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Pearl Jam  Dark Matter

Dark Matter ended up as the most interesting and energized record since Backspacer Sputnik Music (staff)

Girl In Red  I'M Doing It Again Baby!

Marie Ulven Ringheim explores different feelings and moments as if they're still happening, but it doesn't feel like she's ready to spread her wings, sonically speaking Spectrum Culture

Claire Rousay  Sentiment

On sentiment, ambient composer Claire Rousay reveals herself to be a writer of affecting confessional songs, but it’s her skill as a sound artist that makes it a rewarding album rather than a painfully raw listening experience Spectrum Culture

English Teacher  This Could Be Texas

The latest British post-punk phenoms turn in a staggeringly accomplished and ambitious debut Spectrum Culture

Maggie Rogers  Don't Forget Me

With her third studio album, Rogers has fully broken free from a synth-heavy, production-reliant sound Spectrum Culture

Taylor Swift  The Tortured Poets Department

Taylor Swift has once again alchemised pain and criticism into art The Arts Desk

Claire Rousay  Sentiment

Sentiment is a place to jump right into her sonic world, with a proper pop pace: 10 songs in 37 minutes. The indie-rock tunes mix with orchestral interludes, synth drones, field recordings, found sounds from nature or the city streets, all full of raw emotion. Rolling Stone

Taylor Swift  The Tortured Poets Department

The album sustains a vibe that’s melancholic without sacrificing hooks, but its minimalism undercuts the singer’s strengths Slant Magazine

Taylor Swift  The Tortured Poets Department

Taylor Swift advances the Midnights synth-based and diaristic formula, embracing increasingly sophisticated and minimalistic sonics on The Tortured Poets Department PopMatters

Still House Plants  If I don't make it, I love u

Here, the trio integrate skeletal post-rock with soul and jazz, deconstructed by a presiding impulse to blur lines between terms or genres, allowing it all to collapse and collide. It’s harmony clashing with disharmony, the musicality of concrete sound The Quietus

Still House Plants  If I don't make it, I love u

The glowering strength of If I don't make it, I love u is in its commitment to both sides of the coin, an album both experimental and laid fully bare — The result is one of the best rock records of the year Exclaim

Still House Plants  If I don't make it, I love u

Powered by Jessica Hickie-Kallenbach’s astonishing singing, the British trio explore Dilla-time funkiness and math-rock detail The Guardian

Still House Plants  If I don't make it, I love u

If I don't make it, I love u is magnificent, the peak of their recorded output to date, the sound of a band solidifying and pushing forward into something genuinely their own. A truly brilliant piece of work The Skinny

Still House Plants  If I don't make it, I love u

In their seemingly telepathic interplay, the London post-rock trio eschews typical song forms in favor of a kind of collective flickering; their music tracks the process of its creation Pitchfork

Claire Rousay  Sentiment

Channeling her field recordings and sound collages into richly melodic slowcore overlaid with Auto-Tune, the Texas musician opens up a new expressive frontier in her work Pitchfork