25 April 2024
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Pet Shop Boys nonetheless
Neil Tennant spins intoxicating tales of dancefloor liberation and queer trailblazers The Independent
St. Vincent All Born Screaming
St Vincent Returns with an authentically Badass album that is cinematic, innovative and transformative Northern Transmissions
Melvins Tarantula Heart
This album rocks. It has an experimental, and maybe sometimes uncomfortable aspect, here and there, but despite the fact that it is totally unique in the Melvins catalogue, it’s one of the most Melvins-y things they’ve ever released Punk News
Taylor Swift The Tortured Poets Department
Each of the record’s 31 tracks unfold as a specific set piece filled with anecdotes, some more cleverly worded than others DIY
With album seven, Annie Clark has peeled away the layers of artifice to reveal her most unique identity yet: herself NME
On All Born Screaming, Clark sounds more at home than she has in a while, but all planets inevitably die — perhaps the next one she lands on will finally be her own Exclaim
Cloud Nothings Final Summer
Yet another solid rock record from a reliable group who are very good at this sort of thing Exclaim
Like the colourless photo of a near-anonymous Swift that adorns the album cover, it casts an artful pose but doesn't have the guts to look the listener in the eye Exclaim
In Swift’s capable hands, even the deepest moments of despair are transmuted into songs which resonate with emotion and genuine insight Under The Radar
This is the sound of releasing a lifetime’s worth of strife and unease. That sounds, it turns out, is pretty damn excellent The Line Of Best Fit
The Black Keys Ohio Players
You can sum up the overall aesthetic concept of the Black Keys’ Ohio Players with two main points: It rocks and sounds great in a bowling alley PopMatters
Annie Clark’s self-produced seventh album goes for a hard reset on the St. Vincent project. She retains her sharp edge as a songwriter while making the music sound exalting, inspiring, and thoroughly romantic Pitchfork
English Teacher This Could Be Texas
The UK band’s overstuffed debut melds indie-prog, rock, folk electronica, and post-punk into an expansive new sound Pitchfork
Annie Clark has made a restless, mercurial, kaleidoscopic record that will really alienate some yet completely bewitch the rest musicOMH
Are we finally seeing the real Annie Clarke? Replacing alter egos with raw immediacy, she delivers one of her best albums: restlessly inventive and packed with ideas The Guardian
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"Neat summation of where they've been, while still looking forward" (10/10 - The Skinny). "Their most accomplished album yet" (9/10 - DIY). "Sprawling ode to a long-gone, old New York City" (8/10 - NME)
Since we've been around, that is. So, the highest-rated albums from the past twelve years or so. Rankings are calculated to two decimal places.
Kendrick Lamar To Pimp A Butterfly
Fiona Apple Fetch The Bolt Cutters
Kendrick Lamar Damn.
D'Angelo And The Vanguard Black Messiah
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Ghosteen
Self Esteem Prioritise Pleasure
Bob Dylan Rough and Rowdy Ways
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Skeleton Tree
Frank Ocean Channel Orange
Dave We’re All Alone In This Together