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The Last Dinner Party  From The Pyre

All this merely confirms what we suspected but deep down already knew: The Last Dinner Party are a rare and special band, and ‘From The Pyre’ proves it emphatically Clash

Sudan Archives  The BPM

American polymath creates a vibrant, energetic atmosphere on her bustling house party of a third album musicOMH

Sudan Archives  The BPM

Brittney Parks’ tense and virtuosic new album documents a life in motion, blending breakups and rebounds, dancefloor euphoria and everyday anxiety Pitchfork

Hannah Frances  Nested In Tangles

After a 2024 breakthrough album about her father’s death, the audacious Vermont singer-songwriter squares up to her mother’s living absence—and, without her, finds her own way forward Pitchfork

Soulwax  All Systems Are Lying

The album is like a mirror so polished that it barely reveals anything at all Slant Magazine

Taylor Swift  The Life of a Showgirl

Not even a raft of dick jokes can salvage this largely joyless collection of factory-grade tunes from an increasingly overworked star Spectrum Culture

AFI  Silver Bleeds the Black Sun...

AFI jettisons the last of the punk fury that characterized their initial success and become the house band for an ‘80s goth night Spectrum Culture

The Last Dinner Party  From The Pyre

From the Pyre is proof of The Last Dinner Party’s vision and endurance, a record that burns with ambition and craft. Prelude was their awakening and the Pyre is their coronation Northern Transmissions

Jay Som  Belong

The release of this album shows that Jay Som still has it and deserves to belong in the indie space where she continues to thrive along the way Northern Transmissions

Sudan Archives  The BPM

Sudan Archives leans into Chicago house, Jersey trap, hyperpop, and contemporary dance music, delivering a wild, catchy, and unapologetically forward-thinking album Northern Transmissions

Sudan Archives  The BPM

The BPM allows Parks to showcase what a massive talent for writing and composing she has, removed from any constraints or genre terminology. A daring statement of intellectual and rich dance music that demands attention Beats Per Minute

The Last Dinner Party  From The Pyre

These are all big-hearted songs dreamed up in small rooms, and painted in bold Broadway strokes All Music

The Last Dinner Party  From The Pyre

The London five-piece throw the kitchen sink at these dizzyingly dense songs, often crushing their melodic pleasures in the process The Guardian

Tame Impala  Deadbeat

Australian indie’s breakout star takes a dancefloor diversion, but amid the four-four fun are fears about fame’s effect on his domestic life The Guardian

Tame Impala  Deadbeat

Kevin Parker’s latest record begins with what might be the best opening track of the year, as he makes mountains out of social awkwardness molehills The Independent