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Sia  Reasonable Woman

She enlists help from guest artists and DJs to encapsulate the past six years – but there’s no innovation or originality Beats Per Minute

Jessica Pratt  Here In The Pitch

Here In The Pitch is a staggering work that represents a high point in an artist’s career, and, even more, it pulls off some of the most unique pieces of music that feel impossible to replicate Northern Transmissions

Iron & Wine  Light Verse

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Dua Lipa  Radical Optimism

The English-Albanian pop superstar’s follow-up to Future Nostalgia lacks color, edge and instinct, as its 11 songs get lost beneath Kevin Parker and Danny L Harle’s psychedelic dependencies Paste Magazine

Hana Vu  Romanticism

Even if the record’s themes or lyrics play as a touch dramatic, Vu makes it easy to get swept up in the melodrama of each ascendant harmony and pounding guitar chord, seizing on the time when each swirl of emotion felt new and potent Under The Radar

Kamasi Washington  Fearless Movement

Jazz saxophonist Kamasi Washington’s latest album, Fearless Movement, inspires motion and emotion by combining contemporary jazz with pop, soul, and rap PopMatters

Sia  Reasonable Woman

The Australian hitmaker’s 10th studio album is an overproduced amalgamation of disco, hip-hop, and radio pop that even Sia’s gale-force delivery can only carry so far Pitchfork

Dua Lipa  Radical Optimism

Talk of a new musical direction proves unfounded as the Grammy-winning singer’s third album shares more retro-inspired dance pop and lessons from her love life The Observer

Kamasi Washington  Fearless Movement

He doesn't merely juxtapose instruments and sounds, he painstakingly combines them, bringing joy, intensity, political, social, and spiritual poignancy in a vision at once focused, restless, and playful All Music

Camera Obscura  Look to the East, Look to the West

Look to the East, Look to the West could not have been an easy record for the band to make: the obvious emotion and care they have poured into it are a fitting, hopefully healing tribute to a fallen loved one and a heart-warming gift to a fan base who feared they may never hear music from them again All Music

Mdou Moctar  Funeral For Justice

This is a band and artist working at their peak, and Funeral for Justice is a career highlight All Music

Hana Vu  Romanticism

Replacing the gothic, post-punk vibes for more accessible, mainstream tracks, it’s still a good indie-pop album, but you can’t help but long for slightly less glitter and slightly more grunge Dork

Hana Vu  Romanticism

In the constant struggle between hiding emotion and indulging in its depths publicly, Vu satisfyingly finds a way to prioritise reflection and release. Clash

Hana Vu  Romanticism

The LA singer-songwriter makes sadness eminently danceable on her sophomore LP Paste Magazine

Hana Vu  Romanticism

Setting its heavy heart aside, the album still affects with an emotional roller coaster of musical material, recommended together for a good dance-cry All Music