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In Waves
Jamie xx
Ten years after his big solo debut, the UK producer goes even bigger for a well-polished record animated by the ecstatic and easy pleasures of the dancefloor.
Estradas
Nídia / Valentina Magaletti / Nídia & Valentina
On their debut collaboration, the beatmaker and the drummer search for middle ground between their respective styles, twisting programmed grooves and loose-limbed percussion into propulsive, polyrhythmic configurations.
LIVE DRUGS AGAIN
The War on Drugs
The Philly group’s second live album is a celebration of the band as a symbiotic unit and an impressive distillation of its cosmic Americana sound.
Viewfinder
Wendy Eisenberg
Laser eye surgery enabled the guitarist to see clearly. Their new album draws on the improvisatory techniques of free jazz to explore the slippery nature of human perception.
Cascade
Floating PointsThree years after exploring new dimensions in ambient jazz alongside Pharoah Sanders, Sam Shepherd refocuses his efforts on the dancefloor, with dazzling results.The Tortured Poets Department / The Anthology
Taylor SwiftIn standard and extended editions, Taylor Swift’s 11th studio album races to fill the gap between her intimate songwriting and her increasingly outsized persona. It’s unruly, unedited, and even a little tortured.Endlessness
Nala SinephroBest New AlbumThe London-based musician’s potent and intuitive second album dissolves the binaries inherent in ambient jazz and imagines a third sort of music that thrives at their midpoint.What’s Wrong With New York?
The DareSplit between libido-maxxed hooks and hackneyed stabs at post-bender profundity, the Dare’s debut album is sweaty, horny, and trying really hard.Manning Fireworks
MJ LendermanBest New AlbumThe Asheville singer-songwriter’s outstanding fourth album is loaded with zingers and losers. It’s witty and sincere, the mark of a songwriter finding his voice.Short n’ Sweet
Sabrina CarpenterAfter a summer of hit singles, Sabrina Carpenter sets a high bar for big pop with a refreshingly light album that’s cheeky, clever, and effortlessly executed.Imaginal Disk
Magdalena BayThe Los Angeles duo’s second album is musically and conceptually dense, warping the fundamentally optimistic sound of pop to suit a more cynical and paranoid reality.
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