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Yard Act  You're Gonna Need A Little Music

Yard Act prove themselves to be far more malleable than you might expect as they continue to push the sonic envelope, while grounding their songs in relatable kitchen sink wit The Skinny

Yard Act  You're Gonna Need A Little Music

This is the sound of a band in maximum flight, not afraid to change direction, still with the open and fun storytelling but immersed in a darker soundscape The Line Of Best Fit

The Rolling Stones  Foreign Tongues

It demonstrates the timelessness of the blues, especially when in the right hands. In the case of Richards and Jagger, this remains ever true as one of the greatest songwriting duos proves their worth once more Spill Magazine

Madonna  Confessions II

CONFESSIONS II does a poignant job of capturing the pop star’s life both past and present in a way that’s uncharacteristically unguarded and deeply introspective Albumism

Kelela  new avatar

Where Raven was interested in images of nature and vanishing boundaries, new avatar seems conscious of walls and windows, house fronts from which city life echoes. And again and again, the sound of a sole electric guitar in bedrooms. Indeed: everybody’s making rock music! Beats Per Minute

Jack White  Frozen Charlotte

The former White Stripes man throws lightning bolts over his own '70s riff universe on his seventh solo outing – but it's nothing new NME

The Rolling Stones  Foreign Tongues

Foreign Tongues is good, even if it's overcrowded and occasionally over-eager; a feat most bands would kill for. They may lean into their strengths a little too hard at times, but the Rolling Stones are still coming out on top Exclaim

Panda Bear & Sonic Boom  ? of When

This is a gorgeous, sweeping, summery experimental record that in my humblest of opinions deserves to see Panda Bear and Sonic Boom recognized far more than they currently are as a brilliant psych-pop duo Sputnik Music (staff)

mary in the junkyard  Role Model Hermit

Most upstart bands do not reach, let alone commence with, such strong thematic unity and the uncanny ability to express it through every single instrument used Sputnik Music (staff)

Madonna  Confessions II

Though the sixteen-track LP plays it safe sonically, leaning into commercial dance tropes rather than experimentalism, this lack of risk will be forgiven by a fanbase yearning to explore her back catalogue The Quietus

The Rolling Stones  Foreign Tongues

On their second new album in recent years, the Stones find a funkier, more robust rhythm in the Hackney Diamonds overflow Pitchfork

YHWH Nailgun  Magazine

Even at 11 minutes, it felt somewhat tedious to discern the better ideas the band comes up with in these sketches No Ripcord

mary in the junkyard  Role Model Hermit

With such a compelling frontperson in Freeman-Taylor, the band is close to finding the spark that will make them stand out in a crowded field No Ripcord

Jack White  Frozen Charlotte

Gloriously grungry blues rock that, at times, is the heaviest he's ever sounded makes for an unmistakably Jack White album musicOMH

Kelela  new avatar

Makes a strong case for the argument that R&B is the most versatile, wide-ranging genre on the block The Quietus