18 March 2026
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Third album from Australian electronic musician Harley Edward Streten includes collaborations with Oklou, May-a, Kucka, Laurel, Virgen María, Emma Louise, Caroline Polachek and Damon Albarn
6.2
This techno-charged offering upscales the drops, fidgety distortion and replay value that has proved a constant in his playbook Read Review
On this third album, the musician couples his floor-shaking, hit-making style with quieter moments of introspection, reaching new heights in the process Read Review
Intended to be enjoyed by both faithful Flume stans and new listeners drawn to the beauty of a cacophonous, glitched-out style popularised by super-producers like SOPHIE, Danny Harle, and more Read Review
Although not without its inspired moments, Harley Streten’s third LP confirms that he’s most creatively free outside the album format Read Review
Flume’s Palaces is as surprising as it is forgettable Read Review
The Australian producer’s latest gets stuck between innovation and the urge to party like it’s 2014 Read Review
Palaces is so obsessed with the serenity of open air that it forgets how much more exciting Flume is when he picks apart a single concept Read Review
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Harry Styles Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally.
Wisely shoves Harry Styles out of the spotlight in favor of compelling nostalgia for a not-too-distant musical past Spectrum Culture
The Orielles Only You Left
A band expanding further into new genres whilst still acknowledging their funky upstart roots God Is In The TV
Harry Styles sounds tired of trying to check boxes on someone else’s list, and he’s trying to figure out his own sound as an adult man in his third decade PopMatters
Gorillaz The Mountain
On The Mountain, Gorillaz render the cinema of life, with its frankness and earnest-heartedness, as naturally as anything they’ve created PopMatters
Kim Gordon Play Me
If The Collective was punishing in its density, Play Me is its equal and opposite: leaner and more melodic without sacrificing invention. It's an album that reaffirms Gordon still knows how, and why, to push forward All Music
In a time when chaos and unpredictability are the experience de jour, one can push reality away or embrace it. Gordon does the latter. With unflagging allure Beats Per Minute
James Blake Trying Times
Over the course of a thirteen-track run, it becomes abundantly clear that James Blake truly, madly, deeply, believes in love Northern Transmissions
Consider, then, Kim Gordon’s PLAY ME as a window to that harrowing world of nausea, bad lyrics, gnarly dance beats, and for-profit mentality Northern Transmissions
Mandy, Indiana URGH
URGH is creative, scary and club-worthy all at the same time. If you're a fan of industrial music, techno, hip-hop and/or post-punk, there will be something for you to enjoy about this album Sputnik Music (staff)
While PLAY ME is an indulgence that can be allowed, it feels like a lesser work given her accomplishments and clear artistic ambitions Spectrum Culture
Ora Cogan Hard Hearted Woman
Even at its bleakest, the record resists easy cynicism. Instead, Cogan does the more difficult thing holding open a dark space long enough for light and curiosity to flicker inside it. Resilience lies not in becoming impenetrable, but in finding ways to feel more alive without breaking altogether God Is In The TV
The Canadian songwriter draws from gothic Americana, psychedelic folk, and ghostly bluegrass on an album of hypnotic ballads that land like incantations Pitchfork
She alternates between fighting the current and giving in. That approach, coupled with vocals balancing despair and determination, lends "The Smoke", with its cathedral synths, and especially "Division", with its narcotised krautrock drumbeat, an unsettling energy that's both treacherous and cathartic. Print edition only Uncut
With Hard Hearted Woman, Ora Cogan showcases that, in a patriarchal world, you have to be literally and figuratively ready to fight, body and soul PopMatters
Her haziest and trippiest yet, involving well over a dozen guests, including on synthesizer, organs, and electric guitar All Music
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
Rosalía Lux
Kendrick Lamar Damn.
D'Angelo And The Vanguard Black Messiah
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Ghosteen
Spiritbox Tsunami Sea
Self Esteem Prioritise Pleasure
Hayley Williams Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party
Bob Dylan Rough and Rowdy Ways