Loud-Ass Guitars for a Crumbling Planet
Plus Pile’s most ambitious work, Kaytranada’s return to form, and a Faye Webster associate who channels Holden Caulfield
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The Most Subversive Popular Musician of the Decade
Plus a beloved alté pop star shreds up the existential club
A Basement Rock Tour de Force
Plus a brutal and oddly calming electronic soundtrack for society’s future collapse
Five Albums to Take You Away
Plus a singer-songwriter who bravely asks, “Is that dog that’s drowning in your new painting supposed to look like me?”
Four Out of Five Critics Agree, It’s Must Hear
Odetta vibes, Busta Rhymes after a hit of DMT, the wonder in the unknown, a quasi-reunion of anxious rockers, and more
Summer Music for Delirious Times
Featuring a pair of very different albums from Brazil, weed-gummy guitar pop, slick-talking DMV rap, and sun-kissed R&B
Oasis’ Return, Kesha’s Redemption
Plus indie-pop that would sound at home in an early Wes Anderson movie, philosophical rap with lush beats, and more
Regional Sales-Rep Rock, Sleazy Synth-Pop That Boings
Plus dancefloor-warping reggaetón filled with escándalo and a particularly sticky beat tape
The Next Great Folk Singer-Songwriter
Plus the crème de la crème of Singaporean indie-emo, New York lifestyle rap, and hurdy-gurdy psychedelia