Roosevelt (1990– )

• Roosevelt [2016, City Slang], B+(*)

Rosali (1982– )

• Bite Down [2024, Merge], B

Caroline Rose (1989– )

• Loner [2018, New West], B
• Superstar [2020, New West], B
• The Art of Forgetting [2023, New West], B+(*)

Frankie Rose (1979– )

• Interstellar [2012, Slumberland], B
• Love as Projection [2023, Slumberland], B

Jimetta Rose

• The Light Bearer [2016, Temporary Whatever], B–

Rose City Band

• Summerlong [2020, Thrill Jockey], B+(*)

Jeff Rosenstock (1982– )

• Worry [2016, Side One Dummy], B+(*)
• Post- [2018, Polyvinyl], B+(*)
• No Dream [2020, Polyvinyl], B
• Ska Dream [2021, Polyvinyl], B+(*)
• Hellmode [2023, Polyvinyl], B+(*)

Daniel Rossen

• You Belong Here [2022, Warp], B–

Royal Baths [2010– ]

• Better Luck Next Life [2012, Kanine], B+(*)

Royal Blood [2014– ]

• Royal Blood [2014, Warner Brothers], B

Royal Headache [2011– ]

• Royal Headache [2011, What's Your Rupture?], B
• High [2015, What's Your Rupture?], B+(*)

Xenia Rubinos

• Black Terry Cat [2016, Anti-], B+(*)

Rüfüs Du Sol [2013– ]

• Solace [2018, Reprise], B+(*)
• Surrender [2021, Rose Avenue/Reprise], B+(**)

Rumer (1979– )

• Nashville Tears: The Songs of Hugh Prestwood [2020, Cooking Vinyl], B+(**)

Allison Russell

• Outside Child [2021, Fantasy], A–
• The Returner [2023, Fantasy], A–

Rust Dust

• Twere but It Were so Simple [2023, Omad], B+(**)

RVG [2016– ]

• Brain Worms [2023, Ivy League/Fire], B+(**)

Bill Ryder-Jones

• Iechyd Da [2024, Domino], A–

Sabina (1975– )

• Toujours [2014, Bar/None], B+(**)

Sad13

• Slugger [2016, Carpark], B+(*)
• Haunted Painting [2020, Wax Nine], B+(*)

St. Paul and the Broken Bones [2014– ]

• Half the City [2014, Single Lock], B+(*)

L.A. Salami

• Dancing With Bad Grammar [2016, PIAS America], B+(*)

Salem [2010– ]

• King Night [2010, IAmSound], B

Samia

• Honey [2023, Grand Jury], B+(*)

Sampha (1988– )

• Process [2017, Young Turks], B+(*)
• Lahai [2023, Young], B+(*)

John K. Samson (1973– )

• Provincial [2012, Epitaph], B+(***)
• Winter Wheat [2016, Anti-], B+(*)

Sasami (1990– )

• Sasami [2019, Domino], B+(*)
• Squeeze [2022, Domino], B+(**)

Sault [2019– ]

• 5 [2019, Forever Living Originals], A–
• 7 [2019, Forever Living Originals], A–
• Untitled (Black Is) [2020, Forever Living Originals], B+(***)
• Untitled (Rise) [2020, Forever Living Originals], B+(***)
• Nine [2021, Forever Living Originals], B+(***)
• Air [2022, Forever Living Originals], B
• 11 [2022, Forever Living Originals], B+(*)
• AIIR [2022, Forever Living Originals], B
• Earth [2022, Forever Living Originals], B+(*)
• Today and Tomorrow [2022, Forever Living Originals], B+(*)
• Untitled (God) [2022, Forever Living Originals], B
• Acts of Faith [2024, Forever Living Originals], B+(*)

Andrew Savage (1986– )

• A. Savage: Thawing Down [2017, Dull Tools], B+(*)
• A. Savage: Several Songs About Fire [2023, Rough Trade], B+(**)
• The Loft Sessions [2024, Rough Trade, EP], B+(*)

Anna B Savage

• A Common Turn [2021, City Slang], B

Savages [2012– ]

• Silence Yourself [2013, Matador], B+(*)
• Adore Life [2016, Matador], B+(***)

Rina Sawayama (1990– )

• Rina [2017, self-released, EP], B–
• Sawayama [2020, Dirty Hit], B–
• Hold the Girl [2022, Dirty Hit], B+(**)

Say She She

• Silver [2023, Colemine], B+(***)

Scalping

• Void [2022, Houndstooth], B+(**)

Bill Scorzari

• Just the Same [2015, self-released], B+(*)
• Through These Waves [2016, self-released], A–
• Now I'm Free [2019, self-released], A–
• The Crosswinds of Kansas [2022, self-released], A–

Penelope Scott

• Public Void [2020, Tesla's Pigeon, EP], A–
• Hazards [2021, Many Hats, EP], B+(*)

Scrunchies [2018– ]

• Feral Coast [2022, Dirtnap], B+(***)

Seablite

• Lemon Lights [2023, Mt. St. Mtn.], B+(*)

2nd Grade

• Hit to Hit [2020, Double Double Whammy], B+(**)

Secret Cities [2010– ]

• Pink Graffiti [2010, Western Vinyl], B+(*)

Self Esteem

• Prioritise Pleasure [2021, Fiction], B+(**)

Derek Senn

• The Technological Breakthrough [2014, self-released], B+(**)
• Avuncular [2016, self-released], B+(***)
• How Could a Man [2019, self-released], B+(***)
• The Big Five-O [2022, self-released], B+(**)

Serpentwithfeet (1988– )

• Deacon [2021, Secretly Canadian], B+(*)

Sevdaliza (1987– )

• Shabrang [2020, Twisted Elegance], B+(**)
• Raving Dahlia [2022, Twisted Elegance, EP], B+(*)

75 Dollar Bill

• Olives in the Ears [2014, self-released], B+(***)
• Wooden Bag [2015, Other Music], B+(***)
• Wood / Metal / Plastic / Pattern / Rhythm / Rock [2013–2015, Thin Wrist], A–
• 75 Dollar Bill Little Big Band: Roulette, March 27, 2017 [2017, self-released], B+(**)
• Live Ateliers Claus [2016–2019, self-released], B+(**)
• I Was Real [2019, Thin Wrist], A–
• Live at Cafe Oto Dec. 19, 2019 [2019, self-released], A–
• Little Big Band Live at Tubby's [2020, self-released], B+(***)
• Power Failures [2018, self-released], B+(**)
• w/Barry Weisblat: Social Music at Troost Vol. 1 [2017, self-released], B+(***)
• w/David Watson: Social Music at Troost Vol. 2 [2017, self-released], B+(*)
• Social Music at Troost Vol. 3: (Other) People's Music [2015–2017, self-released], A–
• Singularity 06: Anchor Dragging Behind [2023, The State51 Conspiracy, EP], B+(***)

79rs Gang

• Fire on the Bayou [2015, Sinking City/Urban Unrest], A–
• Expect the Unexpected [2020, Sinking City], B+(***)

Seinabo Sey (1990– )

• Pretend [2015, Virgin], B+(*)

Nadine Shah (1986– )

• Holiday Destination [2017, 1965], B+(*)
• Kitchen Sink [2020, Infectious Music], B+(**)
• Filthy Underneath [2024, EMI North], B+(*)

Shalom

• Sublimation [2023, Saddle Creek], B+(***)

Shame

• Songs of Praise [2018, Dead Oceans], B
• Drunk Tank Pink [2021, Dead Oceans], B+(***)

Shamir (1994– )

• Northtown [2014, God Mode, EP], B+(*)
• Ratchet [2015, XL], A–
• Shamir [2020, self-released], B
• Heterosexuality [2022, AntiFragile], B+(*)

Shannon Shaw

• Shannon in Nashville [2018, Easy Eye Sound/Nonesuch], B+(***)

Sheer Mag [2014– ]

• II 7" [2015, Wilsuns RC/Katorga Works, EP], B
• III 7" [2016, Wilsuns RC/Static Shock, EP], B+(*)
• Compilation [2014–2016, Wilsuns RC], B+(***)
• Need to Feel Your Love [2017, Static Shock], B+(**)
• A Distant Call [2019, Wilsuns], B+(**)
• Playing Favorites [2024, Third Man], B+(**)

Ed Sheeran (1991– )

• + [2011, Atlantic], B
• X [2014, Atlantic], B+(**)
• No. 6 Collaborations Project [2019, Atlantic], B+(**)

Chris Shifflet (1971– )

• All Hat and No Cattle [2013, Side One Dummy, EP], B+(**)

Shinyribs [2010– ]

• I Got Your Medicine [2016, Mustard Lid], B+(*)

Shitkid (1992– )

• ShitKid [2016, PNKSLM, EP], B–
• EP2 [2017, PNKSLM, EP], B
• Fish [2017, PNKSLM], B+(*)
• [Detention] [2019, PNKSLM], B+(*)

Sarah Shook (1985– )

• Sarah Shook & the Disarmers: Sidelong [2015, Bloodshot], B+(***)
• Sarah Shook & the Disarmers: Years [2018, Bloodshot], B+(*)
• Sarah Shook & the Disarmers: On Audiotree Live [2018, Audiotree, EP], B+(*)
• Sarah Shook & the Disarmers: Nightroamer [2022, Abeyance], B+(**)
• Sarah Shook & the Disarmers: Revelations [2024, Abeyance], B+(**)

Shopping

• Consumer Complaints [2014, FatCat], B+(***)
• Why Choose [2015, FatCat], A–
• The Official Body [2018, FatCat], A–
• All or Nothing [2020, FatCat], A–

Shopping

• Urge Surfing [2015, self-released], B+(*)
• Gizzard Shingles [2015, self-released], B

Shovels and Rope [2012– ]

• O' Be Joyful [2012, Dualtone], B+(*)

Shura (1991– )

• Nothing's Real [2016, Polydor], B+(**)

Shygirl (1993– )