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- Isaiah Rashad
The House Is Burning
The TDE rapper returns with newfound poise and even joy, taking R&B, Southern rap, and his inimitable lyrical style and casting it into a sophisticated collage.
- Dot Allison
Heart-Shaped Scars
With a tendency to drift, the Scottish songwriter’s first solo record in almost a decade is a quiet, graceful collection of autumnal folk music.
- Horsey
Debonair
Grating yet perversely gratifying, this King Krule-adjacent South London band’s debut also contains music of inarguable force or surprising beauty.
- Ben Bondy
Glans Intercum
Ben Bondy makes ambient music shot through with sharp, pristinely mixed drums. This album for Huerco S.’s label is psychedelic in a way that suggests a faint sense of nausea or discomfort.
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- Billie Eilish
Happier Than Ever
On her second album, Billie Eilish sings with unsparing honesty about her rapid ascent to stardom and all its accompanying horrors. It’s woozy, effortlessly melodic, and showcases her command over the pop landscape.
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On their first album in 7 years, the blackgaze innovators lighten up their sound with bountiful hooks and life-drunk enthusiasm.
- John Glacier
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The East London rapper and producer’s debut has the feel of a mixtape, luxuriating in the tension between her reticent persona and raw lyricism.
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