Metacritic Aggregate: 2024 New Music
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Ranking
- Waxahatchee: Tigers Blood (Anti-) {68}: AD:*, Al:*, AV:+, BB:+, BPM:*, BV:+, Cl:*, CM:+, CS:++, DIY:*, DW:+, Ex:*++, G:*+, GTV:*, HV:+, I:*, LBF:*, Mj:30*, MO:*, NME:*+, NT:*+, P:*+, Pf:*+, RS:*+, Sg:++, Sk:*, Sl:*+, Sp:*, SpL:**, T:*, Tr:+, U:10*, Up:+, XCI:**, XJS:+; am:*, xco:+, xjdc:*, xsp:*, ysp:* -- A:86/30, MT:A-, RX:A-, TH:***
- Adrianne Lenker: Bright Future (4AD) {64}: AV:+, BPM:*, BV:+, Cl:*, CM:+, Cos:+, D:*, DIY:*, DW:+, Ex:*++, FO:*, I:*, LBF:*, Mj:35*, MO:*, Ne:*, NME:*, NT:*+, P:*+, Pf:*+, PO:+, RC:*, RS:*+, Sg:+, Sk:*, Sl:*+, SLi:*+, Sp:*, Spk:*, SpL:**, U:6*, Up:+, UR:*, XCI:**, XJS:+; am:*, xco:+, xjdc:*, xsp:* -- A:86/27, MT:A+, RX:A, TH:***
- Beyoncé: Cowboy Carter (Parkwood/Columbia) {62}: AD:*, Al:*, AV:+, BB:+, BPM:*, Cl:*, Cos:+, CS:++, DW:+, Ev:*, Ex:*, G:*, HDX:*, I:*, IT:*, MO:*, Ne:*+, NME:*+, NR:*, NT:*, O:*, Pf:*+, PO:+, RS:*+, SC:*+, Sg:+, Sl:*+, SSt:+, T:*, Up:+, V:+, XCI:**, XJS:+; am:*, cmp:++, odb:*, ti:+, xco:+, xjdc:*, xsp:*, ysp:* -- A:87/24, MT:A, RX:A, TH:**
- Billie Eilish: Hit Me Hard and Soft (Interscope) {62}: 45:*, AD:*, AV:+, BB:+, BV:+, Cl:*, Cos:+, CS:+, D:*, DIY:*, Ev:*, Ex:*, FO:*, G:*+, HV:+, I:*, LBF:*, MO:*, NME:*+, O:*, P:*, RS:*+, Sl:*+, SLi:*, SpL:**, T:*, U:64, Up:+, V:+, XCI:**, XJS:+; cmp:++, e:+, ti:+, xco:+, xjdc:*, xsp:*, ysp:* -- A:86/23, RC:A, MT:***, RX:A, TH:A-
- Vampire Weekend: Only God Was Above Us (Columbia) {58}: BB:+, BPM:*, BV:+, Cl:*, Cos:+, D:*, DIY:*, DW:+, Ex:*, FO:*, GTV:*, HV:+, I:*, IT:*, Mj:*, MO:*, Ne:*+, NME:*, NT:*+, O:*, P:*, Pf:*+, PM:*+, RC:*, RS:*+, SC:*, Sg:++, Sk:*, Sl:+, Sp:*, Spk:*, SpL:**, U:66*, Up:+, UR:*, XCI:**, XJS:+; am:*, xco:+, xjdc:*, xsp:* -- A:86/31, MT:A-, RX:A-, TH:**
- Kim Gordon: The Collective (Matador) {54}: BV:+, ClR:*, CM:+, DIY:*, DW:+, Ex:*++, FO:*, LBF:*, Mj:10*, MO:*, Ne:*+, NME:*+, NT:*+, Ov:*, P:*+, Pf:*+, PM:*+, Qt:+, RC:*, RS:+, SC:*, Sg:+, Sk:*, SLi:*+, SpL:*, Tr+, U:30*, XCI:*, XJS:+; am:*, bl:6, vu:+, xco:+, xjdc:*, xsp:* -- A:81/23, RX:A-, TH:A-
- The Smile: Wall of Eyes (XL) {53}: AD:*, BPM:*, BV:+, Cl:*, ClR:*, CS:++, D:*, DIY:*, DW:+, Ev:*, FO:*, G:*+, I:*, IT:*, LW:*+, Mj:13*, MO:*, Ne:*, NME:*, NT:*+, O:*, Ov:*, P:*, Pf:*+, PM:*+, RC:*, RS:*+, RSUK:*, SC:*, Sk:*, Sl:*, SLi:*, Sp:*, T:*, Tr:+, U:7*, UCR:+, UR:*; am:*, vu:+, xco:+ -- A:86/40, TH:B
- Charli XCX: Brat (Atlantic) {51}: 45:*, AV:*+, BB:+, BPM:*, BV:+, Cl:*, Cos:+, D:*, DIY:*, Ex:*, G:*+, I:*, IT:*, LBF:*, MO:*, Ne:*+, NME:*+, NT:+, P:*+, Pf:*, PM:+, Qt:+, RS:*+, Sk:*, Sl:*+, SLi:*+, Spk:*, SSt:+, T:*, U:59, V:+, XCI:**; am:*, ra:*, xco:+, xjdc:* -- A:89/26, RX:B+, TH:***
- Beth Gibbons: Lives Outgrown (Domino) {48}: AD:*, BV:+, Ex:*, FO:*, G:*+, GTV:*, IT:*, LQ:*, Mj:3*, MO:*, Ne:*+, NME:*, NT:+, O:*, P:*+, Pf:*, PM:+, Qt:+, RC:*, SC:*+, Sg:+, Sk:*, Sl:*+, Sp:*, SSt:+, Tr:+, U:3*, UR:*; am:*, ra:*, xco:+ -- A:86/24, TH:A-
- Hurray for the Riff Raff: The Past Is Still Alive (Nonesuch) {46}: BPM:*, BV:+, Cl:*, Ev:*, Ex:*, GTV:*, IT:*, LBF:*, Mj:*, MO:*, O:*, P:*+, Pf:*+, PM:*, PO:+, RC:*, RS:*+, Sg:+, Sk:*, Sl:*, Sl:+, Sp:*, SpL:**, U:20*, XCI:**, XJS:+; am:*, xco:+, xjdc:*, xsp:*, ysp:* -- A:86/21, MT:A, TH:A-
- Mdou Moctar: Funeral for Justice (Matador) {46}: CS:++, Ex:*++, FO:*, G:+, HV:+, LBF:*, Mj:22*, MO:*, NME:*, NT:*, O:*, P:+, Pf:*+, PM:*+, PO:+, Qt:+, RC:*, RS:*+, S:*, SC:*, Sl:+, SLi:+, Sp:*, Tr:+, U:14*, UR:*; am:*, e:+, ti:+, xco:+, xjdc:*, xsp:*, ysp:* -- A:88/19, MT:***, TH:***
- Mannequin Pussy: I Got Heaven (Epitaph) {44}: BB:+, BPM:*, BV:+, CS:++, D:*, DIY:*, DW:+, Ex:++, FO:*, K:*, LQ:*, MO:*, NR:*, NT:*+, P:*+, Pf:*+, PM:*+, PO:+, RS:*+, S:*, Sg:++, Sk:*, Sl:*+, SLi:*, Sp:*, Tr:+, Up:+, UR:*, XCI:*; am:*, xco:+, xjdc:*, xsp:* -- A:86/22, TH:**
- Yard Act: Where's My Utopia? (Island) {43}: AD:*, Cl:*, CM:+, D:*, DIY:*, DW:+, FO:*, LBF:*, LQ:*, Mj:*, MO:*, NME:*, NT:*+, O:*, Ov:*, P:*, PM:+, RC:*, RSUK:*, Sk:*, SLi:*+, T:*, Tr:+, U:*, UR:*, XCI:**, XJS:+; am:*, xjdc:*, xsp:* -- A:83/26, MT:A-, RX:A-, TH:**
- Fontaines D.C.: Romance (XL) {39}: AD:*, BPM:*, Cl:*, D:*, DIY:*, Ex:*, FO:*, GTV:*, I:*, IT:*, LBF:*, LQ:*, Mj:7*, MO:*, NME:*, NT:*, O:*, Ov:*, P:*, PM:*, RC:*, RS:*, RSUK:*, S:*.Sk:*, Sp:*, Spk:*, U:13*, UR:*, XSN:*; am:*, xco:+ -- A:89/34, TH:**
- The Last Dinner Party: Prelude to Ecstasy (Island) {39}: 45:*, AD:*, BB:+, Cl:*, Cos:+, D:*, DIY:*, Ex:*, FO:*, G:*+, GTV:*, I:*, IT:*, LBF:*, Mj:46, MO:*, Ne:*+, NME:*, NR:*, NT:*+, P:*, RC:*, RS:*+, RSUK:*, Sk:*, SLi:*+, Sp:*, Spk:*, T:*, UR:*; am:*, xco:+, ysp:* -- A:85/34, TH:*
- Maggie Rogers: Don't Forget Me (Capitol) {39}: 45:*, AD:*, AV:+, BB:+, Cl:*, D:*, DIY:*, DW:+, Ex:*, I:*, LBF:*, MO:*, NME:*, NT:*, P:*, PM:*, RC:*, RS:+, S:*, Sk:*, Sl:*, Sp:*, Up:+, XCI:**, XJS:+; am:*, xco:+, xjdc:*, xsp:*, ysp:* -- A:80/23, MT:A-, TH:A-
- St. Vincent: All Born Screaming (Virgin) {39}: AD:*, AV:*+, BB:+, BPM:*, BV:+, Cl:*, D:*, DIY:*, Ex:+, G:*+, GTV:*, I:*, LBF:*, LW:*+, Mj:25*, MO:*, NME:*, NT:*+, O:*, P:*, RS:*+, Sk:*, Sl:*+, T:*, U:*, UR:*, XCI:*; am:*, e:+, xco:+ -- A:84/33, TH:**
- Jessica Pratt: Here in the Pitch (Mexican Summer) {37}: AV:+, BPM:*, BV:+, Cl:*, Ex:+, FO:*, G:*, GB:++, GTV:*, LBF:*, Mj:36*, NT:*+, P:*+, Pf:*+, RS:+, S:*, SC:*, Sg:++, Sl:+, Sp:*, Spk:*, Tr:+, U:5*, Up:+, UR:*, V:*; am:* -- A:87/18, TH:B
- Tierra Whack: World Wide Whack (Interscope) {37}: AV:+, BV:+, Cl:*, CS:++, D:*, DW:+, G:+, HDX:*, LBF:*, NME:*, O:*, PO:+, RS:*+, Sg:+, Sk:*, Sl:*, SpL:*, Up:+, Up_h:+, XCI:**, XJS:+; am:*, e:+, ti:+, xjdc:*, xsp:* -- A:78/16, RX:A-, TH:A-
- MJ Lenderman: Manning Fireworks (Anti-) {35}: Cl:*, D:*, Ex:*, FO:*, IT:*, LBF:*, Mj:54*, MO:*, NME:*, NT:*, O:*, P:*, Pf:*, PM:*, RC:*, RS:*, Sk:*, Sl:*, Spk:*, U:8*, UR:*, XCI:**; xjdc:* -- A:85/21, RX:A-, TH:***
- Tyla: Tyla (Epic) {34}: 45:*, AV:+, BB:+, Cl:*, Cos:+, CS:+, G:+, GB:++, HDX:*, HV:+, LBF:*, NME:*+, Pf:*+, Qt:+, RS:*+, SpL:**, Up:+, V:+; am:*, cmp:+, odb:*, ra:*, xsp:*, ysp:* -- A:81/9, BT:B+, TH:**
- Brittany Howard: What Now (Island) {32}: AD:*, Cl:*, DIY:*, G:+, GTV:*, HV:+, LBF:*, LQ:*, Mj:40*, MO:*, Ne:*, NME:*+, O:*, P:*, Pf:*+, RC:*, RS:+, SC:+, Sl:+, Spk:*, SSt:+, Tr:+, U:35*; am:*, vu:+, ysp:* -- A:81/21, TH:**
- Idles: Tangk (Partisan) {32}: BB:+, Cl:*, ClR:*, D:*, DIY:*, Ev:*, G:*, GTV:*, IT:*, K:*, LBF:*, LW:*+, Mj:51*, NME:*, NT:*, O:*, RC:*, RS:*+, RSUK:*, Sk:*, SLi:*, Sp:*, U:61*, UR:*, V:+, XSN:* -- A:78/37, RX:*, TH:**
- The Cure: Songs of a Lost World (Fiction) {31}: AD:*, AV:*, BPM:*, Cl:*, ClR:*, FO:*, G:*, GTV:*, I:*, IT:*, LBF:*, LW:*, Mj:31*, MO:*, NME:*, NT:*, O:*, P:*, RS:*, Sk:*, Sp:*, Sl:*, Spk:*, T:*, U:69*, UR:*, XSN:*; am:* -- A:91/29, TH:*
- English Teacher: This Could Be Texas (Island) {31}: 45:*, BPM:*, CS:+, D:*, DIY:*, FO:*, GTV:*, I:*, LBF:*, LQ:*, Mj:15*, MO:*, NME:+, NT:*+, Ov:*, RC:*, RSUK:*, SC:*+, Sk:*, T:*, U:27*; ti:+, xco:+ -- A:87/27, TH:***
- Kali Uchis: Orquídeas (Geffen) {31}: AV:+, BB:+, Cl:*, Ev:*, G:*, HV:+, LBF:*, NME:*+, O:*, P:*+, Pf:*+, PM:*+, RS:+, Sk:*, Sl:+, SSt:+, U:77Up:+, V:+; am:*, cmp:+, ti:+, xsp:* -- A:80/15, MT:B-, TH:A-
- Cindy Lee: Diamond Jubilee (Realistik Studios) {30}: AV:+, BB:+, BPM:*, BV:+, CS:++, Ex:++, G:+, GB:++, HV:+, Ne:*+, NT:*+, P:*+, Pf:*+, RS:+, Sg:++, Sl:+, SLi:*+, U:9 -- A:87/7, TH:*
- Arooj Aftab: Night Reign (Verve) {29}: BPM:*, BV:+, CS:+, FO:*, G:*, IT:*, Mj:39*, Ne:*, NT:*, Pf:*, PM:*+, Qt:+, RS:*+, S:*, Sl:+, Spk:*, U:4*; am:*, ysp:* -- A:86/14, TH:***
- Sleater-Kinney: Little Rope (Loma Vista) {29}: Cl:*, D:*, DIY:*, DW:+, Ev:*, FO:*, K:*, LQ:*, Mj:*+, MO:*, NME:*, PM:*, RC:*, RS:+, T:*, UR:*, XCI:*, XJS:+; am:*, e:+, xjdc:*, xsp:*, ysp:* -- A:77/27, MT:B+, RX:B+, TH:B
- Vince Staples: Dark Times (Def Jam/Blacksmith) {29}: AV:+, BB:+, BV:+, BV_r:+, Cl:*, CS:+, BPM:*, Ex:*, HG:+, HV:+, LBF:*, Ne:*+, P:+, RS:+, Sl:*, Sg:+, SSt:+, T:*, Up:+, Up_h:+, XCI:**; cmp:++, vu:+, xjdc:* -- A:81/8, TH:***
- Julia Holter: Something in the Room She Moves (Domino) {28}: AD:*, BPM:*, Ex:*, FO:*, LBF:*, LQ:*, Mj:68*, MO:*, Ne:*, NT:*, P:*, Pf:*+, Qt:+, RC:*, SC:*, Sg:+, Sk:*, SLi:*+, Sp:*, U:12*; am:*, ra:* -- A:81/23, TH:*
- Bill Ryder-Jones: Iechyd Da (Domino) {28}: Cl:*, DIY:*, FO:*, G:*, GTV:*, LBF:*, LW:*+, Mj:5*, MO:*, NME:*+, Qt:+, RC:*, Sk:*, Sp:*, Spk:*, U:16; am:* -- A:88/17, TH:A-
- Taylor Swift: The Tortured Poets Department (Republic) {28}: Al:*, BB:+, Cl:*, Cos:+, G:*, I:*, IT:*, LBF:*, O:*, PM:*+, RS:*+, T:*, U:68, UR:*, V:+, XCI:*; e:+, ysp:* -- A:71/28, RC:*, MT:**, RX:*, TH:A-
- Jamie XX: In Waves (Young) {28}: AD:*, BPM:*, Cl:*, D:*, DIY:*, Ev:*, Ex:*, G:*, IT:*, LBF:*, Mj:*, MO:*, NME:*, NT:*, PM:*, SC:*, StL:*, T:*, U:*, XCI:**; am:*, xjdc:* -- A:82/25, TH:A-
- Nia Archives: Silence Is Loud (Hijinxx/Island) {27}: AD:*, Cl:*, D:*, DIY:*, Ex:+, G:*+, LW:*+, Ne:*, NME:*, RSUK:*, Sg:+, XCI:**; am:*, ra:*, xjdc:*, xsp:* -- A:80/17, MT:A, TH:A-
- Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds: Wild God (PIAS) {27}: AD:*, Cl:*, ClR:*, Ex:*, G:*, I:*, IT:*, LBF:*, Mj:2*, MO:*, NME:*, O:*, NT:*, SC:*, Sk:*, T:*, U:1*; xco:+ -- A:86/19
- ScHoolboy Q: Blue Lips (Interscope) {26}: BB:+, BV:+, BV_r:+, Cl:*, CS:+, Ex:++, HDX:*, HG:+, HV:+, Pf:*+, Qt:+, RS:*+, Sl:+, Spk:*, SSt:+, Up:+, Up_h:+; am:*, cmp:++, vu:+, xjdc:* -- A:81/8, TH:*
- Ariana Grande: Eternal Sunshine (Republic) {24}: 45:*, BB:+, Cl:*, Cos:+, D:*, Ev:*, G:*, MO:*, NME:*+, O:*, PM:*+, RS:*+, T:*, Up:+, V:+; am:*, e:+, cmp:+, xsp:* -- A:76/22, TH:**
- Cassandra Jenkins: My Light, My Destroyer (Dead Oceans) {24}: BPM:*, Cl:*, G:*, LBF:*, LQ:*, Mj:14*, MO:*, NT:*, P:*, Pf:*, PM:*, RC:*, SC:*, Sk:*, Sl:*, Spk:*, U:11*, UR:*; am:*, xco:+ -- A:85/21
- Kacey Musgraves: Deeper Well (MCA Nashville) {24}: Al:*, BB:+, Cos:+, CS:++, D:*, I:*, IT:*, MO:*, P:*, PM:*+, Sp:*, Spk:*, T:*, U:*, V:+; ysp:* -- A:77/23, MT:**, TH:A-
- Pet Shop Boys: Nonetheless (Parlophone) {24}: AD:*, Al:*, Cl:*, D:*, GTV:*, I:*, LBF:*, Mj:32*, MO:*, NME:*, O:*, Qt:+, RC:*, T:*; am:*, xjdc:* -- A:81/15, MT:B+, TH:A-
- Shabaka: Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace (Impulse!) {24}: AD:*, Al:*, BV:+, G:+, LBF:*, LW:*+, Mj:12*, NT:*, O:*, Pf:*+, S:*, Sk:*, SSt:+, U:18*; am:*, vu:+ -- A:79/14, TH:**
- Jlin: Akoma (Planet Mu) {23}: Ex:*, Pf:*+, PM:*+, PO:+, Qt:+, Sk:*, SpL:**, Tr:+, U:57*; am:*, bl:5, ra:* -- A:79/9, MT:***, TH:***
- Sprints: Letter to Self (City Slang) {23}: Cl:*, ClR:*, D:*, DIY:*, GTV:*, IT:*, LBF:*, LQ:*, Mj:*, NME:*+, NT:*+, PM:*+, Sg:+, U:*, UR:*; ti:+ -- A:84/19, TH:A-
- Bob Vylan: Humble as the Sun (Ghost Theatre) {23}: Cl:*, ClR:*, DIY:*, GTV:*, K:*, LW:*+, MO:*, NME:*, PO:+, Sk:*, SLi:+, Sp:*, XCI:*; xjdc:* -- A:84/12, MT:A-, TH:A-
- Kamasi Washington: Fearless Movement (Young) {23}: Cl:*, G:+, LBF:*, Mj:44*, NME:*, NT:*+, O:*, PM:*+, RC:*, S:*, Sk:*, Sp:*, Spk:*, SSt:+, U:62, UR:*; am:* -- A:82/20, TH:***
- Les Amazones d'Afrique: Musow Danse (Real World) {22}: AD:*, DW:+, GTV:*, HV:+, Mj:*, PM:*+, RS:*+, U:*, XCI:**; xjdc:*, xsp:*, ysp:* -- A:78/9, RX:A-, TH:***
- Laura Marling: Patterns in Repeat (Partisan) {22}: BPM:*, Cl:*, DIY:*, FO:*, G:*, I:*, IT:*, LBF:*, LQ:*, Mj:41*, MO:*, Ne:*, P:*, Pf:*, RC:*, T:*, U:45*, UR:*; xjdc:* -- A:87/19, TH:**
- The Paranoid Style: The Interrogator (Bar/None) {22}: DW:+, SpL:**, XCI:**, XJS:+; xsp:*, ysp:* -- MT:A, RX:A, TH:A-
- Nadine Shah: Filthy Underneath (EMI North) {22}: AD:*, Cl:*, D:*, DIY:*, Ev:*, FO:*, IT:*, LBF:*, LQ:*, Mj:56*, MO:*, NME:*, NT:*, O:*, Ov:*, Qt:+, RC:*, Sk:*, U:60*; am:* -- A:84/22, TH:*
- Rosie Tucker: Utopia Now! (Sentimental) {22}: DW:+, P:+, RS:+, Sg:+, SpL:**, XCI:**, XJS:+; xjdc:*, xsp:* -- MT:A-, RX:A-, TH:***
- Gillian Welch/David Rawlings: Woodland (Acony) {22}: IT:*, Mj:4*, O:*, P:*, Pf:*, PM:*, RC:*, RS:*, U:2*; am:*, xjdc:* -- A:82/11, TH:***
- Amyl and the Sniffers: Cartoon Darkness (B2B/Virgin) {21}: AD:*, Cl:*, D:*, FO:*, G:*, K:*, LBF:*, LW:*, Mj:34*, MO:*, Ov:*, P:*, Sp:*, XSN:*; am:*, xjdc:* -- A:82/20, TH:A-
- Dua Lipa: Radical Optimism (Warner) {21}: 45:*, BB:+, Cos:+, D:*, I:*, IT:*, MO:*, O:*, PM:*+, Sl:*, T:*, Up:+; xjdc:*, xsp:*, ysp:* -- A:70/25, MT:*, TH:A-
- Faye Webster: Underdressed at the Symphony (Secretly Canadian) {21}: AV:+, Cos:+, CS:+, Ev:*, Ex:*, FO:*, LBF:*, Mj:*, MO:*, NT:*, O:*, RC:*, RS:*+, S:*, Sl:*, Sp:*, U:*, Up:+; am:* -- A:79/22, TH:*
- Jack White: No Name (Third Man) {21}: Al:*, Cl:*, FO:*, G:*, LBF:*, Mj:*, MO:*, Ne:*, NME:*, NT:*, P:*, RS:*, Spk:*, U:15*, UR:*; am:*, xjdc:* -- A:85/18, TH:**
- Heems & Lapgan: Lafandar (Veena Sounds) {20}: BV_r:+, DW:+, HDX:*, HG:+, PO:+, Sg:+, SpL:*, XCI:**; xjdc:*, xsp:* -- A:78/2, RX:A-, TH:A
- The Lemon Twigs: A Dream Is All We Know (Captured Tracks) {20}: AV:+, ClR:*, D:*, DIY:*, FO:*, G:+, LW:+, Mj:8*, Ne:*, NME:*, NT:+, RC:*, SC:*, SLi:+, U:*, T:*; ysp:* -- A:79/18
- Leyla McCalla: Sun Without the Heat (Anti-) {20}: Mj:38*, O:*, PM:*, S:*, SLi:*, U:80*, XCI:**; xsp:*, ysp:* -- A:84/6, MT:A-, TH:A-
- Swamp Dogg: Blackgrass: From West Virginia to 125th St (Oh Boy) {20}: DW:+, Mj:*, PM:*, PO:+, U:*, XCI:*, XJS:+; am:*, ysp:* -- A:81/5, MT:***, RX:A-, TH:***
- Chelsea Wolfe: She Reaches Out to She Reaches Out to She (Loma Vista) {20}: Cl:*, CS:+, D:*, Ex:*, K:*, LBF:*, LQ:*, MO:*, Ne:*+, P:*+, Qt:+, RC:*, Sk:*, Spk:*, Tr:+; am:* -- A:82/23, TH:**
- Beabadoobee: This Is How Tomorrow Moves (Dirty Hit) {19}: AD:*, Cl:*, I:*, IT:*, K:*, LBF:*, MO:*, NME:*, O:*, P:*, PM:*, RS:*, Spk:*, T:*, XCI:*; am:* -- A:77/25, TH:A-
- Chief Keef: Almighty So 2 (43B) {19}: AV:+, G:+, HV:+, Pf:*+, RS:*+, Sg:+, Sl:+, SpL:*, Up:+, Up_h:+; am:*, cmp:++, vu:+ -- A:79/4, TH:***
- Madi Diaz: Weird Faith (Anti-) {19}: 45:*, DIY:*, Ex:*, GTV:*, NT:*, P:*, Sg:+, U:*, XCI:*; am:* -- A:79/13, MT:A, TH:A-
- Fox Green: Light Darkness (self-released) {19}: CM:+, PO:+, SpL:**, XCI:**, XJS:+ -- MT:A-, RX:A-, TH:A-
- Hinds: Viva Hinds (Lucky Number) {19}: D:*, DIY:*, LBF:*, Mj:*, MO:*, NT:*, RS:*, Sk:*, StL:*, U:*, UR:*, XCI:**; am:*, xjdc:* -- A:80/15, TH:A-
- Mach-Hommy: #Richaxxhaitian (Mach-Hommy) {19}: BV:+, BV_r:+, CM:+, GB:++, HG:+, Ne:*, Pf:*, SSt:+; cmp:+, odb:*, vu:+, xjdc:* -- A:80/2, MT:A-, TH:***
- Carly Pearce: Hummingbird (Big Machine) {19}: BB:+, XCL:**, XJS:+; am:*, xjdc:*, xsp:*, ysp:* -- A:80/1, MT:A-, RX:A, TH:***
- Pearl Jam: Dark Matter (Republic) {19}: AD:*, BB:+, Cl:*, ClR:*, I:*, IT:*, K:*, LW:*, Mj:*, MO:*, NME:*, RS:*+, S:*, Sp:*, T:*, U:*, UCR:+; am:* -- A:82/25
- John Cale: POPtical Illusion (Domino) {18}: AD:*, FO:*, G:*, LBF:*, LQ:*, Mj:28*, MO:*, RC:*, RS:*, S:*, StL:*, U:21*; am:* -- A:82/18, TH:***
- Clairo: Charm (self-released) {18}: BPM:*, Cl:*, D:*, DIY:*, G:*, LBF:*, NME:*, NT:*, P:*, PM:*, RS:*, Sl:*, StL:*; am:*, xjdc:* -- A:81/19, TH:***
- Future Islands: People Who Aren't There Anymore (4AD) {18}: Cl:*, CS:+, DIY:*, Ex:*, G:*+, LQ:*, MO:*, Ne:*, NT:*, P:*, PM:*+, SC:*, Sk:*, Sp:*, UR:* -- A:75/24, TH:*
- Marika Hackman: Big Sigh (Chrysalis) {18}: Cl:*, D:*, DIY:*, FO:*, GTV:*, IT:*, LBF:*, LQ:*, Mj:*, MO:*, NME:*, NT:*, O:*, Sp:*, U:*; am:* -- A:79/24, TH:**
- MGMT: Loss of Life (Mom+Pop) {18}: D:*, DIY:*, G:*, GTV:*, LBF:*, Mj:*, MO:*, Ne:*+, NME:*, RC:*, SC:*+, Sg:+, Sk:*, Sl:*, U:*, UR:*, XSN:* -- A:77/29
- Sheer Mag: Playing Favorites (Third Man) {18}: DIY:*, DW:+, Ex:*, G:*+, LQ:*, Mj:*, P:*, S:*, Sl:*, Tr:+, U:*, XCI:**; am:*, xsp:* -- A:79/15, TH:**
- Shellac: To All Trains (Touch and Go) {18}: Cl:*, CS:+, Ex:+, FO:*, K:*, LW:*, Pf:*, Qt:+, S:*, SC:*, Sg:+, Spk:*, U:37; am:*, ti:+, xjdc:* -- A:85/9, MT:**
- Nilüfer Yanya: My Method Actor (Ninja Tune) {18}: D:*, DIY:*, Ex:*, GTV:*, LBF:*, MO:*, NME:*, NT:*, Pf:*, Sk:*, StL:*, U:55*, UR:*; am:* -- A:83/14, TH:***
- Rachel Chinouriri: What a Devastating Turn of Events (Elektra) {17}: Cl:*, Cos:+, D:*, DIY:*, G:+, LBF:*, NME:*+, O:*, P:+, RS:+, Sk:*, T:*, V:+ -- A:82/10, TH:***
- Ducks Ltd.: Harm's Way (Carpark) {17}: Ex:*++, NR:*, NT:*+, P:*+, Sp:*, UR:*; am:* -- A:77/12, MT:A-, TH:**
- Four Tet: Three (Text) {17}: BV:+, Cl:*, Ex:*+, HV:+, Sg:++, Tr:+; ra:*, xjdc:* -- A:73/8, MT:**, RX:**, TH:***
- Helado Negro: Phasor (4AD) {17}: AD:*, BPM:*, BV:+, Ex:*, FO:*, LQ:*, Mj:*, NT:*, O:*, Pf:*+, Qt:+, RS:+, U:*; am:* -- A:81/14, TH:**
- Johnny Blue Skies [aka Sturgill Simpson]: Passage Du Desir (High Top Mountain) {17}: BPM:*, Mj:57*, O:*, P:*, Pf:*, RS:*, Sl:*, Spk:*, U:17*; am:*, bv_c:+, scm:* -- A:85/10, TH:**
- Judas Priest: Invincible Shield (Columbia) {17}: Blb:*, ClR:*, Db:4, DiS:*, K:*, MH:*, MI:*, MO:*, Qt:+, RC:*, Sp:*, Spk:*, UCR:+; am:* -- A:83/14
- Charles Lloyd: The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow (Blue Note) {17}: AAJ:+, G:*, LW:*+, Mj:29*, S:*, Sp:*, U:46*; am:*, tms_j:+, ysp:* -- A:93/7, TH:A-
- Willie Nelson: The Border (Legacy) {17}: AD:*, BB:+, Mj:*, MO:*, SC:*, U:33*, XCI:**; xjdc:* -- A:79/6, RX:***, TH:A-
- Laurie Anderson: Amelia (Nonesuch) {16}: AD:*, Cl:*, PM:*, RC:*, S:*, SC:*, U:72* -- A:78/12, RX:A-, TH:A-
- Yaya Bey: Ten Fold (Big Dada) {16}: Cl:*, DW:+, LBF:*, Mj:*, MO:*, O:*, Pf:*+, Qt:+, S:*, SSt:+; am:*, odb:* -- A:85/8, MT:C+, TH:***
- Claire Rousay: Sentiment (Thrill Jockey) {16}: Cl:*, FO:*, LQ:*, O:*, P:*+, PM:*+, RS:+, SC:*, Sg:+, Sk:*, RS:*, U:*; vu:+ -- A:80/13, TH:*
- Jane Weaver: Love in Constant Spectacle (Fire) {16}: AD:*, Ex:*, LBF:*, LW:+, Mj:9*, MO:*, PM:*+, Qt:+, RC:*, U:*; am:*, ti:+ -- A:80/10
- Conchúr White: Swirling Violets (Bella Union) {16}: Cl:*, GTV:*, IT:*, Mj:1*, RC:*, SC:*, Sp:*, U:* -- A:82/8, TH:***
- Blood Incantation: Absolute Elsewhere (Century Media) {15}: AMG:*, Cl:*, Db:2, DiS:*, K:*, MH:*, MI:*, Ne:*, NT:*, Pf:*, U:*; am:* -- A:86/11
- Elbow: Audio Vertigo (Polydor) {15}: AD:*, Cl:*, ClR:*, G:*, IT:*, Mj:*, MO:*, NT:*, PM:*+, RC:*, Sp:*, U:*, UR:*; ysp:* -- A:84/18, TH:B
- Empress Of: For Your Consideration (Major Arcana/Giant) {15}: AV:+, Cl:*, D:*, DIY:*, Pf:*+, Sk:*, Sl:*+, Up:+, V:+; xjdc:*, xsp:* -- A:84/7, TH:**
- Floating Points: Cascade (Ninja Tune) {15}: FO:*, LBF:*, Mj:63*, MO:*, Ne:*, O:*, Pf:*, U:*; am:*, xjdc:* -- A:82/11, TH:A-
- Khruangbin: A La Sala (Dead Oceans) {15}: AD:*, AS:*, Cl:*, Ex:*, FO:*, Mj:66, MO:*, NME:*, NT:*, O:*, Ov:*, S:*, Sk:*, Up:+, V:+; ysp:* -- A:74/23
- Knocked Loose: You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To (Pure Noise) {15}: BV:+, CS:+, DiS:*, G:*+, K:*, MH:*, MI:*, MSuk:*, Ne:*+, Pf:*, Sk:*, Sp:*, Up:+ -- A:88/13
- The Libertines: All Quiet on the Eastern Esplanada (Casablanca/Republic) {15}: AD:*, Cl:*, ClR:*, DiS:*, FO:*, I:*, Mj:*, NME:*, RSUK:*, SLi:*, XCI:*, XSN:*; xjdc:* -- A:74/21, RX:**, TH:B
- Mk.gee: Two Star & the Dream Police (R&R Digital) {15}: BB:+, Cl:*, GB:++, LBF:*, RS:*+, Sg:++, SSt:+, Up:+; cmp:+, vu:+ -- A:76/5, TH:**
- Megan Moroney: Am I Okay? (Columbia Nashville) {15}: XCI:**, XJS:+; xjdc:* -- MT:A-, RX:A-, TH:***
- Rosali: Bite Down (Merge) {15}: AV:+, BV:+, Ex:+, LBF:*, Mj:*, P:*+, PM:*, SC:*, Sg:+, U:34*, XCI:*; am:*, xjdc:* -- A:81/10, TH:B
- Soccer Mommy: Evergreen (Loma Vista) {15}: Cl:*, D:*, DIY:*, K:*, LBF:*, Mj:*, NT:*, PM:*, RC:*, RS:*, Sk:*, Sp:*, U:*, XSN:*; xjdc:* -- A:80/21
- Chat Pile: Cool World (The Flenser) {14}: Blb:*, BPM:*, Db:27, DiS:*, Ex:*, K:*, LBF:*, MH:*, MI:*, MSuk:*, Ne:*, NT:*, PM:*, Spk:* -- A:83/17
- AG Cook: Britpop (New Alias) {14}: Cl:*, D:*, DIY:*, Ex:+, LBF:*, NME:*+, Sg:+, Sk:*, Sl:*+; vu:+ -- A:87/9, TH:**
- Ezra Collective: Dance, No One's Watching (Partisan) {14}: AD:*, Cl:*, D:*, FO:*, I:*, Mj:33*, MO:*, NME:*, O:*, RC:*, T:*, U:*; am:* -- A:84/13
- Liquid Mike: Paul Bunyan's Slingshot (self-released) {14}: CS:+, HV:+, NT:*, P:*, RS:*+, S:*, Sg:+, SpL:*, Tr:+, XCI:*; xjdc:* -- A:81/5, TH:**
- Old 97's: American Primitive (ATO) {14}: RS:*, XCI:**, XJS:+; am:*, xjdc:*, xsp:* -- A:73/4, MT:**, RX:A-, TH:*
- Gruff Rhys: Sadness Sets Me Free (Rough Trade) {14}: AD:*, FO:*, IT:*, LW:*, Mj:21*, MO:*, O:*, NT:*, RC:*, Spk:*, U:*; am:*, ysp:* -- A:81/14, TH:B
- Still House Plants: If I Don't Make It, I Love U (Bison) {14}: DW:+, Ex:*+, G:*+, HV:+, Mj:*, Pf:*, Qt:+, Sk:*, U:49; bl:4, xjdc:* -- A:86/6, MT:B-, TH:B-
- Sabrina Carpenter: Short n' Sweet (Island) {13}: I*, NME:*, Pf:*, RS:*, Sl:*, SpL:**, T:*, XCI:**, XJS:+; xjdc:* -- A:69/18, TH:***
- Ekko Astral: Pink Balloons (Topshelf) {13}: BV:+, NT:*, P:*+, Pf:*, SC:*+, Sg:+, XCI:** -- A:83/4, TH:***
- David Gilmour: Luck and Strange (Sony) {13}: FO:*, I:*, IT:*, Mj:18*, MO:*, RC:*, Sp:*, T:*, U:48*; am:* -- A:81/12
- Halsey: The Great Impersonator (Columbia) {13}: AD:*, BPM:*, Cl:*, D:*, K:*, NME:*, PM:*, RS:*; am:* -- A:72/16, TH:A-
- Mary Halvorson: Cloudward (Nonesuch) {13}: AAJ:+, CM:+, G:*, Mj:*, PM:*, Qt:+, Sg:+, Tr:+, U:*; am:*, ysp:* -- A:81/7, TH:**
- Hermanos Gutiérrez: Sonido Cósmico (Easy Eye Sound) {13}: Cl:*, Mj:62*, PM:*+, SC:*, U:*, V:+; am:* -- A:82/6, TH:A-
- The Jesus and Mary Chain: Glasgow Eyes (Fuzz Club) {13}: AD:*, ClR:*, LW:+, Mj:47*, RC:*, Sp:*, U:63*, UR:*, XSN:* -- A:75/22, TH:**
- Fabiana Palladino: Fabiana Palladino (Paul Institute/XL) {13}: AD:*, G:*+, GB:++, LBF:*, MO:*, Sg:+, Tr:+; am:* -- A:82/7, TH:***
- Madeleine Peyroux: Let's Walk (Just One Recording/Thirty Tigers) {13}: Mj:*, MO:*, RC:*, SC:*, U:*; am:*, ysp:* -- A:81/6, RX:***, TH:***
- Amy Rigby: Hang in There With Me (Tapete) {13}: LW:*, Mj:*, RC:*, U:*, XJS:+; am:* -- A:84/5, RX:***, TH:A-
- Shakira: Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran (Sony Music Latin) {13}: BB:+, Cl:*, NME:*, O:*, RS:*+, SpL:**, V:+; am:* -- A:72/8, TH:***
- Nala Sinephro: Endlessness (Warp) {13}: BPM:*, G:*, O:*, Pf:*, Sk:*, StL:*, U:25*; am:*, bp:9 -- A:82/10, TH:***
- Chris Smither: All About the Bones (Signature Sounds) {13}: XCI:**, XJS:+; xjdc:*, ysp:* -- RX:A-, TH:A-
- Alan Sparhawk: White Roses, My God (Sub Pop) {13}: AD:*, Cl:*, Ex:*, Mj:*, O:*, Pf:*, RC:*, SC:*, Sl:*, NT:*, U:22*, UR:* -- A:81/15
- Thou: Umbilical (Sacred Bones) {13}: AMG:*, BV:+, DiS:*, G:*+, K:*, LW:*+, MH:*, MI:*, Qt:+, Spk:*, Tr:+ -- A:85/10
- Kathryn Williams & Withered Hand: Willson Williams (One Little Independent) {13}: SpL:*, XCI:**, XJS:+; xjdc:* -- MT:B+, RX:A-, TH:*
- 1010Benja: Ten Total (Three Six Zero) {12}: Pf:*+; vu:+, xsp:* -- A:86/1, MT:A-, TH:A-
- Thomas Anderson: Hello, I'm From the Future (Out There) {12}: SpL:**, XJS:+; xsp:* -- RX:A-, TH:A-
- Arab Strap: I'm Totally Fine With It 👍 Don't Give a Fuck Anymore 👍 (Rock Action) {12}: Cl:*, IT:*, LW:*, Mj:*, MO:*, NR:*, PM:*, Qt:+, RC:*, U:70*, UR:* -- A:81/14
- DIIV: Frog in Boiling Water (Fantasy) {12}: Cl:*, DIY:*, FO:*, NT:*+, S:*, Sg:+, U:*, Up:+, UR:*; am:* -- A:77/17, TH:*
- Grandaddy: Blu Wav (Dangerbird) {12}: G:*, Mj:*, MO:*, NT:*, Pf:*+, RC:*, SC:*, Sk:*, U:40*, UR:*; xjdc:* -- A:76/16, TH:B
- John Grant: The Art of the Lie (Bella Union) {12}: AD:*, Cl:*, DIY:*, IT:*, LBF:*, Mj:11*, O:*, RC:*, U:*; am:* -- A:83/11
- Geordie Greep: The New Sound (Rough Trade) {12}: D:*, DIY:*, FO:*, LQ:*, MO:*, Ne:*, NT:*, RC:*, Sl:*, Spk:*, StL:*, U:* -- A:83/17
- High on Fire: Cometh the Storm (MNRK) {12}: BV:+, CS:++, Db:34, DiS:*, DW:+, K:*, MI:*, MH:*, MSuk:*, Ne:*, SpL:* -- A:77/11
- Kaytranada: Timeless (RCA) {12}: Cl:*, Cos:+, Ex:*, NME:*, O:*, RS:+, S:*, SSt:+; ra:* -- A:78/7, TH:***
- Kneecap: Fine Art (Heavenly) {12}: AD:*, DIY:*, IT:*, Mj:*, NME:*+, Sk:*, XCI:* -- A:83/10, TH:A-
- The Messthetics/James Brandon Lewis: The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis (Impulse!) {12}: CM:+, LW:*, Mj:*, S:*, Tr:+, XCI:*; xjdc:*, ysp:* -- A:81/5, RX:**, TH:***
- Moor Mother: The Great Bailout (Anti-) {12}: BPM:*, Ex:*, Mj:*, Ne:*+, NT:*, P:*, SC:*, Tr:+, U:*; am:*, ra:* -- A:81/12, TH:*
- Ngwaka Son Systeme: Iboto Ngenge (Eck Echo) {12}: SpL:**, XCI:**; ysp:* -- MT:A-, TH:***
- Peter Perrett: The Cleansing (Domino) {12}: AD:*, ClR:*, G:*, Mj:19*, O:*, RC:*, U:19*; am:* -- A:82/8
- Pissed Jeans: Half Divorced (Sub Pop) {12}: AV:+, ClR:*, DiS:*, DW:+, K:*, MH:*, Mj:*, MO:*, Tr:+, U:*, XCI:*; xsp:* -- A:75/15, TH:*
- Bolis Popul: Letter to Yu (Deewee) {12}: AD:*, MO:*, NT:*, O:*, Pf:*+, PM:*; am:*, ra:* -- A:77/11, TH:***
- Rapsody: Please Don't Cry (Jamla/Roc Nation) {12}: BV_r:+, Cl:*, HG:+, Pf:*, SSt:+, Up:+, Up_h:+; cmp:+, odb:*, xjdc:* -- A:74/3, TH:**
- Tems: Born in the Wild (RCA) {12}: BB:+, Cl:*, I:*, NME:*+, O:*, RS:*+, S:*, SSt:+, V:+; am:* -- A:84/8
- Allie X: Girl With No Face (Twin Music) {11}: AV:+, BV:+, Cos:+, DIY:*, LBF:*, NT:*, SC:+; am:* -- A:79/10, TH:***
- The Black Crowes: Happiness Bastards (Silver Arrow) {11}: Al:*, ClR:*, Mj:43*, RC:*, RS:*+, Sp:*, U:*, UCR:+; am:* -- A:79/12
- Zach Bryan: The Great American Bar Scene (Belting Bronco/Warner) {11}: Ne:*, RS:*, XCI:**; bv_c:+, scm:* -- A:72/6, MT:B+, TH:**
- Willi Carlisle: Critterland (Signature Sounds) {11}: PM:*, Sg:+, Sl:*+, XCI:**; bv_c:+, xjdc:*, ysp:* -- A:82/3, TH:**
- The Chisel: What a Fucking Nightmare (Pure Noise) {11}: AV:+, Blb:*, ClR:*, DiS:*, DW:+, K:*, Ne:*, Sg:+, U:*; xjdc:* -- A:73/7, TH:*
- Dirty Three: Love Changes Everything (Drag City) {11}: Mj:26, MO:*, NT:*, O:*, Pf:*, PM:*, RC:*, SC:*, U:38*; am:* -- A:78/12
- Amaro Freitas: Y'Y (Psychic Hotline) {11}: Cl:*, G:*, Mj:*, Pf:*, PO:+, SpL:**, U:*; am:* -- A:84/6, TH:**
- Liam Gallagher/John Squire: Liam Gallagher/John Squire (Parlophone) {11}: ClR:*, Ev:*, LW:+, Mj:*+, O:*, NME:*, T:*, XSN:*; am:*, e:+ -- A:66/21
- The Hard Quartet: The Hard Quartet (Matador) {11}: Cl:*, ClR:*, G:*, LBF:*, Mj:69*, NT:*, RC:*, U:*; xjdc:* -- A:77/15, TH:*
- Richard Hawley: In This City They Call You Love (BMG) {11}: AD:*, Cl:*, FO:*, LW:+, Mj:52*, MO:*, NME:*, RC:*, U:*, XSN:* -- A:79/10
- Ice Spice: Y2K! (10K/Capitol/Dolo) {11}: I:*, O:*, XCI:*; xjdc:* -- A:61/16, MT:A-, TH:***
- Vijay Iyer: Compassion (ECM) {11}: G:*, IT:*, Pf:*, PM:*, SC:*; am:*, wrti:+, ysp:* -- A:82/6, TH:***
- The Jesus Lizard: Rack (Ipecac) {11}: Cl:*, ClR:*, CM:+, DiS:*, FO:*, Mj:*, O:*, PM:*, RC:*, SC:*, UR:* -- A:83/11
- Katy Kirby: Blue Raspberry (Anti-) {11}: BPM:*, D:*, LBF:*, Mj:*, NT:*, O:*, P:*, Spk:*, U:*; am:* -- A:77/16, TH:**
- Les Savy Fav: Oui, LSF (Frenchkiss) {11}: ClR:*, D:*, DIY:*, Mj:*, O:*, RC:*, Sk:*, XCI:** -- A:76/12, TH:**
- LL Cool J: The Force (Def Jam) {11}: AD:*, AV:*, Mj:*, XCI:**; am:*, xjdc:* -- A:75/7, TH:A-
- Magdalena Bay: Imaginal Disk (Mom + Pop) {11}: LBF:*, Ne:*, NME:*, NT:*, P:*, Sl:*, UR:*; am:*, xco:+ -- A:83/11, TH:**
- Kali Malone: All Life Long (Ideologic Organ) {11}: G:*, LQ:*, Mj:*, O:*, Pf:*+, Qt:+, Sk:*, U:*; ra:* -- A:79/9, TH:*
- Roc Marciano: Marciology (Marci Enterprises) {11}: BV:+, BV_r:+, HDX:*, Pf:*, Qt:+, RS:*+, SSt:+, Tr:+; odb:* -- A:80/3, TH:*
- Metz: Up on Gravity Hill (Sub Pop/Dine Alone) {11}: Cl:*, DIY:*, Ex:*, FO:*, NT:*+, PM:*+, Qt:+, Tr:+; am:* -- A:80/9
- Ride: Interplay (Wichita) {11}: AD:*, Cl:*, FO:*, Mj:*, MO:*, O:*, RC:*, U:*, UR:*, XSN:* -- A:78/17, TH:*
- Remi Wolf: Big Ideas (Island) {11}: Cl:*, C:*, D:*, DIY:*, Ex:*, Ne:*, NME:*, NT:*, S:*, SC:*; am:* -- A:82/15
- Oren Ambarchi/Johan Berthling/Andreas Werlin: Ghosted II (Drag City) {10}: CM:+, Mj:59*, Qt:+, S:*, U:50* -- A:80/4, TH:***
- Naima Bock: Below a Massive Dark Land (Sub Pop) {10}: Cl:*, FO:*, LBF:*, Mj:58*, NT:*, RC:*, StL:*, U:*; am:* -- A:83/9
- Camera Obscura: Look to the East, Look to the West (Merge) {10}: FO:*, GTV:*, MO:*, Pf:*, RC:*, Sp:*, U:*, UR:*; am:*, ysp:* -- A:80/14
- Eminem: The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce) (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope) {10}: HG:+, T:*, XCI:** -- A:50/15, MT:A-, TH:**
- Everything Everything: Mountainhead (BMG) {10}: AD:*, D:*, DIY:*, LBF:*, MO:*, NT:*, RC:*, Sp:*, Spk:*, UR:* -- A:79/13
- Sierra Ferrell: Trail of Flowers (Rounder) {10}: S:*, V:+; am:*, bv_c:+, e:+, xco:+, ysp:* -- A:79/3, TH:***
- Mabe Fratti: Sentir Que No Sabes (Unheard of Hope) {10}: BPM:*, Ex:*, FO:*G:*, LQ:*, Mj:*, Pf:*, Sk:*, U:31* -- A:87/10
- Nubya Garcia: Odyssey (Concord Jazz) {10}: Al:*, Cl:*, FO:*, IT:*, LBF:*, Mj:45*, O:*, Pf:*, U:* -- A:82/11, TH:B
- Gossip: Real Power (Columbia) {10}: D:*, DIY:*, Mj:*, MO:*, NME:*, RC:*, T:*, XSN:* -- A:74/16, TH:**
- Laura Jane Grace: Hole in My Head (Polyvinyl) {10}: D:*, DiS:*, DIY:*, FO:*, K:*; am:*, ysp:* -- A:76/10, TH:***
- Hovvdy: Hovvdy (Arts & Crafts) {10}: CS:+, Ex:*, LBF:*, NT:*, P:*, Pf:*+, S:*, Up:+; am:* -- A:82/8, TH:*
- James Brandon Lewis Quartet: Transfiguration (Intakt) {10}: CM:+, IT:*, O:*, PM:*+; ysp:* -- TH:A-
- Lime Garden: One More Thing (So Young) {10}: 45:*, D:*, DIY:*, FO:*, GTV:*, Mj:*, NME:*, Ov:*, SLi:*+ -- A:81/13
- Linkin Park: From Zero (Machine Shop/Warner) {10}: AD:*, Blb:*, D:*, G:*, I:*, K:*, MH:*, MI:*, MO:*, T:* -- A:75/16
- MIKE & Tony Seltzer: Pinball (10k) {10}: CS:+, Ex:+, P:+, Pf:*, Qt:+, Sl:+, Tr:+, Up_h:+; cmp:+ -- A:80/1, TH:*
- John Moreland: Visitor (Old Omens/Thirty Tigers) {10}: AD:*, PM:*+, RC:*, U:*; bv_c:+, ysp:* -- A:85/4, TH:***
- Mount Kimbie: The Sunset Violent (Warp) {10}: C:*, Cl:*, LBF:*, LQ:*, MO:*, NT:*, Ov:*, P:*, SC:+; ra:* -- A:79/13
- Porridge Radio: Clouds in the Sky They Will Always Be There for Me (Secretly Canadian) {10}: D:*, DIY:*, G:*, LBF:*, Mj:*, NME:*, Pf:*, Sk:*, U:*; am;* -- A:80/13
- Vera Sola: Peacemarker (Spectraphonic/City Slang) {10}: Cl:*, FO:*, LBF:*, LQ:*, Mj:*, O:*; am:*, ysp:* -- A:77/10, TH:**
- Tindersticks: Soft Tissue (Lucky Dog/City Slang) {10}: ClR:*, G:*, Mj:73*, MO:*, RC:*, SC:*, U:65*; am:* -- A:79/10
- Tyler, the Creator: Chromakopia (Columbia) {10}: AV:*, Cl:*, CS:*, D:*, G:*, HDX:*, LBF:*, Ne:*, O:*P:*, RS:* -- A:82/16
- Morgan Wade: Obsessed (Ladylike/RCA Nashville) {10}: XCI:*, XJS:+ -- RX:A-, TH:A-
- Paul Weller: 66 (Polydor) {10}: ClR:*, G:*, Mj:17*, RC:*, T:*, U:41*; am:* -- A:76/12
- Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Fu##in' Up (Reprise) {10}: ClR:*, Mj:*, P:*, PM:*, Sl:*, U:*; xjdc:* -- A:78/9, TH:***
- Adeem the Artist: Anniversary (Four Quarters) {9}: PO:+, SC:*+; am:*, bv_c:+, xjdc:*, ysp:* -- A:77/4, TH:**
- Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore: TexiCali (Yep Roc) {9}: Mj:*, SC:*, U:74*; xjdc:* -- A:78/4, TH:A-
- Bat for Lashes: The Dream of Delphi (AWAL) {9}: Cl:*, FO:*, GTV:*, IT:*, Mj:*, MO:*, NME:*, Sk:*, XSN:* -- A:73/17
- Big Special: Postindustrial Hometown Blues (So) {9}: Cl:*, D:*, DIY:*, LBF:*, LW:*+, Mj:*, NME:*, U:* -- A:85/10
- Carsie Blanton: After the Revolution (self-released) {9}: XCI:**; xjdc:*, xsp:* -- MT:**, TH:***
- Blue Bendy: So Medieval (The State 51 Conspiracy) {9}: Cl:*, D:*, DIY:*, LBF:*, NME:*, Ov:*, Pf:*, SLi:*, U:* -- A:83/9
- Erika de Casier: Still (4AD) {9}: AV:+, C:*, CS:+, Ex:+, GB:+, Sg:++, Sl:*, Tr:+ -- A:70/8
- A Certain Ratio: It All Comes Down to This (Mute) {9}: AD:*, FO:*, G:*, Mj:*, MO:*, Qt:*, RC:* -- A:78/10, TH:**
- Chastity Belt: Live Laugh Love (Suicide Squeeze) {9}: D:*, DIY:*, Mj:*, MO:*, P:*, Tr:+, UR:*, XSN:*; am;* -- A:74/14, MT:B-
- Gary Clark Jr: JPEG RAW (Warner) {9}: ClR:*, Mj:*, RS:*+, S:*, Sp:*, SSt:+, U:*; ysp:* -- A:82/7, TH:B-
- Cloud Nothings: Final Summer (Pure Noise) {9}: FO:*, HV:+, NR:*, NT:+, PM:*+, Tr:+; am:*, xjdc:* -- A:74/11
- Crypt Sermon: The Stygian Rose (Dark Descent) {9}: AMG:*, Db:1, DiS:*, MI:*, S:* -- A:85/5
- Kim Deal: Nobody Loves You More (4AD) {9}: ClR:*, Mj:6*, RC:*, U:42* -- A:88/4
- Fat Dog: Woof. (Domino) {9}: Cl:*, D:*, DIY:*, LBF:*, NME:*, NT:*, Sk:*, StL:*; am:* -- A:73/22
- Fat White Family: Forgiveness Is Yours (Domino) {9}: Cl:*, FO:*, LW:*+, NME:*, Qt:+, RC:*, Sl:*, SLi:* -- A:75/13
- Fred Again . .: Ten Days (Atlantic) {9}: Cl:*, D:*, NME:* -- A:68/10, RX:A-, TH:**
- Future & Metro Boomin: We Don't Trust You (Epic/Freebandz/Republic Boominati Worldwide) {9}: BB:+, Sg:++, Up:+, Up_h:+; cmp:++ -- A:62/6, TH:**
- Girl in Red: I'm Doing It Again Baby! (Columbia) {9}: D:*, DIY:*, RS:*+, XCI:**; xsp:* -- A:71/11, TH:**
- Ibibio Sound Machine: Pull the Rope (Merge) {9}: FO:*, PM:*+, U:*; am:*, ysp:* -- A:78/5, MT:*, TH:**
- Ihsahn: Ihsahn (Candlelilght) {9}: AMG:*, Blb:*, DiS:*, K:*, MH:*, MI:*, MSuk:*, RC:*, SC:* -- A:85/9
- Inter Arma: New Heaven (Relapse) {9}: AMG:*, Db:9, MI:*, MH:*, MSuk:*, Qt:+, Tr:+ -- A:80/4
- Kings of Leon: Can We Please Have Fun (LoveTap/Capitol) {9}: ClR:*, I:*, MO:*, RC:, RS:*+, Sp:*, U:*, UCR:+; am:* -- A:72/17
- Miranda Lambert: Postcards From Texas (Republic Nashville) {9}: NME:*, XCI:**, XJS:+; xjdc:* -- A:75/3, TH:A-
- Los Campesinos!: All Hell (Heart Swells) {9}: BPM:*, Cl:*, D:*, DIY:*, Ex:*, Pf:*, SC:*, Sk:*, Spk:* -- A:85/10
- Eliza McLamb: Going Through It (Royal Mountain) {9}: Ex:*, NT:*, PM:*+, UR:*, XCI:* -- A:81/5, TH:***
- David Murray Quartet: Francesca (Intakt) {9}: ysp:* -- RX:A-, TH:A-
- Kate Nash: 9 Sad Symphonies (Kill Rock Stars) {9}: XCI:* -- MT:B-, XG:***, TH:A
- O.: WeirdOs (Speedy Wunderground) {9}: Cl:*, DIY:*, FO:*, LQ:*, Mj:*, NME:*, XCI:*; am:* -- A:80/9, TH:*
- Katy J Pearson: Someday, Now (Heavenly) {9}: Cl:*, DIY:*, FO:*, Mj:*, MO:*, Ov:*, RC:*, Sk:*, U:* -- A:83/10
- Porij: Teething (Play It Again Sam) {9}: Cl:*, D:*, DIY:*, LBF:*, NME:*, RC:*, T:* -- A:75/8, TH:**
- Katie Pruitt: Mantras (Rounder) {9}: HV:+, XCI:**; ysp:* -- MT:***, TH:**
- Joel Ross: Nublues (Blue Note) {9}: AAJ:+, CM:+; tms_j:+, wrti:+, ysp:* -- TH:A-
- Ty Segall: Three Bells (Drag City) {9}: HV:+, LW:*, Mj:*, NT:*, P:*, Sk:*, SLi:*, Tr:+, U:* -- A:76/15
- Squarepusher: Dostrotime (Warp) {9}: AD:*, U:*; am:*, bl:1 -- A:78/4, TH:***
- Mary Timony: Untame the Tiger (Merge) {9}: DIY:*, PM:*, S:*, SC:+, Sl:*+, U:*; am:*, ysp:* -- A:76/14, TH:B
- Torres: What an Enormous Room (Merge) {9}: Cl:*, LBF:*, MO:*, PM:*+, RC:*, SC:*, Sl:*; am:* -- A:73/20
- Uniform: American Standard (Sacred Bones) {9}: BPM:*, DiS:*, LW:*, MH:*, Ne:*, NT:*, S:*, SC:*, Sl:* -- A:87/11
- Zawose Queens: Maisha (Real World) {9}: Mj:*, PM:*+, XCI:* -- A:73/4, MT:A
- Tucker Zimmerman: Dance of Love (4AD) {9}: Mj:*, NT:*, U:*; am:*, xjdc:* -- A:82/6, TH:A-
- 200 Stab Wounds: Manual Manic Procedures (Metal Blade) {8}: Blb:*, Db:13, DiS:*, K:*, MH:*, MI:*, UR:* -- A:83/7
- Africatown, AL: Ancestor Sounds (Free Dirt) {8}: -- MT:***, RX:***, TH:**
- Anycia: Princess Pop That (United Masters) {8}: DW:+, RS:+, Up_h:+; cmp:++ -- TH:***
- Bad Moves: Wearing Out the Refrain (Don Giovanni) {8}: xjdc:* -- RX:A-, TH:***
- Jazmin Bean: Traumatic Livelihood (Island) {8}: 45:*, DIY:*, K:*, NME:*, SLi:*+ -- A:82/5, TH:**
- Big Brave: A Chaos of Flowers (Thrill Jockey) {8}: CS:++, Ex:*+, Qt:+, Spk:*, Tr:+, U:* -- A:81/8
- The Black Keys: Ohio Players (Nonesuch) {8}: Blb:*, ClR:*, I:*, Mj:*, RS:*+, U:*, UCR:+ -- A:71/17
- Bodega: Our Brand Could Be Yr Life (Chrysalis) {8}: ClR:*, D:*, DIY:*, FO:*, GTV:*, LBF:*, XSN:*; am:* -- A:76/16
- Patricia Brennan Septet: Breaking Stretch (Pyroclastic) {8}: CM:+, PO:+, SpL:** -- TH:A-
- Leon Bridges: Leon (Columbia) {8}: Cl:*, DIY:*, FO:*, Mj:*, O:*, RC:*, U:*; am:* -- A:81/10
- Bring Me the Horizon: Post Human: Nex Gen (Sony) {8}: Cl:*, D:*, DiS:*, G:*+, K:*, NME:*, RSUK:* -- AA:77/9
- Cavalier: Different Type Time (Backwoodz Studioz) {8}: HG:+, Pf:*+, RS:+, SSt:+; odb:* -- A:75/2, TH:**
- Manu Chao: Viva Tu (Because Music) {8}: Mj:*, PM:*, U:*, XCI:* -- A:78/4, TH:A-
- Common & Pete Rock: The Auditorium Vol. I (Loma Vista) {8}: Al:*, Cl:*, HG:+, Mj:37* -- A:80/5, TH:***
- Guy Davis: The Legend of Sugarbelly (M.C.) {8}: xjdc:* -- RX:A-, TH:***
- Dehd: Poetry (Fat Possum) {8}: AV:+, Ex:*, G:*+, NT:*, PM:*+; am:* -- A:76/9
- Bruce Dickinson: The Mandrake Project (BMG) {8}: Blb:*, ClR:*, DiS:*, K:*:MH:*, MI:*, RC:*, UCR:+ -- A:77/12
- Doechii: Alligator Bites Never Heal (Top Dawg/Capitol) {8}: NME:*, RS:*, SpL:**, XCI:*; xjdc:* -- A:77/3, TH:**
- Eels: Being Dead (Bayonet) {8}: FO:*, LBF:*, NT:*, P:*, Pf:*, PM:*, UR:*; am:* -- A:85/8
- RAP Ferreira & Fumitake Tamura: The First Fist to Make Contact When We Dap (Ruby Yacht) {8}: HG:+; odb:* -- RX:***, TH:***
- Friko: Where We've Been, Where We Go From Here (ATO) {8}: AV:+, NR:*, NT:*+, P:*+, S:*; am:* -- A:84/7
- Future & Metro Boomin: We Still Don't Trust You (Epic/Freebandz/Republic/Boominati Worldwide) {8}: Sg:++, Up:+, Up_h:+; cmp:++ -- TH:**
- Gatecreeper: Dark Superstition (Nuclear Blast) {8}: BV:+, Cl:*, Db:7, Ex:*, K:*, Spk:* -- A:81/6
- Myriam Gendron: Mayday (Thrill Jockey) {8}: Ex:+, Mj:*, S:*, Sg:+, U:36* -- A:82/6, TH:**
- Margaret Glaspy: The Sun Doesn't Think (ATO -EP) {8}: SpL:**, XCI:**; xjdc:* -- TH:***
- Gouge Away: Deep Sage (Deathwish) {8}: BV:+, Cl:*, FO:*, PM:*+, Sg:++, TR:+ -- A:77/5
- Hannah Frances: Keeper of the Shepherd (Ruination) {8}: P:+, Pf:*+, PM:*+, Sp:*, U:* -- A:86/4, TH:*
- Home Counties: Exactly as It Seems (Submarine Cat) {8}: D:*, DIY:*, LBF:*, Ov:*, Sk:*, XCI:*; xjdc:* -- A:81/7, TH:*
- Illuminati Hotties: Power (Hopeless) {8}: D:*, Ex:*, O:*, RS:*, SC:*; am:* -- A:74/12, TH:**
- Justice: Hyperdrama (Because Music) {8}: BB:+, MO:*, NME:*, Sk:*, U:*, Up:+, V:+; ra:* -- A:68/20
- King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard: Flight b741 (P(doom)) {8}: DIY:*, G:*, Mj:72*, RC:*, Sp:*, StL:*, UR:* -- A:75/13
- Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets: Indoor Safari (Yep Roc) {8}: ClR:*, Mj:48*, RC:*, U:73*; am:* -- A:80/6, TH:*
- Lucy Rose: This Ain't the Way You Go Out (Communion) {8}: Cl:*, DIY:*, I:*, LBF:*, Mj:*, MO:*, NME:*; am:* -- A:80/10, TH:*
- Lupe Fiasco: Samurai (1st and 15th Too) {8}: HG:+, XCI:*; xjdc:* -- RX:***, TH:**
- Mercury Rev: Born Horses (Bella Union/Believe Music) {8}: AD:*, LW:*, Mj:24*, MO:*, O:*, RC:*; am:* -- A:76/11
- Kelly Moran: Moves in the Field (Warp) {8}: Cl:*, LQ:*, O:*, PM:*; am:* -- A:83/6, TH:***
- NewDad: Madra (Fair Youth/Atlantic) {8}: Cl:*, D:*, GTV:*, NME:*+, RC:*, SLi:*, U:* -- A:73/12
- Omni: Souvenir (Sub Pop) {8}: FO:*, LQ:*, Mj:*, MO:*, NT:*, PM:*, U:*; am:* -- A:75/14
- Peggy Gou: I Hear You (XL) {8}: BB:+, Ex:*, I:*, LBF:*, MO:*, O:*, Sk:*, T:* -- A:75/12
- Pom Poko: Champion (Bella Union) {8}: AD:*, FO:*, G:*, GTV:*, Mj:74*, MO:*, NT:* -- A:81/8
- Primal Scream: Come Ahead (BMG) {8}: AD:*, Cl:*, DIY:*, Ev:*, I:*, Mj:*, NME:*, RC:* -- A:70/18
- Real Estate: Daniel (Domino) {8}: Cl:*, D:*, GTV:*, Mj;*, RC:*, Sk:*, U:*; am:* -- A:73/20
- Laetitia Sadier: Rooting for Love (Drag City) {8}: AD:*, Mj:*, MO:*, PM:*+, SC:+, U:*; am:* -- A:77/11
- SML: Small Medium Large (International Anthem) {8}: CM:+, S:*, SC:*, U:*; am:* -- A:81/5, TH:***
- Soft Play: Heavy Jelly (BMG) {8}: D:*, DIY:*, G:*, GTV:*, K:*, LBF:*, LW:*, Ov:* -- A:81/11
- Spectral Wound: Songs of Blood and Mire (Profound Lore) {8}: AMG:*, Db:3, DiS:*, Ex:*, MH:* -- A:83/4
- This Is Lorelei: Box for Buddy, Box for Star (Double Double Whammy) {8}: BV:+, NT:*, P:*+, UR:*, XCI:* -- A:84/4, TH:**
- Rafael Toral: Spectral Evolution (Moikai) {8}: Mj:*, Pf:*+, Qt:+, SC:*+, U:* -- A:86/4, TH:*
- Tribulation: Sub Rosa in Æternum (Century Media) {8}: Blb:*, Db:5, K:*, MH:*, MI:* -- A:79/6
- 21 Savage: American Dream (Slaughter Gang/Epic) {7}: Cl:*, Up:+, Up_h:+; cmp:++ -- A:70/5, TH:**
- Alkaline Trio: Blood, Hair, and Eyeballs (Rise) {7}: ClR:*, D:*, DiS:*, K:*, Sk:*, Spk:*; am:* -- A:78/10
- Amen Dunes: Death Jokes (Sub Pop) {7}: GTV:*, LBF:*, NT:*, S:*, Sk:*, UR:*; am:* -- A:77/14
- Bonny Light Horseman: Keep Me on Your Mind/See You Free (Jagjaguwar) {7}: Ex:*, Mj:*, MO:*, NT:*, SC:*, U:53* -- A:86/7
- Charly Bliss: Forever (Lucky Number) {7}: D:*, DIY:*, Ex:*, LBF:*, NT:*, O:*, RS:* -- A:74/15
- Confidence Man: 3AM (La La La) (Chaos/Polydor) {7}: Cl:*, D:*, FO:*, G:*, MO:*, NME:*, RSUK:* -- A:85/10
- Charley Crockett: $10 Cowboy (Son of Davy) {7}: AS:*, RS:+, S:*, XCI:*; am:* -- A:83/4, TH:**
- The Decemberists: As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again (YABB/Thirty Tigers) {7}: MO:*, P:*, PM:+, RC:*, Sp:*, Spk:*, U:* -- A:77/9
- William Doyle: Springs Eternal (Tough Love) {7}: FO:*, LQ:*, Mj:*, MO:*, Qt:+, RC:*, U:* -- A:77/8
- Emmeluth's Amoeba: Nonsense (Moserobie) {7}: CM:+, SpL:** -- TH:A-
- Jeff Evans Porkestra: Willow Pillow (self-releaed -EP) {7}: -- RX:A-, TH:***
- Fievel Is Glauque: Rong Weicknes (Fat Possum) {7}: G:*, Mj:*, NT:*, P:*, Pf:*, U:56* -- A:77/7
- Jake Xerxes Fussell: When I'm Called (Fat Possum) {7}: Mj:*, Pf:*, SC:*, U:28*; am:*, xjdc:+ -- A:81/6
- Glass Beach: Plastic Death (Run for Cover) {7}: BV:+, CS:+, HV:+, NT:*+, SC:*, Spk:* -- A:77/6, TH:B-
- GloRilla: Ehhthang Ehhthang (CMG/Interscope) {7}: BV_r:+, SpL:**, Up_h:+ -- TH:***
- Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti & Frank Rosaly: Mestizk (International Anthem) {7}: PM:*, RC:*, Tr:+; am:* -- A:79/4, TH:***
- Sahra Halgan: Hiddo Dhawr (La Région/Danaya Music) {7}: -- MT:A-, TH:***
- Hamish Hawk: A Firmer Hand (So) {7}: FO:*, GTV:*, Mj:64*, MO:*, RC:*, Sk:* -- A:83/7
- The High Llamas: Hey Panda (Drag City) {7}: Mj:*, MO:*, PM:*, RC:*, U:23*; am:* -- A:75/10
- Nailah Hunter: Lovegaze (Fat Possum) {7}: LBF:*, Mj:*, NT:*, P:*, U:*; am:*, ra:* -- A:74/12
- Iron & Wine: Light Verse (Sub Pop) {7}: Cl:*, LBF:*, Mj:*, P:*, RC:*, S:*, U:*; am:* -- A:80/14
- James: Yummy (Virgin/Nothing but Love Music) {7}: Cl:*, ClR:*, GTV:*, LW:+, Mj:*, MO:*, RC:* -- A:80/7
- Joan as Police Woman: Lemons, Limes and Orchids (PIAS) {7}: AD:*, Mj:49*, MO:*, O:*, U:*; am:* -- A:84/6
- Lady Gaga: Harlequin (Interscope) {7}: Al:*, IT:*, Spk:*, XCI:**; am:* -- A:71/12, TH:*
- Julian Lage: Speak to Me (Blue Note) {7}: S:*, Sp:*, Spk:*, U:*; am:*, ysp:* -- A:90/5, TH:*
- Allen Lowe & the Constant Sorrow Orchestra: Louis Armstrong's America Volume 2 (ESP-Disk -2CD) {7}: SpL:** -- TH:A
- Zara McFarlane: Sweet Whispers: Celebrating Sarah Vaughan (Universal) {7}: AD:*, G:*, Mj:*, U:*; am:* -- A:84/5, TH:**
- Declan McKenna: What Happened to the Beach? (Tomplicated) {7}: Cl:*, D:*, DIY:*, G:*m, LBF:*, NME:*, SLi:* -- A:78/12
- Willie Nelson: Last Leaf on the Tree (Legacy) {7}: AD:*, Mj:*, T:*, U:*; am:* -- A:83/6, TH:**
- Redd Kross: Redd Kross (In the Red) {7}: ClR:*, Mj:*, S:*, U:*, XSN:*; am:*, ysp:* -- A:83/8
- Serengeti: KDIV (Othar) {7}: XCI:**; xjdc:* -- TH:A-
- Sarah Shook & the Disarmers: Revelations (Abeyance) {7}: AS:*, P:*+; am:*, xjdc:* -- A:79/4, TH:**
- Sophie: Sophie (Transgressive) {7}: LBF:*, MO:*, O:*, RC:*, RS:*; am:*, bl:10 -- A:69/19
- Peter Stampfel/Eli Smith/Walker Shepard: Wildernauts (Don Giovanni) {7}: XCI:*; xjdc:* -- RX:B+, TH:**
- Ayra Starr: The Year I Turned 21 (Mavin Global Holdings) {7}: BB:+, Cl:*, NME:*, O:*, RS:+, Up:+; am:* -- A:83/5
- Linda Thompson: Proxy Music (Storysound) {7}: U:58; xsp:+, ysp:* -- MT:B-, RX:***, TH:*
- Richard Thompson: Ship to Shore (New West) {7}: AD:*, ClR:*, Mj:23*, U:43*; xjdc:* -- A:80/5
- Ulcerate: Cutting the Throat of God (Debemur Morti) {7}: AMG:*, Blb:*, BV:+, Db:16, MH:*, MI:* -- A:90/4
- Fay Victor: Herbie Nichols SUNG: Life Is Funny That Way (Tao Forms -2CD) {7}: CM:+, PO:+ -- TH:A
- Aaron West & the Roaring Twenties: In Lieu of Flowers (Hopeless) {7}: AD:*, BPM:*, K:*, P:*, Sl:+, Sp:*, Spk:* -- A:92/8, TH:B
- Yasmin Williams: Acadia (Nonesuch) {7}: LBF:*, Mj:*, PM:*, Sk:*, U:79*; am:* -- A:82/8
- Aurora: What Happened to the Heart? (Glassnote) {6}: DIY:*, NME:*, NT:*, SC:*, Sl:*, T:* -- A:83/8
- Beings: There Is a Garden (No Quarter) {6}: Mj:*, U:* -- A:80/2, TH:A-
- Benny the Butcher: Everybody Can't Go (Def Jam) {6}: Cl:*, HDX:*, HG:+, Up:+, Up_h:+; am:* -- A:73/5
- The Bevis Frond: Focus on Nature (Fire) {6}: AD:*, Mj:71*, PM:*, U:*; am:* -- A:80/5
- The Black Dahlia Murder: Servitude (Metal Blade) {6}: Blb:*, Db:22, DiS:*, K:*, MH:*MSuk:* -- A:79/6
- Alan Braufman: Infinite Love Infinite Tears (Valley of Search) {6}: CM:+, PO:+; am:* -- A:80/1, TH:***
- Burial: Dreamfear/Boy Sent From Above (XL -EP) {6}: DW:+, GB:+, S:*; am:*, xjdc:* -- A:80/3, TH:*
- Jerry Cantrell: I Want Blood (Double J Music) {6}: Blb:*, ClR:*, K:*, MH:*, Sp:*; am:* -- A:79/7
- Alfredo Colón: Blood Burden (Out of Your Head) {6}: SpL:** -- TH:A-
- The Core: Roots (Moserobie) {6}: SpL:** -- TH:A-
- Crack Cloud: Red Mile (Jagjaguwar) {6}: D:*, FO:*, G:*, NT:*, S:*; am:* -- A:77/12
- The Dare: What's Wrong With New York? (Republic/Frequencies) {6}: Cl:*, D:*, DIY:*, FO:*, PM:*, Sk:* -- A:76/11
- Dave Douglas: Gifts (Greenleaf Music) {6}: PM:*+ -- TH:A-
- Drug Church: Prude (Pure Noise) {6}: D:*, DiS:*, Ex:*, FO:*, K:*, PM:* -- A:82/7
- Einstürzende Neubauten: Rampen: APM (Alien Pop Music) (Potomak) {6}: LW:*, Qt:+, RS:*+, Tr:+, U:* -- A:78/5
- Kahil El'Zabar's Ethnic Heritage Ensemble: Open Me, a Higher Consciousness of Sound and Spirit (Spiritmuse) {6}: PO:+; ysp:* -- TH:A-
- Keeley Forsyth: The Hollow (FatCat) {6}: BPM:*, Mj:*, MO:*, Qt:+, SC:*, U:* -- A:80/6
- Bill Frisell: Orchestras (Blue Note) {6}: IT:*, Mj:*; am:*, tms_j:+ -- A:78/5, TH:**
- Orla Gartland: Everybody Needs a Hero (New Friends Music) {6}: Cl:*, D:*, DIY:*, FO:*, NME:*, NT:* -- A:84/7
- Glass Animals: I Love You So F***ing Much (Polydor) {6}: D:*, DIY:*, LBF:*, RSUK*, T:*; am;* -- A:62/16
- Ciara Grace: Write It Down (self-released) {6}: -- RX:B+, TH:***
- Michael Head & the Red Elastic Band: Loophole (Modern Sky) {6}: Mj:16*, RC:*, U:26* -- A:90/3
- Hulder: Verses in Oath (20 Buck Spin) {6}: AMG:*, Db:12, DiS:*, MI:*, MSuk:* -- A:90/4
- Japandroids: Fate & Alcohol (Anti-) {6}: Cl:*, MO:*, NME:*, NT:*, P:*, U:* -- A:75/12
- Darius Jones: Legend of e'Boi (The Hypervigilant Eye) (AUM Fidelity) {6}: CM:+, PO:+ -- TH:A-
- JPEGMafia: I Lay Down My Life for You (AWAL) {6}: Cl:*, K:*, Ne:*, O:*; xjdc:* -- A:77/6, TH:*
- Ka: The Thief Next to Jesus (Iron Works) {6}: Ne:*, Pf:*, PO:+, XCI:* -- A:86/2, TH:**
- Jim Kweskin: Never Too Late: Duets With Friends (Storysound) {6}: -- RX:***, TH:***
- Leprous: Melodies of Atonement (Inside Out) {6}: AMG:*, Blb:*, DiS:*, MH:*, MI:*, Spk:* -- A:79/6
- Lip Critic: Hex Dealer (Partisan) {6}: BV:+, Cl:*, CS:+, NME:*, SLi:*+ -- A:82/6
- The Lovely Eggs: Eggsistentialism (Egg) {6}: ClR:*, FO:*, LW:*+, Mj:*, U:* -- A:85/7
- Corb Lund: El Viejo (New West) {6}: PO:+, XCI:*; ysp:* -- TH:***
- MC5: Heavy Lifting (EarMusic) {6}: -- RX:A-, TH:**
- Lizzy McAlpine: Older (RCA) {6}: D:*, DIY:*, Ex:*, LBF:*, Spk:*; am:* -- A:80/7
- Megan Thee Stallion: Megan (Hot Girl) {6}: BV:+, BV_r:+, SpL:* -- TH:***
- Mount Eerie: Night Palace (PW Elverum & Sun) {6}: FO:*, LBF:*, Sk:*, Sp:*, U:*; am:* -- A:81/8
- Meshell Ndegeocello: No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin (Blue Note) {6}: -- A:83/7
- Necrot: Lifeless Birth (Tankcrimes) {6}: Blb:*, Db:10, DiS:*, MI:* -- A:80/4
- Nightwish: Yesterwynde (Nuclear Blast) {6}: Blb:*, ClR:*, DiS:*, K:*, MH:*, MI:* -- A:86/7
- Normani: Dopamine (RCA/Keep Cool) {6}: Cl:*, D:*, NME:*, RS:* -- A:72/7, TH:**
- Nubiyan Twist: Find Your Flame (Strut) {6}: LW:*+; am:*, odb:*, ysp:* -- A:73/3, TH:*
- Oceans of Slumber: Where Gods Fear to Speak (Season of Mist) {6}: AMG:*, Blb:*, DiS:*, MH:*, MI:*, Spk:* -- A:85/6
- ØKSE: ØKSE (Backwoodz Studioz) {6}: CM:+, XCI:* -- TH:A-
- Pernice Brothers: Who Will You Believe (New West) {6}: Mj:*, U:*, UR:*; am:*, xjdc:*, xsp:* -- A:80/5
- Pillow Queens: Name Your Sorrow (Royal Mountain) {6}: -- A:80/10
- Chris Potter/Brad Mehldau/John Patitucci/Brian Blade: Eagle's Point (Edition) {6}: tms_j:+, ysp:* -- TH:A-
- Pylon Reenactment Society: Magnet Factory (Strolling Bones) {6}: DW:+; xjdc:* -- RX:*, TH:***
- Tomeka Reid Quartet: 3+3 (Cuneiform) {6}: AAJ:+, CM:+ -- TH:A-
- Revival Season: Golden Age of Self Snitching (Heavenly) {6}: Cl:*, HG:+, SSt:+ -- A:80/1, TH:***
- Serpentwithfeet: Grip (Secretly Canadian) {6}: Cl:*, DIY:*, Ex:*, P:*; am:*, ra:* -- A:l72/12
- Shaboozey: Where I've Been, Isn't Where I'm Going (Republic/Empire) {6}: BB:+, RS:*+, Up:+, XCI:* -- A:79/2, TH:*
- Jae Skeese & Superior: Testament of the Times (RRC Music/BarsOverBs) {6}: HG:+; odb:* -- TH:A-
- The Staves: All Now (Nonesuch) {6}: Cl:*, FO:*, GTV:*, Mj:*, MO:*; ysp:* -- A:76/8
- Sum 41: Heaven :x: Hell (Rise) {6}: AD:*, D:*, K:*, Sp:*, Spk:*; am;* -- A:82/10
- The The: Ensoulment (Cineola/EarMusic) {6}: ClR:*, Mj:27*, RC:*, Sp:*; am:* -- A:78/10
- The Umbrellas: Fairweather Friend (Tough Love) {6}: Cl:*, NR:*, U:*, XSN:*; am:* -- A:76/7, TH:*
- Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats: Nell' Ora Blu (Rise Above) {6}: DiS:*, MI:*, MSuk:*, Sp:*, U:*; am:* -- A:77/9
- Undeath: More Insane (Prosthetic) {6}: Blb:*, Db:20, DiS:*, K:*, MH:* -- A:83/6
- Usher: Coming Home (Mega) {6}: BB:+, Ev:*, HV:+, Pf:*, T:*; odb:* -- A:71/8
- Wunderhorse: Midas (Communion) {6}: D:*, DIY:*, FO:*, GTV:*, NME:*, RSUK:* -- A:83/7
- Lola Young: This Wasn't Meant for You Anyway (Island) {6}: NME:*+, O:*, SLi:+, Spk:*, T:* -- A:87/4
- Advancing on a Wild Pitch: Disasters Vol 2 (Hot Cup) {5}: SpL:* -- TH:A-
- Babehoven: Water's Here in You (Double Double Whammy) {5}: NT:*, P:*, RS:*+, UR:* -- A:81/4
- Andrew Bird Trio: Sunday Morning Put-On (Loma Vista) {5}: LBF:*, Mj:*, SC:*, Sp:*; am:* -- A:77/8
- Bleachers: Bleachers (Dirty Hit) {5}: Cl:*, D:*, DIY:*, Mj;*, NME:* -- A:66/20
- Bnny: One Million Love Songs (Fire Talk) {5}: FO:*, MO:*, P:*, UR:*; am:* -- A:78/7
- Borknagar: Fall (Century Media) {5}: AMG:*, Blb:*, DiS:*, MH:*, MSuk:* -- A:84/6
- Aziza Brahim: Mawja (Glitterbeat) {5}: AD:*, MO:*, U:* -- A:80/3, TH:**
- Melissa Carper: Borned in Ya (Mae Music) {5}: scm:* -- TH:A-
- Coco & Clair Clair: Girl (Nice Girl World) {5}: G:* -- A:75/3, TH:A-
- Cola: The Gloss (Fire Talk) {5}: DIY:*, FO:*, RS:*, UR:*; am:* -- A:75/9
- Anastasia Coope: Darning Woman (Jagjaguwar) {5}: FO:*LBF:*, Qt:+, Sp:*; am:* -- A:83/6
- Crawlers: The Mess We Seem to Make (Polydor) {5}: D:*, DIY:*, K:*, MO:*, NME:* -- A:84/5
- Sarah Davachi: The Head as Form'd in the Crier's Choir (Late Music) {5}: Ex:*, LBF:*, Mj:*, U:47* -- A:83/4
- Sam Evian: Plunge (Flying Cloud/Thirty Tigers) {5}: GTV:*, SLi:*+, UR:*; am:* -- A:78/5
- Fleshgod Apocalypse: Opera (Nuclear Blast) {5}: AMG:*, Blb:*, DiS:*, MH:*, MSuk:* -- A:87/5
- Flo Milli: Fine Ho, Stay (RCA) {5}: RS:*+, Up_h:+ -- A:73/3, TH:**
- Foxing: Foxing (Grand Paradise) {5}: LBF:*, PM:*, SC:*, Spk:*, UR:* -- A:86/6
- Rui Gabriel: Compassion (Carpark) {5}: GTV:*, Mj:*, PM:*, RC:*, S:* -- A:80/6
- Glitterer: Rationale (Anti-) {5}: D:*, DiS:*, FO:*, NT:*, Sg:+ -- A:77/5
- Hamferð: Men Guðs Hond Er Sterk (Metal Blade) {5}: AMG:*, DiS:*, MH:*, MSuk:*, Spk:* -- A:86/5
- Hawkwind: Stories From Time and Space (Cherry Red) {5}: ClR:*LW:*, Mj:*, RC:*, Spk:* -- A:82/7, TH:B
- Dylan Hicks & Small Screens: Modern Flora (Soft Launch) {5}: xjdc:* -- TH:A-
- Horse Jumper of Love: Disaster Trick (Run for Cover) {5}: FO:*, NR:*, NT:*, Sk:*; am;* -- A:80/8
- I Am Three: In Other Words (Leo) {5}: CM:+ -- TH:A-
- Job for a Cowboy: Moon Healer (Metal Blade) {5}: Blb:*, DiS:*, MH:*, MI:*, MSuk* -- A:84/7
- Joe Fahey: Andrea's Exile (Rough Fish) {5}: -- RX:***, TH:**
- Myles Kennedy: The Art of Letting Go (Napalm) {5}: Blb:*, ClR:*, DiS:*, K:*, Sp:* -- A:84/5
- Michael Kiwanuka: Small Changes (Polydor) {5}: GTV:*, Mj:42*, RC:*, U:* -- A:83/4
- Kirk Knuffke: Super Blonde (SteepleChase) {5}: CM:+ -- TH:A-
- La Luz: News of the Universe (Sub Pop) {5}: FO:*, LW:*, Mj:*, S:*, UR:* -- A:82/9
- Jon Langford & the Bright Shiners: Where It Really Starts (Tiny Global Productions) {5}: -- RX:***, TH:**
- Lava La Rue: Starface (Dirty Hit) {5}: AD:*, Cl:*, D:*, DIY:*, MO:* -- A:85/7
- Sam Lee: Songdreaming (Cooking Vinyl) {5}: Mj:*+, MO:*, O:*, U:* -- A:88/4
- Ravyn Lenae: Bird's Eye (Atlantic) {5}: Ex:*, LBF:*, NME:*, O:*; am:* -- A:77/7
- Jeffrey Lewis: Ghosterbusters (-EP) {5}: xjdc:* -- MT:A-
- The Linda Lindas: No Obligation (Epitaph) {5}: -- RX:B+, TH:**
- Lux Quartet: Tomorrowland (Enja/Yellowbird) {5}: CM:+ -- TH:A-
- Lynks: Abomination (Heavenly) {5}: D:*, K:*, LQ:*, NME:*, RSUK:* -- A:79/9
- Lyrics Born: Goodbye, Sticky Rice (Mobile Home) {5}: xjdc:* -- TH:A-
- Nduduzo Makhathini: Unomkhubulwane (Blue Note) {5}: O:*; am:* -- A:85/2, TH:***
- Masta Ace & Marco Polo: Richmond Hill (Fat Beats) {5}: HG:+, SSt:+; odb:* -- TH:**
- Jon McKiel: Hex (You've Changed) {5}: Ex:+, LBF:*, Mj:*, RC:*, Sp:* -- A:78/6
- Melt-Banana: 3+5 (Azap) {5}: Blb:*, ClR:*, S:*, Sk:*, Spk:* -- A:87/6
- Melvins: Tarantula Heart (Ipecac) {5}: Blb:*, MH:*, PM:*, U:*, UCR:+ -- A:76/10
- Midnight: Hellish Expectations (Metal Blade) {5}: Db:31, DiS:*, MH:*, MI:*, MSuk* -- A:78/5
- Thurston Moore: Flow Critical Lucidity (Daydream Library Series) {5}: -- RX:***, TH:**
- My Dying Bride: A Mortal Binding (Nuclear Blast) {5}: Blb:*, ClR:*, DiS:*, MI:*, MSuk* -- A:76/8
- Nada Surf: Moon Mirror (New West) {5}: Mj:*, MO:*, P:*, RS:*, U:* -- A:74/9
- Nails: Every Bridge Burning (Nuclear Blast) {5}: Blb:*, Db:25, DiS:*, K:*, MI:* -- A:78/6
- David Nance: David Nance & Mowed Sound (Third Man) {5}: AV:+, Mj:*, P:*, Sg:+; am:* -- A:77/5
- Milton Nascimento/Esperanza Spalding: Milton + Esperanza (Concord) {5}: G:*, IT:*, Mj:*, U:*; am:* -- A:77/9
- Fabiano do Nascimento & Sam Gendel: The Room (01-26) {5}: G:*, Mj:*, U:* -- A:82/5, TH:**
- Necrophobic: In the Twilight Grey (Century Media) {5}: AMG:*, Blb:*, DiS:*, MI:*, MSuk:* -- A:84/5
- Oranssi Pazuzu: Muuntautuja (Nuclear Blast) {5}: BPM:*, Db:38, DiS:*, MH:*, Spk:* -- A:78/7
- Bill Orcutt Guitar Quartet: Four Guitars Live (Palilalia) {5}: PO:+ -- TH:A-
- Osees: Sorcs 80 (Castle Face) {5}: ClR:*, LW:*, Mj:*, U:*; am:* -- A:75/9
- Christopher Owens: I Wanna Run Barefoot Through Your Hair (True Panther) {5}: DIY:*, NR:*, NT:*, U:44* -- A:88/4
- Ivo Perelman/Mark Helias/Tom Rainey: Truth Seeker (Fundacja Sluchaj) {5}: CM:+ -- TH:A-
- Katherine Priddy: The Pendulum Swing (Cooking Vinyl) {5}: AD:*, Mj:*, MO:*, O:*, Sp:* -- A:80/6
- Public Service Broadcasting: The Last Flight (So) {5}: GTV:*, Mj:53*, MO:*, RC:* -- A:79/6
- QOW Trio: The Hold Up (Ubuntu Music) {5}: PO:+ -- TH:A-
- Dave Rempis/Jason Adasiewicz/Joshua Abrams/Tyler Damon: Propulsion (Aerophonic) {5}: CM:+ -- TH:A-
- RM: Right Place, Wrong Person (HYBE/Big Hit) {5}: BB:+, NME:*+, RS:*+ -- A:90/2
- Matthew Shipp Trio: New Concepts in Piano Trio Jazz (ESP-Disk) {5}: ysp:* -- TH:A-
- The Smashing Pumpkins: Aghori Mhori Mei (Tirty Tigers/Martha's) {5}: BPM:*, Cl:*, K:*, NR:*; am:* -- A:73/8
- Omar Souleyman: Erbil (Mad Decent) {5}: DW:+; xjdc:* -- TH:***
- Spectral Voice: Sparagamos (Dark Descent) {5}: AMG:*, Db:15, DiS:*Qt:+ -- A:90/2
- Spirit of the Beehive: You'll Have to Lose Something (Saddle Creek) {5}: FO:*, G:*, NT:*, PM:*, StL:* -- A:79/10
- Luke Stewart Silt Trio: Unknown Rivers (Pi) {5}: CM:+ -- TH:A-
- Alfie Templeman: Radiosoul (Chess Club) {5}: D:*, DIY:*, NT:*, RC:*, SC:* -- A:81/7
- Twenty One Pilots: Clancy (Fueled by Ramen/Elektra) {5}: AD:*, D:*, K:*, NT:*; am:* -- A:80/8
- The Vaccines: Pick-Up Full of Pink Carnations (Super Easy) {5}: D:*, Ev:*, PM:*+, Sk:* -- A:68/11
- Villagers: That Golden Time (Domino) {5}: FO:*, IT:*, Mj:*, MO:*, Spk:* -- A:76/9
- Vitriol: Suffer & Become (Century Media) {5}: AMG:*, Blb:*, DiS:*, MH:*, MI:* -- A:84/6
- Kelsey Waldon: There's Always a Song (Oh Boy) {5}: PM:*+ -- A:80/1, TH:***
- Dan Weiss: Even Odds (Cygnus) {5}: SpL:* -- TH:A-
- Wilco: Hot Sun Cool Shroud (dBpm -EP) {5}: -- MT:A-, TH:*
- Matt Wilson: Matt Wilson's Good Trouble (Palmetto) {5}: CM:+ -- TH:A-
- Norma Winstone/Kit Downes: Outpiost of Dreams (ECM) {5}: G:*; am:* -- A:80/2, TH:***
- Wishy: Triple Seven (Winspear) {5}: MO:*, NME:*, P:*, Spk:*; am:* -- A:77/8
- أحمد [Ahmed]: Giant Beauty (Fönstret) {5}: CM:+ -- TH:A-
- 1349: The Wolf and the King (Season of Mist) {4}: Blb:*, DiS:*, MI:*, SC:* -- A:82/5
- Aborted: Vault of Horrors (Nuclear Blast) {4}: AMG:*, DiS:*, K:*, MSuk:* -- A:77/7
- Acceleration Due to Gravity: Jonesville: Music by and for Sam Jones (Hot Cup -EP) {4}: PO:+ -- TH:***
- Melissa Aldana: Echoes of the Inner Prophet (Blue Note) {4}: PM:*; ysp:* -- A:80/1, TH:**
- Anciients: Beyond the Reach of the Sun (Season of Mist) {4}: AMG:*, Bob:*, Db:40, MH:* -- A:76/5
- Anitta: Funk Generation (Republic) {4}: xjdc:* -- TH:***
- Arrested Development: Bullets in the Chamber (Vagabond Productions) {4}: HG:+, SSt:+; odb:* -- TH:*
- The Attic & Eve Risser: La Grande Crue (NoBusiness) {4}: -- TH:A-
- Avalanche Kaito: Talitakum (Glitterbeat) {4}: Qt:+; ysp:* -- MT:**
- Bab L' Bluz: Swaken (Real World) {4}: AD:*, Mj:*, S:* -- A:83/4, TH:*
- Basic: This Is Basic (No Quarter) {4}: Mj:*, SC:*, U:52* -- A:79/4, TH:***
- Beachwood Sparks: Across the River of Stars (Curation) {4}: ClR:*, Mj:*, U:71; am:* -- A:79/6
- Beak>: >>>> (Invada) {4}: DiS:*, Mj:*, U:32* -- A:83/3
- Bruno Berle: No Reino Dos Afetos 2 (Psychic Hotline) {4}: PO:+ -- TH:***
- Pat Bianchi: Three (21H) {4}: tms_j:+ -- TH:***
- Bibi Club: Feu De Garde (Secret City) {4}: Ex:*+, Mj:* -- A:75/4
- Carsie Blanton: The Red Album Vol 1 (self-released -EP) {4}: xjdc:* -- TH:***
- Blue Lab Beats: Blue Eclipse (Decca) {4}: Cl:*, O:*, T:*; am:* -- A:85/4, TH:B
- The Body & Dis Fig: Orchards of a Futile Heaven (Thrill Jockey) {4}: G:*, LQ:*, MI:*, MSuk:* -- A:75/9
- The Body: The Crying Out of Things (Thrill Jockey) {4}: DiS:*, K:*, MH:*; am:* -- A:80/5
- Brother Ali & unJUST: Love & Service (Travelers Media) {4}: HG:+, SSt:+; odb:* -- TH:*
- Bullion: Affection (Ghostly International) {4}: NME:*, Pf:*; am:*, ra:* -- A:80/4
- Jonas Cambien: Jonas Cambien's Maca Conu (Clean Feed) {4}: CM:+ -- TH:***
- James Carter: Un (Unaccompanied Baritone Saxophone) (JMI) {4}: PO:+; ysp:* -- TH:**
- Cast: Love Is the Call (Cast) {4}: LW:*, Mj:*, XSN:*; am:* -- A:77/7
- Childish Gambino: Atavista (RCA) {4}: Cl:*, I:*, NME:*; am:* -- A:70/10
- The Choir Invisible [Charlotte Greve/Vinnie Sperazza/Chris Tordini]: Town of Two Faces (Intakt) {4}: CM:+ -- TH:***
- Julie Christmas: Ridiculous and Full of Blood (Red Creek) {4}: Db:8, MH:* -- A:72/4
- Civerous: Maze Envy (20 Buck Spin) {4}: DiS:*, MI:*, Ne:*+ -- A:88/4
- J Cole: Might Delete Later (Dreamville/Interscope) {4}: Cl:*, Up_h:+; cmp:++ -- A:46/5
- Couch Slut: You Could Do It Tonight (Brutal Panda) {4}: DiS:*, DW:+, Sg:+, Sl:* -- A:76/5
- Charley Crockett: $10 Cowboy Chapter II: Visions of Dallas (Son of Davy) {4}: scm:* -- TH:***
- Amalie Dahl's Dafnie: Står Op Med Solen (Aguirre) {4}: CM:+ -- TH:***
- The Dandy Warhols: Rockmaker (Sunset Blvd/Beat of the World) {4}: AD:*, MO:*, NT:*, Sp:* -- A:67/14
- The Kris Davis Trio: Run the Gauntlet (Pyroclastic) {4}: CM:+ -- TH:***
- Ani DiFranco: Unprecedented Sh!t (Righteous Babe) {4}: AD:*, BPM:*, Mj:* -- A:76/5, TH:*
- Dödsrit: Nocturnal Will (Wolves of Hades) {4}: Blb:*, Db:19, MH:* -- A:80/3
- Drahla: Angeltape (Captured Tracks) {4}: FO:*, LW:*, UR:*; am:* -- A:77/9
- Signe Emmeluth: Banshee (Motvind) {4}: CM:+ -- TH:***
- Field Music: Limits of Language (Memphis Industries) {4}: FO:*, Mj:75*; am:* -- A:75/6
- Fire!: Testament (Rune Grammofon) {4}: CM:+ -- TH:***
- Flukten: Flukten (Odin) {4}: CM:+ -- TH:***
- Foster the People: Paradise State of Mind (Atlantic) {4}: Cl:*, FO:*, LBF:*; am:* -- A:78/6
- Friends & Neighbors: Circles (Clean Feed) {4}: ysp:* -- TH:***
- Satoko Fujii Tokyo Trio: Jet Black (Libra) {4}: PO:+ -- TH:***
- Angelica Garcia: Gemelo (Partisan) {4}: Cl:*, P:*, S:*; am:* -- A:83/4
- Claudia Gibson: The Fields of Chazy (self-released) {4}: -- RX:**, TH:**
- Frode Gjerstad Trio: Unknown Purposes (Circulasione Totale) {4}: CM:+ -- TH:***
- Griff: Vertigo (Warner Music UK) {4}: Cl:*, D:*, NME:*, RSUK:* -- A:71/8
- The Gringo Pistoleros: The Rise and . . . Subsequent Fall of the Texas Alien (self-released) {4}: -- RX:**, TH:**
- Gunna: One of Wun (YSL/300 Entertainment) {4}: BB:+, Up:+, Up_h:+; cmp:+ -- A:49/4
- Rich Halley 4: Dusk and Dawn (Pine Eagle) {4}: -- TH:A-
- Ed Harcourt: El Magnifico (Deathless) {4}: MO:*, RC:*, U:*; am:* -- A:80/5
- Haley Heynderickx: Seed of a Seed (Mama Bird) {4}: Ex:*, NT:*, P:*, U:* -- A:80/6
- Homeshake: CD Wallet (Shhoamkee) {4}: Cl:*, NT:*, Ov:*; am:* -- A:82/4
- Jon Hopkins: Ritual (Domino) {4}: AD:*, Ex:*, LQ:*, Mj:* -- A:75/9
- Iglooghost: Tidal Memory Exo (LuckyMe) {4}: Ne:*; bl:3, ra:* -- A:74/4
- Javon Jackson/Nikki Giovanni: Javon & Nikki Go to the Movies (Solid Jackson/Palmetto) {4}: -- TH:A-
- Joel and the Neverending Sextet: Marbled (Motvind) {4}: CM:+ -- TH:***
- Julia-Sophie: Forgive Too Slow (Ba Da Bing!) {4}: DiS:*, GTV:*, LBF:*, Sp:* -- A:83/5
- Julie: My Anti-Aircraft Friend (Atlantic) {4}: D:*, NT:*, Pf:* -- A:79/4, TH:*
- J.U.S X Squadda B: 3rd Shift (Bruiser Brigade) {4}: Pf:* -- A:79/2, TH:***
- Kaia Kater: Strange Medicine (Free Dirt) {4}: Ex:*, O:*, U:54* -- A:83/3
- Kid Congo & the Pink Monkey Birds: That Delicious Vice (In the Red) {4}: Mj:*, RC:*, U:*; am:* -- A:78/5
- Kerry King: From Hell I Rise (Reigning Phoenix) {4}: DiS:*, K:*, MH:*, RS:* -- A:71/9
- Marcus King: Mood Swings (Republic) {4}: ClR:*, Mj:*, RS:*+ -- A:78/4
- Anni Kiviniemi Trio: Eir (We Jazz) {4}: ysp:* -- TH:***
- Janel Leppin's Ensemble Volcanic Ash: To March Is to Love (Cuneiform) {4}: CM:+ -- TH:***
- Little Simz: Drop 7 (Forever Living Originals -EP) {4}: xjdc:*, ysp:* -- TH:**
- Frank London/The Elders: Spirit Stronger Than Blood (ESP-Disk) {4}: CM:+ -- TH:***
- Allen Lowe & the Constant Sorrow Orchestra: Louis Armstrong's America Volume 1 (ESP-Disk -2CD) {4}: -- TH:A-
- Lucifer: Luciver V (Nuclear Blast) {4}: ClR:*, Db:30, K:*, Spk:* -- A:79/8
- The Taj Mahal Sextet: Swingin' Live at the Church in Tulsa (Lightning Rod) {4}: XCI:* -- TH:***
- Charles McPherson: Reverence (Smoke Sessions) {4}: tms_j:+ -- TH:***
- Kylie Minogue: Tension II (BMG) {4}: I:*, IT:*, LBF:*, NME:* -- A:73/12
- Mono: Oath (Temporary Residence) {4}: DiS:*, PM:*+; am:* -- A:78/5
- Jimmy Montague: Tomorrow's Coffee (self-released) {4}: NT:*, P:*+; ysp:* -- A:88/2
- Mork: Syv (Peaceville) {4}: Blb:*, DiS:*, MI:*, Spk:* -- A:81/6
- Naemi: Dust Devil (3XL) {4}: GB:+, Pf:*+, Qt:+ -- A:80/1
- The Necks: Bleed (Northern Spy) {4}: Mj:*, SC:*, U:*; am:* -- A:81/5
- Ol' Burger Beats: 74: Out of Time (Coalmine) {4}: HG:+; odb:* -- TH:**
- Kelly Lee Owens: Dreamstate (Dirty Hit) {4}: G:*, NME:*, PM:*, U:* -- A:74/9
- Paris Paloma: Cacophony (Nettwerk) {4}: D:*, DIY:*, T:*, XSN:* -- A:82/5
- Pedro the Lion: Santa Cruz (Polyvinyl) {4}: -- MT:A-
- Personal Trainer: Still Willing (Bella Union) {4}: ClR:*, D:*, U:76* -- A:69/10
- Pom Pom Squad: Mirror Starts Moving Without Me (City Slang) {4}: D:*, DIY:*, Ex:*, RS:* -- A:77/8
- Poppy: Negative Spaces (Sumerian) {4}: Cl:*, G:*, K:*, MH:* -- A:80/4
- Porches: Shirt (Domino) {4}: Ex:*, FO:*, NT:*; am:* -- A:75/7
- Pouty: Forget About Me (Get Better) {4}: DW:+; xjdc:* -- TH:**
- Dafnis Prieto: 3 Sides of the Coin (Dafnison Music) {4}: -- TH:A-
- Real Bad Man & Lukah: Temple Needs Water. Village Needs Peace. (Old Soul Music/Real Bad Man) {4}: HG:+; odb:* -- TH:**
- Trent Reznor/Atticus Ross: Challengers [Original Soundtrack] (Milan) {4}: AV:+, CS:+, DW:+, Sg:+
- Rich Ruth: Water Still Flows (Third Man) {4}: LQ:*, Mj:*, U:*; am:* -- A:82/5
- Ripped to Shreds: Sanshi (Relapse) {4}: AMG:*, Db:14, MI:* -- A:83/2
- Porter Robinson: Smile! :D (Mom+Pop/Sample Sized) {4}: D:*, LBF:*, RS:*, Sk:* -- A:74/8
- Moses Rockwell Featuring Plain Old Mike: Regular Henry Sessions (Hipnott) {4}: HG:+ -- TH:***
- Catherine Russell/Sean Mason: My Ideal (Dot Time) {4}: -- TH:A-
- A Savage: The Loft Sessions (Rough Trade -EP) {4}: XCI:**; xjdc:* -- TH:*
- Adam Schroeder/Mark Masters: CT! Adam Schroeder & Mark Masters Celebrate Clark Terry (Capri) {4}: tms_j:+ -- TH:***
- Shannon & the Clams: The Moon Is in the Wrong Place (Easy Eye Sound) {4}: ClR:*, LBF:*, P:*; am:* -- A:82/4
- Slift: Ilion (Sub Pop) {4}: K:*, RC:*, Spk:*; am:* -- A:81/7
- Wadada Leo Smith & Amina Claudine Myers: Central Park's Mosaics of Reservoir, Lake, Paths and Gardens (Red Hook) {4}: CM:+, G:+, U:78 -- A:74/1, TH:*
- Walter Smith III: Three of Us Are From Houston and Reuben Is Not (Blue Note) {4}: -- TH:A-
- TV Smith: Handwriting (JKP/Easy Action) {4}: LW:+ -- TH:***
- Speed: Only One Mode (Flatspot/Last Ride) {4}: DiS:*, K:*, LBF:*, NME:* -- A:83/4
- Split System: Vol II (Legless) {4}: PO:+ -- TH:***
- Sulida: Utos (Clean Feed) {4}: CM:+ -- TH:***
- Sunny Five [Tim Berne/David Torn/Ches Smith/Devin Hoff/Marc Ducret]: Candid (Intakt) {4}: ysp:* -- TH:***
- Terminal Nation: Echoes of the Devil's Den (20 Buck Spin) {4}: Db:17, DiS:*, Sg:+ -- A:90/1
- Tzompantli: Beating the Drums of Ancestral Force (20 Buck Spin) {4}: Db:6, MI:* -- A:75/2
- Wheel: Charismatic Leaders (Inside Out) {4}: Blb:*, DiS:*, MH:*, MI:* -- A:82/5
- Kelly Willis/Melissa Carper/Brennen Leigh: Wonder Women of Country (Brooklyn Basement -EP) {4}: XCI:*; ysp:* -- TH:**
- Willow: Empathogen (Three Six Zero/Gamma) {4}: Cos:+, Up:+, SSt:+; ti:+
- Lainey Wilson: Whirlwind (BBR) {4}: XCI:* -- TH:***
- Young Jesus: The Fool (Saddle Creek) {4}: LBF:*, NT:*, P:*, Spk:* -- A:84/5
- The Zutons: The Big Decider (Icepop) {4}: Cl:*, Mj:*, NME:*, RC:*, XSN:* -- A:70/7
- Agriculture: Living Is Easy (The Flenser) {3}: Ex:+, MSuk:* -- A:80/1
- Cyrille Aimee: À Fleur De Peau (Whirlwind) {3}: odb:* -- TH:**
- Erlend Albertsen Basspace: Name of the Wind (Dugnad Rec) {3}: CM:+ -- TH:**
- Marina Allen: Eight Pointed Star (Fire) {3}: AD:*, Cl:*, P:* -- A:80/4
- Erika Angell: The Obsessions With Her Voice (Constellation) {3}: PM:*+, Qt:+ -- A:80/2
- Bacchae: Next Time (Get Better) {3}: -- TH:***
- Andrew Barker/William Parker/Jon Irabagon: Bakunawa (Out of Your Head) {3}: -- TH:***
- BbyMutha: Sleep Paralysis (True Panther) {3}: BV_r:+ -- TH:**
- Black Curse: Burning in Celestial Poison (Supulchral Voice) {3}: AMG:*, Db:23, DiS:* -- A:80/2
- Black Grape: Orange Head (Dgaff) {3}: LW:*, MO:*, XSN:* -- A:70/8
- Blu & Evidence: Los Angeles (Bigger Picture Music/New World Color) {3}: HG:+ -- A:70/1, TH:**
- Boston Manor: Sundiver (SharpTone) {3}: AD:*, D:*, K:* -- A:78/5
- Geoff Bradfield: Colossal Abundance (Calligram) {3}: -- TH:***
- Olie Brice/Rachel Musson/Mark Sanders: Immense Blue (West Hill) {3}: CM:+ -- TH:**
- Brown Horse: Reservoir (Loose Music) {3}: Mj:*, U:39* -- A:85/2
- The Buoys: Lustre (Sony) {3}: -- TH:***
- Cage the Elephant: Neon Pill (RCA) {3}: Blb:*, RS:*, T:* -- A:71/10
- Cakes Da Killa: Black Sheep (Young Art) {3}: S:* -- A:88/2, TH:**
- Caligula's Horse: Charcoal Grace (InsideOut) {3}: DiS:*, MH:*, MI:* -- A:80/5
- Gunhild Carling: Jazz Is My Lifestyle! (Jazz Art) {3}: -- TH:***
- The Castellows: A Little Goes a Long Way (Warner Music Nashville -EP) {3}: XCI:* -- TH:**
- Bill Charlap Trio: And Then Again (Blue Note) {3}: -- TH:***
- Cheekface: It's Sorted (self-released) {3}: Ne:*, P:*, UR:* -- A:85/3
- Chemtrails: The Joy of Sects (Pnkslm) {3}: GTV:*, Mj:*, MO:* -- A:74/6
- The Church: Eros Zeta and the Perfumed Guitars (Communicating Vessels/Easy Action) {3}: LW:+, PM:*; am:* -- A:80/2
- Cnts: Thoughts & Prayers () {3}: Blb:*, DiS:*, PM:+ -- A:73/3
- Coffin Storm: Arcana Rising (Peaceville) {3}: HM:*, MSuk:*, Spk:* -- A:76/5
- Isaiah Collier & the Chosen Few: The Almighty (Division 81) {3}: PM:* -- A:90/1, TH:**
- Sheryl Crow: Evolution (Valory Music Group) {3}: Cl:*, UCR:+; am:* -- A:62/9
- Crumb: Amama (Crumb) {3}: FO:*, NT:*, Pf:* -- A:78/7
- Stephan Crump: Slow Water (Papillon Sounds) {3}: -- A:70/1, TH:***
- Dark Tranquililty: Endrtime Signals (Century Media) {3}: Blb:*, MI:*, MSuk:* -- A:73/7
- Das Body: True Vulture () {3}: Cl:*, D:*, GTV:* -- A:80/3
- George Dearborne: Lotta Honky Tonkin' Left in Me (Wingate) {3}: scm:* -- TH:**
- Dog Unit: At Home (Brace Yourself) {3}: Cl:*, LQ:*, Mj:* -- A:76/5
- Dummy: Free Energy (Trouble in Mind) {3}: Pf:*, XSN:*; am:* -- A:80/5
- Enterprise Earth: Death: An Anthology (MNRK) {3}: Blb:*, DiS:*, MI:* -- A:82/5
- Erick the Architect: I've Never Been Here Before (self-released) {3}: Cl:*, HG:+, SLi:+ -- A:79/2
- Etran De L'Aïr: 100% Saharan Guitar (Sahel Sounds) {3}: -- TH:***
- Fake Fruit: Mucho Mistrust (Carpark) {3}: NT:*; am:*, xjdc:* -- A:74/5
- Ezra Feinberg: Soft Power (Tonal Union) {3}: G:*, Mj:*, U:* -- A:80/3
- Kelly Finnigan: A Lover Was Born (Colemine) {3}: Mj:70*, U:* -- A:80/2
- Fletcher: In Search of the Antidote (EMI) {3}: Cl:*, D:*, LBF:* -- A:75/5
- The Folk Implosion: Walk Thru Me (Joyful Noise) {3}: PM:*, S:*, U:* -- A:71/9
- Ace Frehley: 10,000 Volts (MNRK) {3}: Blb:*, S:*, UCR:+ -- A:73/4
- Ben Frost: Scope Neglect (Mute) {3}: G:*+; vu:+ -- A:66/7
- Full of Hell: Coagulated Bliss (Closed Casket Activities) {3}: BV:+, Db:21, Tr:+ -- A:81/5
- The Fully Celebrated Orchestra: Sob Story (Relative Pitch) {3}: CM:+ -- TH:**
- Gangrene: Heads I Win, Tails You Lose (ALC) {3}: HG:+ -- TH:**
- Gel: Persona (Blue Grape Music -EP) {3}: DiS:*, NME:*, PM:* -- A:81/6
- Ghetts: On Purpose, With Purpose (Warner) {3}: Cl:*, DIY:*, NME:* -- A:77/5
- Glacial Tomb: Lightless Expanse (Prosthetic) {3}: AMG:*, Db:28, DiS:* -- A:80/2
- Philip Glass: Philip Glass Solo (Orange Mountain) {3}: Pf:*, SC:+, U:* -- A:76/4
- Good Looks: Lived Here for a While (Keeled Scales) {3}: BV:+, FO:*, P:* -- A:82/2
- Vanisha Gould and Chris McCarthy: Life's a Gig (Fresh Sound New Talent) {3}: wrti:+ -- TH:**
- Noah Haidu: Standards II (Sunnyside) {3}: ysp:* -- TH:**
- Hellbutcher: Hellbutcher (Metal Blade) {3}: Db:24, DiS:*, K:* -- A:75/4
- Alden Hellmuth: Good Intentions (Fresh Sound New Talent) {3}: -- TH:***
- Hello Mary: Emita Ox (Frenchkiss) {3}: FO:*, P:*, XSN:* -- A:85/3
- Fred Hersch: Silent, Listening (ECM) {3}: am:*, tms_j:+ -- A:75/2, TH:*
- Conrad Herwig: The Latin Side of McCoy Tyner (Savant) {3}: tms_j:+ -- TH:**
- House of All: Continuum (Tiny Global) {3}: LW:+, Mj:*, U:* -- A:80/2
- Itasca: Imitation of War (Paradise of Bachelors) {3}: Cl:*, Mj:*, U:* -- A:77/5
- Bon Iver: Sable, (Jagjaguwar -EP) {3}: AV:*, NME:*, NT:* -- A:86/4
- Keefe Jackson/Raoul van der Weide/Frank Rosaly: Live at de Tanker (Kettle Hole) {3}: -- TH:***
- Arushi Jain: Delight (Leaving) {3}: Mj:*, U:*; ra:* -- TH:B-
- Boldy James/Conductor Williams: Across the Tracks (Near Mint) {3}: PO:+ -- TH:**
- Chuck Johnson: Sun Glories (Western Vinyl) {3}: PM:", U:54; am:* -- A:77/4
- I Jordan: I Am Jordan (Ninja Tune) {3}: W:*; ra:* -- TH:*
- Ariel Kalma/Jeremiah Chiu/Marta Sofia Honer: The Closest Thing to Silence (International Anthem) {3}: Mj:*, Pf:*; am:* -- A:80/4
- Cassie Kinoshi's SEED.: Gratitude (International Anthem) {3}: Mj:65* -- A:80/1, TH:*
- Sarah Kinsley: Escaper (Verve Forecast) {3}: DIY:*, FO:*, Mj:* -- A:87/3
- Lola Kirke: Country Curious (One Riot -EP) {3}: xjdc:*, ysp:* -- TH:*
- Allegra Krieger: Art of the Unseen Infinity Machine (Double Double Whammy) {3}: P:*, SC:*, StL:* -- A:81/5
- KRM & KMRU: Disconnect (Phantom Limb) {3}: Cl:*, Mj:*; bl:7 -- A:81/3
- Lady Blackbird: Slang Spirituals (Foundation Music Productions/BMG) {3}: Mj:20*, RC:* -- A:80/2
- Bill Laurance/The Untold Orchestra: Bloom (ACT Music) {3}: SC:+ -- TH:**
- Oisin Leech: Cold Sea () {3}: IT:*, Mj:61, U:29 -- A:69/3
- David Leon: Bird's Eye (Pyroclastic) {3}: AAJ:+ -- TH:**
- Rosemary Loar: Vagabond Heart/Curação Vagabundo (Atlor Music) {3}: -- TH:***
- Logic1000: Mother (Because Music) {3}: Cl:*, NME:*; ra:* -- A:72/4
- Lord Spikeheart: The Adept (Hækalu) {3}: G:*, Qt:+, Tr:+ -- A:75/3
- Rosie Lowe: Lover, Other (Blue Flowers Music) {3}: AD:*, Al:*, O:* -- A:87/5
- John Lurie: Painting With John (Royal Potato Family) {3}: -- TH:***
- Post Malone: F-1 Trillion (Mercury/Republic) {3}: I:*, XCI:*, T:* -- A:67/11
- Man/Woman/Chainsaw: Eazy Peazy (Fat Possum -EP) {3}: NME:*, NT:*, Sk:* -- A:76/5
- MAVI: Shadowbox (Mavi 4 Mayor Music) {3}: Pf:* -- A:80/1, TH:**
- Terence McManus: Music for Chamber Trio (Rowhouse Music) {3}: -- TH:***
- Pat Metheny: MoonDial (BMG) {3}: Mj:*; am:* -- A:76/4, TH:*
- Michael & the Mighty Midnight Revival: Songs for Sinners and Saints (Loma Vista/VLNS) {3}: Cl:*, O:*, Sp:* -- A:74/5
- Midnight Sons: Money Has No Owners (Chong Wizard) {3}: HG:+ -- TH:**
- Midwife: No Depression in Heaven (The Flenser) {3}: Ex:*, P:*, SC:* -- A:85/3
- Monolake: Studio (Imbalance Computer Music) {3}: Mj:*; bl:2 -- A:75/2
- Gurf Morlix: In Love at Zero Degrees (Rootball) {3}: xjdc:* -- TH:**
- Mother of Graves: The Periapt of Absence (Profound Lore) {3}: Db:11, DiS:* -- A:90/1
- Martha Skye Murphy: Um (AD 93) {3}: Cl:*, Qt:+, Sk:* -- A:80/2
- Navy Blue: Memoirs in Armour (Freedom Sounds) {3}: -- A:78/1, TH:***
- Nile: The Underground Awaits Us All (Napalm) {3}: Blb:*, DiS:*, MH:* -- A:79/7
- NLE Choppa: Slut Szn (Warner) {3}: XCI:*; xjdc:* -- A:40/1, TH:*
- Nourished by Time: Catching Chickens (XL -EP) {3}: GB:++, StL:* -- A:81/2
- Mali Obomsawin/Magdalena Abrego [Deerlady]: Greatest Hits (Out Of Your Head) {3}: CM:+ -- TH:**
- The Obsessed: Gilded Sorrow (Ripple Music) {3}: DiuS:*, MH:*, MSuk:* -- A:77/5
- Nils Økland Band: Gjenskinn (Hubro) {3}: CM:+ -- TH:**
- One for All: Big George (Smoke Sessions) {3}: AAJ:+; tms_j:+ -- TH:*
- Oneida: Expensive Air (Joyful Noise) {3}: S:*, Sp:*, U:* -- A:80/4
- Royel Otis: Pratts & Pain (Ourness) {3}: Cl:*, D:*, NME:* -- A:71/5
- Ulysses Owens Jr and Generation Y: A New Beat (Cellar Music) {3}: AAJ:+ -- TH:**
- Oxygen Destroyer: Guardian of the Universe (Redefining Darkness) {3}: AMG:*, Db:32, MH:* -- A:80/2
- Partynextdoor: Partynextdoor 4 (P4) (OVO Sound/Santa Ana) {3}: BB:+, Cl:*, Up:+ -- A:80/1
- Paysage d'Hiver: Die Berge (Kunsthall Produktionen) {3}: AMG:*, Db:29, MI:* -- A:77/3
- Orville Peck: Stampede (Warner) {3}: FO:*, O:*, SC:* -- A:73/8
- Ivo Perelman/Chad Fowler/Reggie Workman/Andrew Cyrille: Embracing the Unknown (Mahakala Music) {3}: CM:+ -- TH:**
- Lee "Scratch" Perry & Youth: Spaceship to Mars () {3}: -- DiS:*, Mj:50, RC:*
- Pest Control: Year of the Pest (Quality Control HQ -EP) {3}: -- TH:***
- Phosphorescent: Revelator (Verve) {3}: Mj:*, U:24* -- A:76/8
- Pye Corner Audio: The Endless Echo (Ghost Box) {3}: U:75; am:* -- A:85/2
- Max Richter: In a Landscape (Decca) {3}: Cl:*, IT:*, SC:* -- A:76/6
- Terre Roche: Inner Adult (self-released) {3}: SC:* -- A:83/1, TH:**
- Maggie Rose: No One Gets Out Alive (Big Loud) {3}: RS:*+; am:* -- A:80/2
- Saigon/Fredro: The Jordan Era (Payday) {3}: HG:+, XCI:*; odb:*
- Ann Savoy: Another Heart (Smithsonian Folkways) {3}: PO:+; ysp:* -- TH:*
- Ben Seretan: Allora (Tiny Engines) {3}: P:*, PM:*, S:* -- A:88/3
- Maya Shenfeld: Under the Sun (Thrill Jockey) {3}: Cl:*, Mj:*, MO:* -- A:78/5
- Shygirl: Club Shy (Because Music -EP) {3}: vu:+, xjdc:* -- TH:*
- Skee Mask: ISS010 (Ilian Tape) {3}: Qt:+ -- TH:**
- Ches Smith: Laugh Ash (Pyroclastic) {3}: IT:*, PM:+ -- TH:*
- Connie Smith: Love, Prison, Wisdom and Heartaches (Fat Possum) {3}: ysp:* -- TH:**
- Todd Snider: Viva Satellite (Purple Version) (Aimless) {3}: -- RX:**, TH:*
- Snow Patrol: The Forest Is the Path (Polydor) {3}: T:*, XSN:*; am:* -- A:60/8
- Astrid Sonne: Great Doubt (Escho) {3}: G:*+, GB:+ -- A:79/2
- Brittney Spencer: My Stupid Life (Elektra) {3}: RS:*+, SSt:+ -- A:75/2
- State Champs: State Champs (Pure Noise) {3}: DiS:*, DIY:*, K:* -- A:75/4
- Superposition: II (We Jazz) {3}: CM:+ -- TH:**
- Aki Takase Japanic: Forte (Budapest Music Center) {3}: CM:+ -- TH:**
- TiaCorine: Almost There (South Scope/Interscope -EP) {3}: BB:+ -- TH:**
- Bryson Tiller: Bryson Tiller (RCA) {3}: BB:+, Cl:*, Up:+ -- A:79/3
- Tinashe: Quantum Baby (Nice Life) {3}: S:* -- A:70/10, TH:**
- Toro Y Moi: Hole Earth (Dead Oceans) {3}: Cl:*, RC:*; am:* -- A:73/6
- Triples: Assemble24 (Modhaus) {3}: NME:*+, Spk:* -- A:80/2
- Oded Tzur: My Prophet (ECM) {3}: AAJ:+ -- TH:**
- Jordan VanHemert: Deep in the Soil (Origin) {3}: AAJ:+ -- TH:**
- Vegyn: The Road to Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions (Plz Make It Ruins) {3}: Cl:*, G:+, S:* -- A:77/5
- Piet Verbist: Flamenco Jazz Summit: El Mar Empieza Aquí (Origin) {3}: -- TH:***
- Luis Vicente Trio: Come Down Here (Clean Feed) {3}: CM:+ -- TH:**
- Suki Waterhouse: Memoir of a Sparklemuffin (Sub Pop) {3}: D:*, I:*; am:* -- A:71/8
- While She Sleeps: Self Hell (Spinefarm) {3}: Cl:*, DiS:*, K:* -- A:75/6
- Friso van Wijck: Friso van Wijck's Candy Container (TryTone) {3}: -- TH:***
- Immanuel Wilkins: Blues Blood (Blue Note) {3}: G:* -- TH:**
- Adam Wiltzle: Eleven Fugues for Sodium Pentothal (Kranky) {3}: Mj:*, U:*; am:* -- A:75/5
- WoochieWobbler: Is My Future Bright? (3455092 DK -EP) {3}: DW:+ -- TH:**
- Xaviersobased: Keep It Goin Xav (34Ent) {3}: Pf:*+ -- A:82/1, TH:*
- X: Smoke & Fiction (Fat Possum) {3}: PO:+; xjdc:* -- TH:*
- Young Miko: Att. (The Wave Music Group) {3}: BB:+, RS:+, V:+
- Yung Lean & Bladee: Psykos (Year0001/World Affairs) {3}: AV:+, Pf:*; cmp:+ -- A:65/2
- Zeal & Ardor: Greif (self-released) {3}: D:*, DiS:*, K:* -- A:73/9
- Outer Spaceways Incorporated: Kronos Quartet & Friends Meet Sun Ra (Red Hot +) {3}: ysp:* -- TH:**
- 4Batz: U Made Me a St4r (4Batz/Gamma -EP) {2}: BB:+; cmp:+ -- A:40/1
- Accept: Humanoid (Napalm) {2}: ClR:*, Sp:* -- A:79/6
- Actress: Statik (Smalltown Supersound) {2}: ra:* -- TH:*
- Okaidja Afroso: Àbòr Édín (Chechekule) {2}: XCI:* -- TH:*
- Amigo the Devil: Yours Until the War Is Over (Liars Club/Ragtime Music Group) {2}: CS:+, XSN:* -- A:100/1
- Apathy: Connecticut Casual: Chapter 2 (Dirty Version) {2}: HG:+, Ne:* -- A:80/1
- Maria Chiara Argirò: Closer (Innovative Leisure) {2}: Cl:*, LBF:* -- A:77/3
- Awon & Parental: Sublime (HHV) {2}: HG:+; odb:*
- Beans: Zwaard (Tygr Rawwk) {2}: HG:+ -- TH:*
- Evan Nicole Bell: Runaway Girl (Humingbird -EP) {2}: ysp:* -- TH:*
- Big Freedia With the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra: Live at the Orpheum Theater (Queen Diva) {2}: PO:+; ysp:*
- BKtherula: LVL5 P2 (Warner) {2}: -- RX:**
- Bladee: Cold Visions (Trash Island) {2}: Pf:*, Sl:+ -- A:67/3
- Sega Bodega: Dennis (Harmonia Mundi) {2}: Cl:*, LBF:* -- A:76/4
- Body Bag Ben/Vega7 the Ronin: Kawasaki Killers (Body Bag Productions/Fat Beats) {2}: HG:+; odb:*
- Boeckner: Boeckner! (Sub Pop) {2}: Mj:*, UR:* -- A:76/5
- Bossman Dlow: Mr Beat the Road (Alamo) {2}: Up_h:+; cmp:+
- Buddy: Don't Forget to Breathe (Empire) {2}: Up:+, Up_r:+
- Kirin J Callinan: If I Could Sing (PIAS/Worse) {2}: AV:+, SC:* -- A:65/2
- Isobel Campbell: Bow to Love (Cooking Vinyl) {2}: MO:*, RC:* -- A:69/6
- Chanel Beads: Your Day Will Come (Jagjaguwar) {2}: LBF:*, NT:* -- A:77/5
- Eric Chenaux Trio: Delilghts of My Life (Constellation) {2}: Qt:+, RC:* -- A:80/1
- Cigarettes After Sex: X's (Partisan) {2}: Cl:*, I:* -- A:67/12
- Commoner: A Commoner's Quest () {2}: K:*, LW:+ -- A:80/1
- Corridor: Mimi (Bonsound) {2}: Ex:*+ -- A:80/1
- Denzel Curry: King of the Mischievous South Vol 2 (PH/Loma Vista/Concord) {2}: BPM:*, Ne:* -- A:70/10
- Cyril Cyril: Le Futur Ça Marche Pas (Bongo Joe) {2}: PM:*+ -- A:80/1
- Douglas Dare: Omni (Erased Tapes) {2}: LW:*+ -- A:80/2
- Darkthrone: It Beckons Us All (Peaceville) {2}: Db:37, DiS:* -- A:59/3
- Andra Day: Cassandra (Cherith) (Warner) {2}: SSt:+; odb:*
- D-Block Europe: Rolling Stone (UMG/D-Block/EGA) {2}: Cl:*, O:* -- A:67/3
- Death's Dynamic Shroud.wmv & Galen Tipton: You Like Music (Ghost Diamond) {2}: Ne:*, SLi:+ -- A:80/1
- DJ Anderson do Paraiso: Queridao (Nyege Nyege Tapes) {2}: G:+, Qt:+ -- TH:B
- Drunk Mums: Beer Baby (Legless) {2}: Cl:*, DiS:* -- A:77/3
- Duncecap: Pay or Dispute (Backwoodz Studioz) {2}: SC:*+ -- A:80/1
- El Khat: Mute (Glitterbeat) {2}: PO:+ -- TH:*
- Emel: MRA (Yotanka) {2}: PM:*+ -- A:80/1
- Everliven Sound & Slimline Mutha: Echo Chamber (self-released) {2}: HG:+; odb:*
- EvilGiane & Slimesito: Evilslime (Surf Gang) {2}: CS:+, Tr:+
- Ingebrigt Håker Flaten & (Exit) Knarr: Breezy (Sonic Transmissions) {2}: CM:+, PO:+
- FLO: Access All Areas (Island) {2}: DIY:*, NME:* -- A:67/8
- Fousheé: Pointy Heights (RCA/Trackmasters) {2}: Cl:*, O:* -- A:80/2
- Future Palace: Distortion (Arising Empire) {2}: DiS:*, Sp:* -- A:80/3
- Ganavya: Like the Sky I've Been Too Quiet (Naive/Virgin) {2}: G:*, RC:* -- A:80/2
- Hilary Gardner: On the Trial With the Lonesome Pines (Anzic) {2}: tms_j:+ -- TH:*
- Ghost Dubs: Damaged (Pressure) {2}: Mj:67* -- A:77/2
- Girl and Girl: Call a Doctor (Sub Pop) {2}: XCI:**
- Girls in Synthesis: Sublimination () {2}: DS:*, LW:+ -- A:80/1
- Jon Gordon: 7th Ave South (ArtistShare) {2}: tms_j:+ -- TH:*
- Green Day: Saviors (Reprise) {2}: UCR:+; ysp:*
- Morgan Guerin: Tales of the Facade (Candid) {2}: wrti:+ -- TH:*
- Gustaf: Package Pt 2 (Royal Mountain) {2}: FO:*, S:* -- A:76/5
- The Haas Company [Featuring Frank Gambale]: Vol. 2: Celestial Latitude (Psychiatric) {2}: -- TH:**
- Eirik Hegdal Eklektisk Samband: Turnchest (Particular) {2}: CM:+ -- TH:*
- Hiatus Kaiyote: Love Heart Cheat Code () {2}: SSt:+; ysp:*
- High Vis: Guided Tour (BIAS/Dais) {2}: DIY:*, K:* -- A:79/4
- Homeboy Sandman: Rich II (self-released) {2}: -- TH:**
- Hyeseon Hong Jazz Orchestra: Things Will Pass (Pacific Coast Jazz) {2}: -- TH:**
- Ian Hunter: Defiance Part 2: Fiction (Sun) {2}: UCR:+; ysp:*
- Idaho: Lapse (Arts & Crafts) {2}: P:*, Sp:* -- A:71/4
- Jason Isbell: Live From the Ryman Vol. 2 (Southeastern) {2}: XCI:**
- Ethan Iverson: Technically Acceptable (Blue Note) {2}: tms_j:+ -- TH:*
- Dora Jar: No Way to Relax When You Are on Fire (Island) {2}: D:*, DIY:* -- A:80/2
- Karen Jonas: The Rise and Fall of American Kitsch (self-released) {2}: scm:* -- TH:*
- Kokoko!: Butu (Transgressive) {2}: -- MT:**
- Kyle: Smyle Again (Independently Popular/APG) {2}: Up:+, Up_h:+
- Dawn Landes: The Liberated Woman's Songbook (Fun Machine Music) {2}: XCI:* -- TH:*
- Ledisi: Good Life (BMG) {2}: odb:*, ysp:*
- Yunchan Lim: Chopin: Études (Decca) {2}: G:*; am:* -- A:100/2
- London Grammar: The Greatest Love (Ministry of Sound) {2}: D:*; am:* -- A:73/3
- LustSickPuppy: Carousel From Hell (self-released) {2}: Ne:*, SLi:+ -- A:76/2
- Mall Girl: Pure Love (Jansen) {2}: PM:*+ -- A:74/3
- Kenny Mason: 9 (RCA) {2}: Up_h:+; cmp:+
- The Mavericks: Moon & Stars () {2}: BB:+; am:* -- A:80/1
- Meth: Shame (Prosthetic) {2}: Spk:*, Tr:+ -- A:82/6
- Mizu: Forest Scenes (NNA Tapes) {2}: PM:*+ -- A:84/2
- Moby: Always Centered at Night (Mute) {2}: Sp:* -- A:68/10, MT:C+, TH:*
- Molchat Doma: Belaya Polosa (Sacred Bones) {2}: Mj:*, PM:* -- A:72/7
- Ms Boogie: The Breakdown (self-released) {2}: XCI:* -- TH:*
- Mxmtoon: Liminal Space (AWAL) {2}: D:*, DIY:* -- A:80/2
- Jasmine Myra: Rising (Gondwana) {2}: O:*; am:* -- A:80/2
- Alicia and Michael Olatuja: Olatuja (Whirlwind) {2}: odb:* -- TH:*
- The Ophelias: Ribbon (self-released -EP) {2}: PM:*+ -- A:80/1
- Oso Oso: Life Till Bones (Yunahon Entertainment) {2}: NT:*, S:* -- A:81/4
- Sam Outlaw: Terra Cotta (Black Hills) {2}: XCI:* -- TH:*
- Pallbearer: Mind Burns Alive (Nuclear Blast) {2}: K:*, Sp:* -- A:84/8
- Henrik Palm: Nerd Icon (Svart) {2}: DiS:*, SC:+ -- A:80/1
- Peter Cat Recording Co.: Beta बेटा () {2}: Cl:*, U:* -- A:78/3
- Grace Petrie: Build Something Better () {2}: MO:*, XSN:* -- A:90/2
- Kate Pierson: Radios & Rainbows (Lazy Meadow Music) {2}: -- TH:**
- Planet Asia/Local Astronauts: No Retirement (Local Astronauts/Goldchain Music) {2}: HG:+; odb:*
- Polo Perks/AyooLii/FearDorian: A Dog's Chance (3500) {2}: SpL:**
- H. Pruz: No Glory (Mtn Laurel) {2}: NT:*, P:* -- A:83/2
- Quadeca: Scrapyard (DeadAir) {2}: Ne:*+ -- A:90/1
- Jordan Rakei: The Loop (Decca) {2}: MO:*, SC:+ -- A:75/2
- Reyna Tropical: Malegría (Psychic Hotline) {2}: PM:*+ -- A:79/2
- Trent Reznor/Atticus Ross/Boys Noize: Challengers [Mixed] by Boys Noize (The Null Corporation) {2}: BB:+, Up:+ -- A:72/1
- Joanne Robertson & Dean Blunt: Backstage Raver (World Music) {2}: GB:++
- Jeymes Samuel: The Book of Clarence [The Motion Picture Soundtrack] (Geneva Club/Roc Nation) {2}: odb:*, ysp:*
- Sault: Acts of Faith (Forever Living Originals) {2}: PO:+ -- TH:*
- Brandon Seabrook: Object of Unknown Function (Pyroclastic) {2}: PO:+ -- TH:*
- Seafood Sam: Standing on Giant Shoulders (Drink Sum Wtr) {2}: SSt:+; odb:*
- Sexyy Red: In Sexyy We Trust (Rebel) {2}: BB:+, RS:+ -- A:68/2
- Caroline Shaw & So Percussion: Rectangles and Circumstance (Nonesuch) {2}: G:*; am:* -- A:85/2
- Patrick Shiroishi: Glass House (Otherly Love) {2}: PO:+ -- TH:*
- Sisso & Maiko: Singeli Ya Maajabu (Nyege Nyege Tapes) {2}: ysp:* -- TH:*
- Sy Smith: Until We Meet Again (Foreign Exchange Music) {2}: SSt:+; odb:*
- Sólstafir: Hinj Helga Kvöl (Century Media) {2}: MH:*, MI:* -- A:70/5
- Something Else! [Featuring Vincent Herring]: Soul Jazz (Smoke Sessions) {2}: tms_j:+ -- TH:*
- Daniel Son & Futurewave: Bushman Bodega (WavGodMusic) {2}: HG:+ -- TH:*
- Stetsasonic: Here We Go Again (SpitSLAM) {2}: HG:+; odb:*
- Colin Stetson: The Love It Took to Leave You (Invada) {2}: Ex:*, U:* -- A:85/2
- Still Corners: Dream Talk (Wrecking Light) {2}: Cl:*, Sp:* -- A:75/5
- Aaron Lee Tasjan: Stellar Evolution (Blue Élan) {2}: PM:*, V:+ -- A:77/2
- Jonathan Tetelman/PFK-Prague Philharmonia: The Great Puccini (Deutsche Grammophon) {2}: SpL:**
- Tropical Fuck Storm: Tropical Fuck Storm's Inflatable Graveyard (Three Lobed) {2}: xjdc:* -- TH:*
- Twice: With You-th (JYP/Republic -EP) {2}: SpL:**
- Twisters: The Album (Atlantic) {2}: -- MT:**
- Unknown T: Blood Diamond (Stay Solid/Island) {2}: Cl:*, LQ:* -- A:85/2
- USA Nails: Feel Worse (One Little Independent) {2}: GTV:*, LW:+ -- A:70/3
- Joey Valence & Brae: No Hands (JVB) {2}: HG:+, Ne:* -- A:80/1
- Vicious Blade: Relentless Force (Redefining Darkness) {2}: Db:35, MH:* -- A:80/1
- Vola: Friend of a Phantom (Mascot) {2}: Blb:*, DiS:* -- A:74/4
- Wallows: Model (Atlantic) {2}: Cl:*, D:* -- A:66/5
- Joanna Wang: Hotel La Rut (Sony Music) {2}: Ne:*+ -- A:80/1
- Marv Won: I'm Fine, Thanks for Asking (Mello Music Group) {2}: SSt:+; odb:*
- John Canning Yates: The Quiet Portraits (Violette) {2}: U:67* -- A:90/1
- Yeat: 2093 (Field Trip/Capitol) {2}: Ne:*; cmp:+ -- A:65/5
- Yoth Iria: Blazing Inferno (Edged Circle Productions) {2}: Db:36, MH:* -- A:80/1
- Your Old Drug: Movie (self-released) {2}: BV_r:+, HG:+
- 156/Silence: People Watching (Sharp Tone) {1}: DiS:*, Spk:* -- A:81/3
- 40 Watt Sun: Little Weight (Fisher's Folly/Cappio) {1}: AMG:* -- A:80/1
- 49 Winchester: Leavin' This Holler () {1}: scm:*
- Àbáse: Awakening (Oshu) {1}: Mj:* -- A:80/1
- Gracie Abrams: The Secret of Us () {1}: Cos:+
- Jessica Ackerley: All of the Colours Are Singing (AKP) {1}: CM:+
- Adult Jazz: So Sorry So Slow (Spare Thought) {1}: Cl:* -- A:60/3
- AI.Divino: Pyroglyphs () {1}: HG:+
- American Aquarium: The Fear of Standing Still () {1}: scm:*
- Amery: Continue as Amery (Night School) {1}: GB:+
- Apparition: Disgraced Emanations From a Tranquil State (Profound Lore) {1}: Db:26 -- A:60/1
- Armiture: Mother Engine (Dots Per Inch Music) {1}: Tr:+
- Pete Astor: Tall Stories & New Religions () {1}: LW:+ -- A:60/1
- Ateez: Golden Hour: Part 1 (KQ Entertainment -EP) {1}: Cl:* -- A:80/1
- Shinichi Atobe: Ongaku 1 (DDS -1) {1}: GB:+
- Avery Anna: Breakup Over Breakfast (Warner Music Nashville) {1}: XCI:*
- The Baby Seals: Chaos (Trapped Animal) {1}: XCI:*
- Sebastian Bach: Child Within the Man (Reigning Phoenix) {1}: UCR:+
- Baekhyun: Hello, World (INB100 -EP) {1}: NME:* -- A:80/1
- Karl Bartos: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Tapete) {1}: Sp:* -- A:65/6
- Beatenberg: The Great Fire of Beatenberg (Leafy Outlook) {1}: HV:+
- Bégayer: Évohé Bègue (Murailles Music/Via Parigi/Le Saule) {1}: Qt:+
- Big Chief Solo-Ra: The Primer (self-released) {1}: odb:*
- Big Hit/Hit-Boy/The Alchemist: Black & Whites () {1}: HG:+
- The Bird Calls: Old Faithful (Ruination) {1}: XCI:*
- Black Dresses: Laughingfish () {1}: SLi:+
- Luke Black: Chainsaws in Paradise (Amuseio) {1}: MO:* -- A:80/1
- Blunt Chunks: The Butterfly Myth (Telephone Explosion) {1}: Ex:+ -- A:79/1
- Blu/Shafiq Husayn: Out of the Blue (Nature Sounds) {1}: odb:*
- Body Bag Ben/XP the Marxman: Good Times, Bad Times () {1}: HG:+
- Claire Booth/Christopher Glynn: Arnold Schoenberg: Expressionist Music (Orchid Classics) {1}: G:* -- A:80/1
- Bòsc: Bòsc (La Crue/La Grande Folie) {1}: Qt:+
- Brat: Social Grace (Prosthetic) {1}: K:* -- A:78/5
- British Murder Boys: Active Agents and House Boys (Downwards) {1}: Qt:+
- Johnny Britt: After We Play (J-Jams) {1}: odb:*
- Bruiser Wolf: My Story Got Stories (Fake Shore Drive/Bruiser Brigade) {1}: odb:*
- Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard: Skinwalker (Communion) {1}: ysp:*
- Ana Loua Caiano: Vou Ficar Neste Quadrado () {1}: SLi:+
- Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams: All This Time (Royal Potato Family) {1}: ysp:*
- Candy: It's Inside You (Relapse) {1}: BV:+
- Cane Hill: 'A Piece of Me I Never Let You Find (Out of Line) {1}: MH:* -- A:80/1
- Vinicius Cantuaria: Psychedelic Rio (Sunnyside) {1}: ysp:*
- Eladio Carrión: Sol Maria (Rimas) {1}: BB:+ -- A:70/1
- Matt Castillo: Pushing Borders () {1}: scm:*
- Caveira: Ficar Vivo (Shhpuma) {1}: Qt:+
- A Chal: Espíritu (Gazi World) {1}: RS:+
- Matt Champion: Mika's Laundry (RCA) {1}: Up:+
- John Chin/Jeong Lim Yang/Jon Gruk Kim: Journey of Han (Jinsy Music) {1}: -- TH:*
- Cash Cobain: Play Cash Cobain (Giant Music) {1}: RS:* -- A:79/2
- Amelia Coburn: Between the Moon and the Milkman () {1}: LW:+ -- A:69/1
- Louis Cole, Metropole Orkest & Jules Buckley: Nothing (Brainfeeder) {1}: Mj:* -- A:73/3
- Jon Connor: III (All Varsity Music Group) {1}: odb:*
- Conway the Machine: Slant Face Killah () {1}: HG:+
- Copywrite: The Last Supper () {1}: HG:+
- Chick Corea & Béla Fleck: Remembrance (Thirty Tigers) {1}: tms_j:+ -- TH:B
- Chris Corsano/Joe Baiza/Mike Watt: Corsano Baiza Watt Trio (Yucca Alta) {1}: CM:+
- Alison Cotton: Engelchen (Rocket) {1}: Qt:+
- Counterparts: Heaven Let Them Die (Pure Noise -EP) {1}: Spk:* -- A:84/1
- Marion Cousin/Elöise Decazes: Com a Lanceta Na Mão (Pagans/Le Saule/La République Des Granges) {1}: Qt:+
- Cower: Celestial Devestation (Human Worth) {1}: Qt:+
- Crimeapple & Big Ghost Ltd: Bazuko () {1}: HG:+
- Crooked Little Sons: Regenerate () {1}: LW:+
- Jeff Crosby: Another Petal Falls Off of the Rose () {1}: scm:*
- Cuntroaches: Skin Graft () {1}: Qt:+
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- Darkest Hour: Perpetual Terminal (MNRK) {1}: K:* -- A:80/6
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- Lola De La Mata: Oceans on Azimuth (self-released) {1}: Qt:+
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- Departure Chandelier: Satan Soldier of Fortune (Nuclear War Now!) {1}: Db:39
- Mickey Diamond & Ral Duke: Super Shredder () {1}: HG:+
- Alvaro Diaz: Sayonara (Universal Music Latino) {1}: RS:+
- Dillon & Batsauce: What Have We Done () {1}: HG:+
- Al Di Meola: Twentyfour (Ear Music) {1}: am:* -- A:80/1
- DJ Illogik: Time & Tenacity () {1}: HG:+
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- Dyke Drama: Up Against the Bricks (Salinas) {1}: S:* -- A:76/2
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- Jacken Elswyth: At Fargrounds (Wrong Speed) {1}: Qt:+
- Enoch: Waiting for Something to Happen () {1}: HG:+
- Ernest: Nashville, Tennessee () {1}: BB:+
- Erotic Secrets of Pompeii: Mondo Maleficum () {1}: LW:+
- Alejandro Escovedo: Echo Dancing (Yep Roc) {1}: ysp:*
- Eunuchs: Harbour Century () {1}: SLi:+
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- Ex-Easter Island Head: Norther (Rocket) {1}: Qt:+
- Falling in Reverse: Popular Monster (Epitaph) {1}: Blb:* -- A:49/4
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- Faune: Des Fantômes (Standard In-Fi) {1}: Qt:+
- Fcukers: Baggy$$ (Technicolour -EP) {1}: FO:* -- A:74/2
- Fine: Rocky Top Ballads (Escho) {1}: GB:+
- Forq: Big Party (GroundUP) {1}: -- TH:*
- Fort Romeau: Romantic Gestures, Vol. 1 (Romantic Gestures) {1}: BB:+
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- Frail Body: Artificial Bouquet (Deathwish) {1}: Tr:+
- Fer Franco: Ritos de Paso (self-released) {1}: Qt:+
- Fredo Bang: Yes, I'm Sad (Def Jam) {1}: Up_h:+ -- A:78/1
- Sam Fribush Trio: People Please (Flybird Music) {1}: wrti:+
- Funeral: I Know Something You Don't () {1}: SLi:+
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- Miha Gantar: New York (Clean Feed) {1}: PO:+
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- John Glacier: Like a Ribbon (Young -EP) {1}: GB:+
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- Gnod: Spot Land (Rocket) {1}: Qt:+
- Goblin Band: Come Slack Your Horse! (Broadside Hacks) {1}: Qt:+
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- Lori Goldston: Convolutions (Nyahh) {1}: Qt:+
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- Charles Goold: Triptych Lespri (La Reserve) {1}: tms_j:+
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- Grande Mahogany: As Grande As (Laundry Music) {1}: Ne:* -- A:80/1
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- Gumbo: Stir the Pot (A Tiny Universe) {1}: ysp:*
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- Lalah Hathaway: Vantablack () {1}: SSt:+
- The Havels, Irena & Vojtěch Havlovi: Four Hands (Animal Music) {1}: Qt:+
- Koryn Hawthorne: On God (Provident) {1}: odb:*
- Health: Rat Wars (Loma Vista -23) {1}: Tr:+
- Heems: Veena (Veena Sounds) {1}: -- XCI:*
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- Hi! Capybaras: A/M/Y/G/D/A/L/A () {1}: Qt:+
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- Fana Hues: Moth () {1}: SSt:+
- Il Sogno Del Marinaio: Terzo (Improved Sequence) {1}: CM:+
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- Infant Island: Obsidian Wreath (Secret Voice) {1}: Sg:+
- Brandon Isaac: Another Level of Existence: Mastery of Acceptance (self-released) {1}: odb:*
- Iyamah: In Two Worlds (self-released) {1}: odb:*
- Jahari Massamba Unit: YHWM Is Love (Law of Rhythm) {1}: vu:+
- Boldy James & Nicholas Craven: Penalty of Leadership () {1}: HG:+
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- Jawnino: 40 (True Panther) {1}: G:+
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- J.P.: Coming Out Party () {1}: BB:+
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- Katseye: SIS (Soft Is Strong) (HYBE/Geffen -EP) {1}: NME:* -- A:80/1
- Kehlani: Crash (Atlantic) {1}: xjdc:*
- Laryssa Kim: Contezza (City Tracks) {1}: GB:+ -- A:78/1
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- King of Pigs: After Victory Comes Defeat () {1}: LW:+
- Kip & JJ Loui: Breadface EP (Kaplooey -EP) {1}: ysp:*
- Mark Knopfler: One Deep River (British Grove/EMI) {1}: UCR:+
- KVB: Tremors (Invada) {1}: MO:* -- A:75/2
- LaRussell & Hit-Boy: Rent Due (Good Company -EP) {1}: Up_h:+ -- A:76/1
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- Latto: Sugar Honey Iced Tea (Streamcut/RCA) {1}: am:* -- A:70/4
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- Kiran Leonard: Real Home (Memorials of Distinction) {1}: G:+
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- Little Feat: Sam's Place (Hot Tomato) {1}: XCI:*
- Little Man Tate: Welcome to the Rest of Your Life (Best of Three) {1}: LW:+
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- Loma: How Will I Live Without a Body? (Sub Pop) {1}: BV:+
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- Love Fiend: Handle With Care (In the Red) {1}: ysp:*
- Luireach: Landless (Glitterbeat) {1}: G:* -- A:100/1
- Machacha: Kunst.Art () {1}: HG:+
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- Johnny Mafia: 2024: Année du Dragon (Howlin' Banana) {1}: LW:+
- Mahti: Musiikki 3 (Riot Season) {1}: Qt:+
- Make Them Suffer: Make Them Suffer (Greyscale/SharpTone) {1}: MH:* -- A:72/3
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- The Marías: Submarine (Nice Life/Atlantic) {1}: Sg:+
- Masamoon: B.I.D.S. (Beautifully Ignorant Disrespectful Sh*t) () {1}: HG:+
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- M-Dot: Daze of Greed () {1}: HG:+
- Mega Ran X Jermiside: The Lure of Light (Hipnott) {1}: odb:*
- Melts: Field Theory (Fuzz Club) {1}: Cl:* -- A:70/2
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- Sonny Miles: Gamma (Protect the Culture) {1}: odb:*
- Milkweed: Folklore 1979 (Broadside Hacks) {1}: Qt:+
- Elijah Minnelli: Perpetual Musket (FatCat) {1}: Qt:+
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- Mista Sinista: ReBorn () {1}: HG:+
- MRCY: Volume 1 (Dead Oceans) {1}: odb:*
- Mr. Personality: Socially Attractive (self-released -EP) {1}: ysp:*
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- Mumbles: In the Pocket of Big Sad () {1}: LW:+
- Mumu Fresh: The Healing (self-released) {1}: odb:*
- Mura Masa: Curve 1 (Pond) {1}: O:* -- A:80/1
- NAHreally & the Expert: Blip () {1}: HG:+
- Nascent: Don't Grow Up Too Soon () {1}: SSt:+
- Nemahsis: Verbathim () {1}: Ex:* -- A:80/1
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- Night Tapes: Assisted Memories (Nettwerk -EP) {1}: GB:+
- Tony Njoku: Last Bloom (Prah) {1}: Qt:+
- Jade Novah: Where Have I Been? (Let There Be Art) {1}: odb:*
- NxWorries: Why Lawd? () {1}: SSt:+
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- Only the Poets: One More Night (-EP) {1}: Cl:* -- A:80/1
- Oolong: Oolong (self-released) {1}: Sg:+
- Oruã: Passe (Transfusão Noise) {1}: S:* -- A:77/2
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- Perc: The Cut Off (Perc Trax) {1}: Qt:+
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- Pollycock: Magic Mothers () {1}: LW:+
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- Potter Payper: Thanks for Hating (36TL) {1}: Cl:* -- A:80/1
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- Red Clay Strays: Made by These Moments () {1}: scm:*
- Reef the Lost Cauze: The Triumphant (Good MuSick) {1}: odb:*
- RiTchie: Triple Digits [112] (self-released) {1}: S:* -- A:71/3
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- Daniel Romano & Outfit: Too Hot to Sleep (You've Changed) {1}: ysp:*
- Rose Hotel: A Pawn Surrender (Strolling Bones) {1}: P:* -- A:80/1
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- Rəhman Məmmədli: Azerbaijani Gitara Volume 2 (Bongo Joe) {1}: Qt:+
- Sadistik/Maulskull: Oblivion Theater () {1}: HG:+
- Dali de Saint Paul/Maxwell Sterling: Penumbra (Accidental Meetings) {1}: Qt:+
- Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus (Milan) {1}: PO:+
- Salma e Mac: S&M (self-released) {1}: SpL:*
- Bianca Scout: Pattern Damage () {1}: Qt:+
- See You Space Cowboy: Coup De Grâce (Pure Noise) {1}: BV:+
- Hannah Selin: Dream Journal & the Apocalypse (Gold Bolus) {1}: PM:+
- Mei Semones: Kabutomushi (Bayonet) {1}: ysp:*
- Senyawa: Vajranala (The State51 Conspiracy) {1}: Qt:+
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- The Shop Window: Daysdream () {1}: LW:+
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- Slash: Orgy of the Damned (Gibson) {1}: UCR:+
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- Ugly: Twice Around the Sun (self-released -EP) {1}: Ne:* -- A:73/3
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