Metacritic/EOY Aggregate: 2025 New Music
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Ranking
- FKA Twigs: Eusexua (Young/Atlantic) {32}: 45:*, BPM:*, CS:*, D:*, DIY:*, Ev:*, FO:*, GTV:*, I:*, IT:*, LBF:*, LW:*, Mj:*, MO:*, Ne:*, NME:*, NT:*, O:*, Ov:*, P:*, Pf:*, PM:*, PO:+, RS:*, RSUK:*, SC:*, Sk:*, Sl:*, SLi:*, T:*; am:* -- A:86/33, TH:*
- Japanese Breakfast: For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women) (Dead Oceans) {23}: BPM:*, Cl:*, D:*, DIY:*, DW:**, FO:*, IT:*, LBF:*, Mj:*, MO:*, NME:*, P:*, RS:*, SC:*, Sk:*, Sl:*, SLi:*, T:*, U:*, UR:*; am:* -- A:83/26, TH:*
- Lady Gaga: Mayhem (Interscope) {21}: BPM:*, Cl:*, CS:*, D:*, DIY:*, Ev:*, G:*, I:*, MO:*, NME:*, O:*, Pf:*, PO:*, RS:*, RSUK:*, Spk:*, T:*; am:* -- A:78/27, TH:***
- Mogwai: The Bad Fire (Rock Action) {21}: BPM:*, Cl:*, ClR:*, DIY:*, FO:*, G:*, IT:*, K:*, Mj:*, O:*, Ov:*, RC:*, SC:*, Sk:*, Sp:*, T:*, TN:*, U:*, UR:*; am:* -- A:81/24, TH:*
- Lambrini Girls: Who Let the Dogs Out (City Slang) {20}: AD:*, Cl:*, D:*, DiS:*, DIY:*, G:*, GTV:*, K:*, Mj:*, MO:*, NME:*, Ov:*, RS:*, Sk:*, Sp:*, T:*, U:*; am:* -- A:80/27, TH:*
- Sam Fender: People Watching (Polydor) {19}: AD:*, Cl:*, D:*, DIY:*, FO:*, G:*, IT:*, Mj:*, NME:*, NT:*, O:*, PM:*, RSUK:*, SC:*, Sk:*, T:*, U:*; am:* -- A:80/26, TH:*
- Perfume Genius: Glory (Matador) {19}: AD:*, AV:*, Cl:*, DIY:*, Ex:*, FO:*, G:*, LBF:*, Mj:*, MO:*, P:*, Pf:*, RC:*, SC:*, Sk:*, Sl:*, U:*, XSN:*; am:* -- A:87/21, TH:B
- Squid: Cowards (Warp) {18}: Cl:*, DIY:*, Ex:*, FO:*, LBF:*, Mj:*, MO:*, NME:*, NT:*, P:*, RC:*, SC:*, Sk:*, SLi:*, U:*, UR:*; am:* -- A:83/20, TH:*
- Sharon Van Etten: Sharon Van Etten & the Attachment Theory (Jagjaguwar) {18}: D:*, DIY:*, FO:*, G:*, I:*, Mj:*, MO:*, NT:*, P:*, PM:*, PO:+, RS:*, SC:*, Sk:*, Sp:*, U:*, UR:* -- A:80/23, TH:*
- Black Country, New Road: Forever Howlong (Ninja Tune) {17}: Cl:*, D:*, DIY:*, Ex:*, FO:*, G:*, LBF:*, Mj:*, MO:*, NME:*, NT:*, O:*, RSUK:*, UR:*, Sk:*, SLi:*; am:* -- A:86/18, TH:B
- Bonnie "Prince" Billy: The Purple Bird (No Quarter) {17}: AD:*, BPM:*, FO:*, I:*, LBF:*, Mj:*, MO:*, NT:*, O:*, PM:*, RC:*, SC:*, U:*; am:* -- A:80/18, TH:***
- Horsegirl: Phonetics On and On (Matador) {17}: DIY:*, Ex:*, G:*, GTV:*, Mj:*, Ne:*, NME:*, Ov:*, P:*, PM:*, SC:*, Sp:*, U:*, UR:*; am:* -- A:80/23, TH:**
- Jason Isbell: Foxes in the Snow (Southeastern) {16}: AD:*, Ex:*, Mj:*, NT:*, P:*, PM:*, SC:*, Sl:*, Spk:*, TN:*, U:*; am:*, scm:* -- A:81/14, TH:***
- Benjamin Booker: Lower (Fire Next Time/Thirty Tigers) {15}: Cl:*, ClR:*, FO:*, Mj:*, NR:*, NT:*, Ov:*, Pf:*, PO:+, PM:*, RC:*, TN:*, UR:* -- A:81/12, TH:**
- The Weather Station: Humanhood (Fat Possum) {15}: AD:*, Cl:*, FO:*, Mj:*, NT:*, P:*, Pf:*, RC:*, RS:*, Sk:*, Sp:*, TN:*, U:*; am:* -- A:82/17, TH:*
- Ethel Cain: Perverts (Daughters of Cain) {14}: Al:*, BPM:*, Cl:*, DIY:*, Ev:*, FO:*, I:*, LBF:*, Ne:*, NME:*, NT:*, Sk:*, Sl:*, UR:* -- A:77/27, TH:B
- Manic Street Preachers: Critical Thinking (Columbia) {14}: Cl:*, ClR:*, D:*, FO:*, GTV:*, IT:*, Mj:*, MO:*, NME:*, O:*, RC:*, T:*, UR:* -- A:78/18, TH:*
- Ichiko Aoba: Luminiscent Creatures (Hermine) {13}: BPM:*, Cl:*, O:*, P:*, Pf:*, PO:*, RC:*, SC:*, Sk:*, SLi:*, U:*; am:* -- A:81/14, TH:*
- Patterson Hood: Exploding Trees and Airplane Screams (ATO) {13}: Mj:*;Pf:*, Sl:*, U:*; am:* -- A:81/7, RX:A, TH:***
- Jeffrey Lewis: The Even More Freewheelin' Jeffrey Lewis (Don Giovanni/Blang) {13}: FO:*, Mj:*, MO:*, Sp:*; am:* -- A:77/7, RX:A-, TH:A-
- Mdou Moctar: Tears of Injustice (Matador) {13}: ClR:*, Mj:*, MO:*, PM:*, RS:*, TN:*, U:*; am:* -- A:82/8, RX:**, TH:***
- Panda Bear: Sinister Grift (Domino) {13}: DIY:*, FO:*, G:*, LBF:*, Mj:*, MO:*, Ne:*, Pf:*, Sk:*, SLi:*, UR:*; am:* -- A:76/19, TH:*
- Marshall Allen: New Dawn (Mexican Summer) {12}: RC:*, SC:*, TN:*, U:*, UR:*; am:* -- A:81/5, RX:A, TH:*
- Bdrmm: Microtonic (Rock Action) {12}: Cl:*, FO:*, GTV:*, Mj:*, MO:*, NME:*, RC:*, Spk:*, U:* -- A:78/14, TH:***
- Rich Dawson: End of the Middle (Domino) {12}: BPM:*, Cl:*, FO:*, GTV:*, Mj:*, MO:*, O:*, PM:*, RC:*, SC:*, U:*; am:* -- A:81/16
- The Delines: Mr. Luck & Ms. Doom (Decor) {12}: Mj:*, RC:*, U:* -- A:83/3, RX:A, TH:A-
- Divorce: Drive to Goldenhammer (Gravity/Capitol) {12}: Cl:*, D:*, DIY:*, FO:*, GTV:*, Mj:*, MO:*, NR:*, RC:*, Sk:*, Spk:*, U:* -- A:84/12
- FACS: Wish Defense (Trouble in Mind) {12}: BPM:*, Cl:*, MO:*; am:* -- A:79/5, RX:A-, TH:A-
- Heartworms: Glutton for Punishment (Speedy Wunderground) {12}: 45:*, Cl:*, D:*, DIY:*, FO:*, Mj:*, MO:*, NME:*, Ov:*, PM:*, SC:*, UR:* -- A:89/14
- Ale Hop & Titi Bakorta: Mapambazuko (Nyege Nyege Tapes) {12}: G:*, Pf:*, PO:+, TN:*, U:* -- A:72/5, RX:A-, TH:***
- Jasmine.4.t: You Are the Morning (Saddest Factory/Dead Oceans) {12}: Cl:*, D:*, DIY:*, FO:*, GTV:*, LBF:*, MO:*, NT:*, RC:*, Sk:*, Spk:*, UR:* -- A:82/16
- Bad Bunny: Debí Tirar Más Fotos (Rimas Entertainment) {11}: Cl:*, Ne:*, NME:*, Pf:*, PO:+, PM:*, RS:*; am:* -- A:90/7, TH:***
- The Chills: Spring Board: The Early Unrecorded Songs (Fire) {11}: LW:*, Mj:*, RC:*, Sp:*, TN:*, U:*; am:* -- A:86/7, TH:A-
- Clipping.: Dead Channel Sky (Sub Pop) {11}: Cl:*, D:*, DIY:*, Ex:*, HG:+, NT:*; am:* -- A:78/8, TH:A-
- Moonchild Sanelly: Full Moon (Transgressive) {11}: AD:*, D:*, G:*, MO:*, O:*, Ov:*, Sk:* -- A:79/12, TH:A-
- Steven Wilson: The Overview (Fiction) {11}: AD:*, Cl:*, ClR:*, IT:*, LW:*, Mj:*, RC:*, Sp:*, U:*, UR:*; am:* -- A:82/12
- YHWH Nailgun: 45 Pounds (AD 93) {11}: Cl:*, FO:*, G:*, NT:*, P:*, Pf:*, Spk:* -- A:83/6, TH:A-
- Benefits: Constant Noise (Invada) {10}: Cl:*, DIY:*, FO:*, GTV:*, LBF:*, LW:*, Sk:*, U:* -- A:89/8, TH:**
- Edwyn Collins: Nation Shall Speak Unto Nation (AED) {10}: Cl:*, ClR:*, GTV:*, Mj:*, MO:*, O:*, RC:*, T:*, U:*; am:* -- A:82/9
- Doves: Constellations for the Lonely (EMI) {10}: Cl:*, GTV:*, LW:*, Mj:*, MO:*, RC:*, SC:*, T:*, U:*, XSN:* -- A:82/16
- Craig Finn: Always Been (Thirty Tigers) {10}: Mj:* -- A:80/1, TX:A, TH:A-
- The Horrors: Night Life (Fiction/Universal) {10}: Cl:*, ClR:*, D:*, DIY:*, LBF:*, Mj:*, MO:*, NME:*, FO:*, SLi:* -- A:77/11
- Bob Mould: Here We Go Crazy (Granary Music) {10}: ClR:*, GTV:*, LW:*, Mj:*, MO:*, PM:*, RC:*, RS:*, U:*; am:* -- A:79/12
- Spiritbox: Tsunami Sea (Rise/Pale Chord) {10}: AD:*, Blb:*, AD:*, D:*, DiS:*, G:*, K:*, MH:*, NME:*, Sp:* -- A:89/11
- Annie & the Caldwells: Can't Lose My (Soul) (Luaka Bop) {9}: G:*, Mj:*, O:*, PM:*; am:* -- A:86/5, TH:A-
- Brandi Carlile & Elton John: Who Believes in Angels? (Mercury) {9}: AD:*, Cl:*, D:*, I:*, Mj:*, O:*, RC:*, RSUK:*, T:* -- A:79/13
- Circuit des Yeux: Halo on the Inside (Matador) {9}: BPM:*, C:*, FO:*, GTV:*, MO:*, P:*, PM:*, SC:*; am:* -- A:84/11
- Marie Davidson: City of Clowns (Deewee) {9}: Cl:*, MO:*, Pf:*, Sk:*; am:* -- A:80/5, TH:A-
- Deafheaven: Lonely People With Power (Roadrunner) {9}: Cl:*, DIY:*, K:*, LBF:*, MH:*, MSuk:*, NME:*, RS:*, Sk:* -- A:81/12
- Franz Ferdinand: The Human Fear (Domino) {9}: DIY:*, GTV:*, Mj:*, NME:*, NT:*, RC:*, RS:*, SLi:*, U:* -- A:69/25
- James Brandon Lewis Trio: Apple Cores (Anti-) {9}: Mj:*, PO:+, TN:*, U:*; am:* -- A:80/3, TH:A-
- Tate McRae: So Close to What (RCA) {9}: Cl:*, D:*, LBF:*, NME:*, T:*; am:* -- A:70/12, TH:***
- Youth Lagoon: Rarely Do I Dream (Fat Possum) {9}: BPM:*, Ex:*, FO:*, MO:*, NT:*, P:*, RC:*, U:*, UR:* -- A:80/13
- Nels Cline: Consentrik Quartet (Blue Note) {8}: Mj:*, TN:*, PM:*; am:* -- A:78/4, TH:A-
- Xhosa Cole: On a Modern Genius, Vol. 1 (Stoney Lane) {8}: AAJ:*, Cl:*, G:*, Mj:*, U:* -- A:80/4, TH:***
- Corook: Committed to a Bit (Atlantic) {8}: -- XG:A, TH:***
- Sylvie Courvoisier/Mary Halvorson: Bone Bells (Pyroclastic) {8}: AAJ:*, PO:+, TN:*; am:* -- A:80/1, TH:A-
- Helene Cronin: Maybe New Mexico (self-released) {8}: -- RX:A-, TH:A-
- Bryan Ferry: Loose Talk (Dene Jesmond) {8}: ClR:*, G:*, U:*, Sp:* -- A:80/5, TH:A-
- Hamilton Leithauser: This Side of the Island (Glassnote) {8}: D:*, FO:*, Mj:*, NT:*, PM:*, RC:*, SLi:*; am:* -- A:77/13
- Damon Locks: List of Demands (International Anthem) {8}: Mj:*, RC:*, TN:*; am:* -- A:82/4, TH:A-
- MIKE: Showbiz! (10k) {8}: G:*, HG:+, Pf:* -- A:76/5, RX:B+, TH:**
- Matt Berry: Heard Noises (Acid Jazz) {7}: Cl:*, GTV:*, LW:*, Mj:*, RC:*, XSN:*; am:* -- A:82/8
- Brother Ali: Satisfied Soul (Mello Music Group) {7}: Al:*, HG:+, PO:+ -- A:90/1, TH:A-
- Victoria Canal: Slowly, It Dawns (Parlophone) {7}: Cl:*, D:*, DIY:*, MO:*, NME:*, O:*, U:* -- A:84/8
- Coheed and Cambria: Vaxis III: The Father of Make Believe (Virgin) {7}: AD:*, ClR:*, D:*, DiS:*, MH:*, K:*, Spk:* -- A:82/8
- Courting: Lust for Life, or: How to Thread the Needle and Come Out the Other Side to Tell the Story (Lower Third) {7}: ClR:*, D:*, MO:*, NME:*, O:*, PM:*; am:* -- A:78/10
- Cymande: Renascence (BMG) {7}: AD:*, Cl:*, FO:*, Mj:*, T:* -- A:84/6, TH:**
- Lucy Dacus: Forever Is a Feeling (Geffen) {7}: DIY:*, FO:*, Mj:*, NME:*, NT:*, P:*, RS:* -- A:74/16
- Djo: The Crux (AWAL) {7}: Cl:*, D:*, DIY:*, LBF:*, NT:*, P:*; am:* -- A:76/11
- John Glacier: Like a Ribbon (Young) {7}: Cl:*, D:*, DIY:*, G:*, MO:*, Pf:* -- A:82/8, TH:*
- Rose Gray: Louder, Please (PIAS) {7}: D:*, G:*, MO:*, NME:* -- A:76/7, TH:***
- Anthony Joseph: Rowing Up River to Get Our Names Back (Heavenly Sweetness) {7}: Mj:*, PO:+, U:* -- A:80/2, TH:A-
- Steve Lehman Trio + Mark Turner: The Music of Anthony Braxton (Pi) {7}: AAJ:*, PO:+, TN:* -- TH:A-
- Andy Fairweather Low: The Invisible Bluesman () {7}: ClR:*, Mj:*, TN:*U:* -- A:75/4, TH:***
- Branford Marsalis Quartet: Belonging (Blue Note) {7}: AAJ:*, TN:*; am:* -- A:80/1, TH:A-
- The Murder Capital: Blindness (Human Season) {7}: BPM:*, Cl:*, DIY:*, FO:*, LBF:*, Mj:*, SC:* -- A:76/13
- Greentea Peng: Tell Dem It's Sunny (AWAL) {7}: AD:*, DIY:*, Mj:*, MO:*, O:*, Sk:*, T:* -- A:83/8
- PremRock: Did You Enjoy Your Time Here . . . ? (Backwoodz Studioz) {7}: HG:+ -- RX:***, TH:***
- Anna B Savage: You & I Are Earth (City Slang) {7}: LBF:*, Mj:*, MO:*, RC:*, SC:*, U:*, UR:* -- A:78/11
- Songhoy Blues: Héritage (Transgressive) {7}: FO:*, Mj:*, MO:*, O:*, RC:*, U:*; am:* -- A:80/7
- Bartees Strange: Horror (4AD) {7}: Cl:*, D:*, Mj:*, NT:*, PM:*, Sk:*, UR:* -- A:80/13
- Ambrose Akinmusire: Honey From a Winter Stone (Nonesuch) {6}: AAJ:*, Mj:*, TN:*; am:* -- A:80/3, TH:**
- Architects: The Sky, the Earth & All Between (Epipath) {6}: AD:*, Blb:*, Cl:*, DiS:*, K:*, MH:* -- A:73/9
- Backxwash: Only Dust Remains (Ugly Hag) {6}: DiS:*, K:*, P:* -- A:87/4, TH:***
- MC Paul Barman: Tectonic Texts (Househusband) {6}: -- RX:B+, TH:***
- Biig Piig: 11:11 (RCA) {6}: AD:*, D:*, DIY:*, Ov:*, RC:*, SC:* -- A:73/13
- Alabaster DePlume: A Blade Because a Blade Is Whole (International Anthem) {6}: G:*, Mj:*, Pf:*, SC:*, Sk:*, U:* -- A:82/7
- Destroyer: Dan's Boogie (Merge) {6}: G:*, Mj:*, NT:*, P:*, SLi:*, Sp:* -- A:83/8
- Ditz: Never Exhale (self-released) {6}: ClR:*, DIY:*, GTV:*, Sk:*, Spk:*, UR:* -- A:75/12
- The Ex: If Your Mirror Breaks (Ex) {6}: DW:** -- TH:A-
- Florist: Jellywish (Double Double Whammy) {6}: FO:*, NT:*, LBF:*, Pf:*, U:*; am:* -- A:81/7
- Keiji Haino/Natsuki Tamura: What Happened There? (Libra) {6}: AAJ:*, PO:+ -- TH:A-
- HotWax: Hot Shock (Marathon Artists) {6}: D:*, DIY:*, FO:*, LW:*, NME:*, UR:* -- A:79/9
- Inhaler: Open Wide (Polydor) {6}: AD:*, Cl:*, D:*, I:*, NME:*, NT:* -- A:77/8
- Nao: Jupiter (Little Tokyo) {6}: Cl:*, DIY:*, NME:*, O:*, Ov:*, Sk:* -- A:77/8
- Oklou: Choke Enough (True Panther/Because Music) {6}: P:*, Pf:*, SC:*, Sk:* -- A:75/6, TH:**
- Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs: Death Hilarious (Rocket) {6}: AD:*, K:*, LBF:*, LW:*, MO:*, U:* -- A:78/12
- Saba & No I.D.: From the Private Collection of Saba and No ID (From the Private Collection) {6}: Cl:*, RS:* -- A:85/2, TH:A-
- Will Stratton: Points of Origin (Bella Union) {6}: GTV:*, MO:*, PM:*, Sp:*, U:*; am:* -- A:82/7
- Throwing Muses: Moonlight Concessions (Fire) {6}: G:*, GTV:*, Mj:*, RC:*, SC:*, U:* -- A:77/9
- Yazz Ahmed: A Paradise in the Hold (Night Time Stories) {5}: G:*, Mj:*, Spk:*, U:*; am:* -- A:86/5, TH:B
- Carl Allen: Tippin' (Cellar) {5}: AAJ:*; am:* -- A:80/1, TH:***
- Artemis: Arboresque (Blue Note) {5}: AAJ:*, TN:*; am:* -- A:80/1, TH:**
- Barker: Stochastic Drift (Smalltown Supersound) {5}: Mj:*; am:* -- A:80/2, TH:***
- Believers [Brad Shepik/Sam Minaie/John Hadfield]: Hard Believer (Shifting Paradigm) {5}: AAJ:*, DB:* -- TH:***
- Robert Sarazin Blake: Let the Longing Run Wild & Free (Same Room) {5}: -- RX:***, TH:**
- Bleed From Within: Zenith (Nuclear Blast) {5}: M -- Blb:*, DiS:*, K:*, MH:*, MSuk:*
- Anouar Brahem: After the Last Sky (ECM) {5}: Mj:*; am:* -- A:78/3, TH:***
- Jarod Bufe: Brighter Days (Calligram) {5}: AAJ:*, DB:* -- TH:***
- Central Cee: Can't Rush Greatness (CC4l/Columbia) {5}: Cl:*, G:*, I:*, NME:*, RS:* -- A:69/11
- Eddie Chacon: Lay Low (Stones Throw) {5}: GTV:*, Mj:*, RC:*, U:*; am:* -- A:79/6
- Deepstaria Enigmatica: The Eternal Now Is the Heart of a New Tomorrow (ESP-Disk) {5}: TN:* -- TH:A-
- Dream Theater: Parasomnia (InsideOut/Ytse Jams) {5}: Blb:*, DiS:*, MH:*, MSuk:*, Spk:* -- A:76/8
- Ex-Vöid: In Love Again (Tapete) {5}: Mj:*, O:*, PO:+; am:* -- A:82/5, TH:*
- Satoko Fujii GEN: Altitude 1100 Meters (Libra) {5}: AAJ:*, PO:+, -- TH:***
- Satoko Fujii Tokyo Trio: Dream a Dream (Libra) {5}: AAJ:* -- TH:A-
- Saya Gray: Saya (Dirty Hit) {5}: DIY:*, P:*, RS:*, Spk:*, SLi:* -- A:79/7
- Lilly Hiatt: Forever (New West) {5}: Mj:*, PM:*, Sl:*, U:* -- A:78/5, TH:*
- Imperial Triumphant: Goldstar (Century Media) {5}: AMG:*, DiS:*, K:*, MH:*, Ne:* -- A:83/6
- Vijay Iyer/Wadada Leo Smith: Defiant Life (ECM) {5}: AAJ:*, SC:*, Spk:* -- A:80/3, TH:**
- Eunye Jeong/Michael Bisio Duo: Morning Bells Whistle Bright (ESP-Disk) {5}: PO:* -- TH:A-
- Jinjer: Duél (Napalm) {5}: Blb:*, ClR:*, K:*, MH:*, MI:* -- A:76/8
- Killswitch Engage: This Consequence (Metal Blade) {5}: Blb:*, DiS:*, MH:*MSuk:*, Sp:* -- A:75/8
- Lola Kirke: Trailblazer (One Riot) {5}: FO:*, Mj:* -- A:77/3, TH:***
- Alison Krauss & Union Station: Arcadia () {5}: AD:*, Mj:*, MO:*U:*; am:* -- A:80/6
- Seth Lakeman: The Granite Way () {5}: GTV:*, Mj:*, MO:*, RC:*, U:* -- A:80/5
- Larkin Poe: Bloom (Tricki-Woo) {5}: ClR:*, RC:*, Sp:*, TN:*, XSN:* -- A:73/7
- L.S. Dunes: Violet (Fantasy) {5}: Cl:*, D:*, DIY:*, K:*, Spk:* -- A:77/7
- Mekons: Horror (Fire) {5}: Mj:* -- A:80/1, TH:A-
- Ela Minus: Día (Domino) {5}: Cl:*, Mj:*, NT:*, RC:*; am:* -- A:79/10
- Momma: Welcome to My Blue Sky (Lucky Number/Polyvinyl) {5}: A:76/9
- Porridge Radio: The Machine Starts to Sing (Secretly Canadian -EP) {5}: D:*, FO:*, LBF:*, UR:* -- A:82/5, TH:*
- Noah Preminger: Ballades (Chill Tone) {5}: AAJ:*, TN:* -- TH:***
- Rizzle Kicks: Competition Is for Losers (BMG) {5}: AD:*, D:*, MO:*, NME:*, T:* -- A:77/6
- Six Sex: X-Sex (Dale Play -EP) {5}: NME:* -- A:80/1, TH:A-
- Stick to Your Guns: Keep Planting Flowers (SharpTone) {5}: Blb:*, DiS:*, K:*, MI:*, MSuk:* -- A:83/5
- Anthony Szmierek: Service Station at the End of the Universe (Mushroom Group/Virgin) {5}: Cl:*, D:*, DIY:*, NME:*, RC:* -- A:85/6
- The Tubs: Cotton Crown (Trouble in Mind) {5}: Mj:*, O:*, P:*, U:*; am:* -- A:81/8
- Tunng: Love You All Over Again (Full Time Hobby) {5}: AD:*, Mj:*, MO:*, RC:*, U:* -- A:79/7
- The Weeknd: Hurry Up Tomorrow (XO/Republic) {5}: Cl:*, I:*, Ne:*, NME:*, T:* -- A:69/16
- Jesse Welles: Middle (self-released) {5}: PM:*, PO:+; scm:* -- A:80/1, TH:**
- Whitechapel: Hymns in Dissonance (Metal Blade) {5}: Blb:*, DiS:*, K:*, MH:*, MSuk:* -- A:79/6
- Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad: Jazz Is Dead 22: Ebo Taylor (Jazz Is Dead) {5}: Mj:*, PM:*, PO:+, Sp:* -- A:77/5, TH:*
- Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek: Yarin Yoksa = If There Is No Tomorrow (Big Crown) {5}: FO:*, G:*, PM:* -- A:87/3, TH:**
- 2hollis: Star (Interscope) {4}: NME:*, O:* -- A:74/4, TH:**
- Nils Agnas': Köper Sig Ur En Kris (Moserobie) {4}: -- TH:A-
- Sam Akpro: Evenfall (Anti-) {4}: D:*, DIY:*, NME:*, U:* -- A:77/6
- Olly Alexander: Polari (Polydor) {4}: D:*, DIY:*, MO:*, T:* -- A:70/7
- Sam Amidon: Salt River (River Lea) {4}: Mj:*, Sk:*, U:*; am:* -- A:75/8
- Russ Anixter's Hippie Big Band: What Is? (self-released) {4}: -- TH:A-
- Andy Bell: Pinball Wanderer (Sonic Cathedral) {4}: Mj:*, Sp:*, U:*; am:* -- A:76/7
- Michael Bisio: NuMBq (Mahakala Music) {4}: AAJ:* -- TH:***
- Frank Carlberg: Dream Machine (Red Piano) {4}: -- TH:A-
- Hannah Cohen: Earthstar Mountain (Bella Union/Congrats) {4}: Mj:*, MO:*, NT:*; am:* -- A:76/5
- Cradle of Filth: The Screaming of the Valkyries (Napalm) {4}: Blb:*, DiS:*, MH:*, Spk:* -- A:76/6
- Darkside: Nothing (Matador) {4}: MO:*, NT:*, RC:*, Sk:* -- A:74/9
- Decius: Decius Vol. II (Splendour & Obedience) (The Leaf Label) {4}: Mj:*, MO:*, Sk:*, SLi:* -- A:82/5
- Deep Sea Diver: Billboard Heart (Sub Pop) {4}: Mj:*, NT:*, UR:*; am:* -- A:77/8
- The Devil Makes Three: Spirits (New West) {4}: PM:*, UR:*; scm:* -- A:80/2, TH:*
- Doseone/Steel Tipped Dove: All Portrait, No Chorus (Backwoodz Studioz) {4}: HG:+, PO:+ -- TH:**
- C Duncan: It's Only a Love Song (Bella Union) {4}: Mj:*, RC:*, U:*; am:* -- A:79/6
- Silke Eberhard Trio: Being-a-Ning (Intakt) {4}: TN:* -- TH:***
- Mathias Eick: Lullaby (ECM) {4}: AAJ:*, TN:* -- TH:**
- Nnenna Freelon: Beneath the Skin (Origin) {4}: -- TH:A-
- Edith Frost: In Space (Drag City) {4}: Mj:*, SC:*, U:*; am:* -- A:80/5
- David Gray: Dear Life (Laugh a Minute) {4}: Cl:*, IT:*, Mj:*, T:* -- A:71/7
- Muriel Grossmann: MGQ Live in King Georg, Köln (Powerhouse) {4}: TN:* -- TH:***
- Havukruunu: Tavastland (Svart) {4}: AMG:*, DiS:*, MH:*, Spk:* -- A:82/5
- Lonnie Holley: Tonky (Jagjaguwar) {4}: LBF:*, Mj:*, P:*, U:* -- A:81/5
- Jon Irabagon: Server Farm (Irabbagast) {4}: AAJ:* -- TH:***
- Sophie Jamieson: I Still Want to Share (Bella Union) {4}: DIY:*, GTV:*, Mj:*, RC:* -- A:76/8
- Jethro Tull: Curious Ruminant (InsideOut) {4}: AD:*, ClR:*, RC:*, Sp:* -- A:75/7
- Park Jiha: All Living Things (Glitterbeat) {4}: AD:*, Mj:*, O:*, U:* -- A:78/6
- Gary Kemp: This Destination (EastWest/Warner Music UK) {4}: AD:*, Mj:*, Sp:*, T:* -- A:80/5
- Benjamin Lackner: Spindrift (ECM) {4}: AAJ:* -- TH:***
- Lacuna Coil: Sleepless Empire (Century Media) {4}: -- Blb:*, K:*, MH:*, Sp:*
- The Loft: Everything Changes Everything Stays the Same () {4}: AD:*, LW:*, Mj:*; am:* -- A:82/5
- Lolo [Mamah Diabate/Jabel Kanuteh/Stefano Pilia/Marco Zanotti]: Lolo (Black Sweat) {4}: PO:+ -- TH:***
- Loot: Loot (ICP) {4}: -- TH:A-
- Brandon Lopez: Nada Sagrada (Relative Pitch) {4}: TN:* -- TH:***
- Love Is Noise: To Live in a Different Way (Century Media) {4}: Blb:*, DiS:*, K:*, MH:* -- A:83/4
- Mandrake Handshake: Earth-Sized Worlds (Tip Top) {4}: Cl:*, LBF:*, RC:*, XSN:* -- A:75/6
- Mantar: Post Apocalyptic Depression (Metal Blade) {4}: DiS:*, K:*, MH:*, Sp:* -- A:76/5
- Jako Maron: Mahavélouz (Nyege Nyege Tapes) {4}: PO:+ -- TH:***
- Myra Melford: Splash (Intakt) {4}: TN:* -- TH:***
- Gurf Morlix: A Taste of Ashes (Rootball) {4}: -- XG:**, TH:**
- Matthew Muñesses/Riza Printup: Pag-Ibig Ko Vol. 1 (Irabbagast) {4}: PO:* -- TH:***
- My Morning Jacket: Is (ATO) {4}: GTV:*, Mj:*, RC:*, U:* -- A:81/7
- Adam O'Farrill: For These Steets (Out of Your Head) {4}: -- TH:A-
- Rose City Band: Sol Y Sombra (Thrill Jockey) {4}: Mj:*, TN:*, U:*; am:* -- A:80/4
- Sasami: Blood on the Silver Screen (Domino) {4}: D:*, DIY:*, PM:*, U:* -- A:73/13
- Scowl: Are We All Angels (Dead Oceans) {4}: Cl:*, D:*, DiS:*, K:* -- A:77/6
- Abel Selaocoe: Hymns of Bantu (Warner Classics) {4}: AD:*, G:*, Mj:*; am:* -- A:80/4
- Shygirl: Club Shy Room 2 (Because Music -EP) {4}: DIY:* -- A:76/4, TH:***
- Skrillex: Fuck U Skrillex U Think Ur Andy Warhol but Ur Not!! <3 (Atlantic/Owsla) {4}: -- RX:A-, TH:B-
- Jim Snidero: Bird Feathers (Savant) {4}: TN:* -- TH:***
- Spellling: Portrait of My Heart (Sacred Bones) {4}: NME:*, Sk:8, Sp:*; am:* -- A:70/7
- Ringo Starr: Look Up (Roccabella/Lost Highway) {4}: Cl:*, RC:*, Sp:*; am:* -- A:71/14
- Tobacco City: Horses (Scissor Tail Editions) {4}: Mj:*, Sp:*, Spk:*, U:* -- A:83/5
- Trio Glossia: Trio Glossia (Sonic Transmissions) {4}: PO:+ -- TH:***
- Wardruna: Birna (Music for Nations/Sony) {4}: AMG:*, DiS:*, MH:*, Mj:* -- A:80/7
- Dean Wareham: That's the Price of Loving Me (Carpark) {4}: Mj:*, RC:*, U:*; am:* -- A:80/5
- Sunny War: Armageddon in a Summer Dress (New West) {4}: LBF:*, Mj:*, RC:* -- A:75/6, TH:*
- Reggie Watkins: Rivers (BYNK) {4}: AAJ:* -- TH:***
- Rodney Whitaker: Mosaic: The Music of Gregg Hill (Origin) {4}: AAJ:* -- TH:***
- Simón Willson: Bet: Live at Ornithology (Endectomorph Music) {4}: PO:= -- TH:***
- Michael Wollny Trio: Living Ghosts (ACT Music) {4}: DB:* -- TH:***
- Jeong Lim Yang: Synchronicity (Sunnyside) {4}: PO:+ -- TH:***
- Antonio Andrade: Here We Go! (Lifeshakes) {3}: -- RX:***
- Florian Arbenz/Michael Arbenz/Ron Carter: The Alpine Session: Arbenz Vs Arbenz Meets Ron Carter (Hammer) {3}: AAJ:* -- TH:**
- Willow Avalon: Southern Belle Raisin' Hell (Assemble Sound/Atlantic) {3}: PM:* -- A:78/2, TH:**
- Avatarium: Between You, God, the Devil and the Dead (AFM/Napalm) {3}: Blb:*, MH:*, MI:* -- A:78/6
- Tim Berne/Tom Rainey/Gregg Belisle-Chi: Yikes Too (Screwgun/Out of Your Head) {3}: -- TH:***
- Black Milk & Fat Ray: Food From the Gods (Computer Ugly/Fat Beats) {3}: PO:+ -- TH:**
- Blacks' Myths Meet Pat Thomas: The Mythstory School (self-released) {3}: PO:* -- TH:**
- Bloodywood: Nu Delhi (Fearless) {3}: Blb:*, MH:*, K:* -- A:75/6
- Blue Lake: Weft (Tonal Union) {3}: Mj:*, Sp:*, U:* -- A:79/6
- Rob Brown: Walkabout (Mahakala Music) {3}: TN:* -- TH:**
- Alessia Cara: Love & Hyperbole (Def Jam) {3}: D:*, DIY:*; am:* -- A:78/4
- Rachel Chinouriri: Little House (Parlophone -EP) {3}: D:*, DIY:*, NME:* -- A:80/3
- Circa Waves: Death & Love, Pt. 1 (Lower Third/PIAS) {3}: Cl:*, PM:*, Sp:* -- A:69/7
- Brooke Combe: Dancing at the Edge of the World (Modern Sky) {3}: GTV:*, Mj:*, Sk:* -- A:75/4
- Charley Crockett: Lonesome Drifter (Son of Davy) {3}: scm:* -- TH:**
- Brian D'Addario: Till the Morning (Headstack) {3}: Cl:*, Mj:*, RC:* -- A:77/6
- Delivery: Force Majeure (Heavenly) {3}: LW:*, Mj:*; am:* -- A:80/4
- Dutch Interior: Moneyball (Fat Possum) {3}: Cl:*, FO:*, P:* -- A:77/5
- Chris Eckman: The Land We Knew the Best (Glitterhouse) {3}: Mj:*, Spk:*, U:* -- A:79/4
- Everything Is Recorded: Temporary (XL) {3}: Cl:*, FO:*; am:* -- A:76/5
- Lorraine Feather: The Green World (Relation) {3}: -- TH:***
- Miya Folick: Erotica Veronica (Nettwerk/Stop Talking) {3}: D:*, DIY:*, PM:* -- A:77/5
- Sullivan Fortner: Southern Nights (Artwork) {3}: am:* -- A:80/1, TH:**
- Fust: Big Ugly (Dear Life) {3}: NT:*, P:*, UR:* -- A:88/3
- GFOTY: Influenzer (Girlfriend) {3}: DW:** -- TH:*
- Brad Goode Polytonal Big Band: The Snake Charmer (Origin) {3}: AAJ:* -- TH:**
- Great American Ghost: Tragedy of the Commons (SharpTone) {3}: Blb:*, DiS:*, MH:* -- A:78/4
- Great Grandpa: Patience, Moonbeam (Run for Cover) {3}: LBF:*, RS:*, Spk:* -- A:80/3
- The Great Old Ones: Kadath (Season of Mist) {3}: Blb:*, MH:*, Spk:* -- A:78/4
- The Halo Effect: March of the Unheard (Nuclear Blast) {3}: Blb:*, MH:*, MI:* -- A:77/6
- Harakiri for the Sky: Scorched Earth (AOP) {3}: DiS:*, MI:*, MSuk:* -- A:78/5
- Billy Hart Quartet: Just (ECM) {3}: AAJ:* -- TH:**
- Bridget Hayden and the Apparitions: Cold Blows the Rain (Basin Rock) {3}: AD:*, Mj:*, U:* -- A:75/7
- Nick Hempton/Cory Weeds: Horns Locked (Cellar Music) {3}: DB:* -- TH:**
- William Hooker: Jubilation (ORG Music) {3}: PO:+ -- TH:**
- House of All: House of All Souls (Tiny Global) {3}: Mj:*, RC:*, U:* -- A:80/3
- Jaye Jayle: After Alter (Pelagic) {3}: ClR:*, DiS:*, MH:* -- A:78/4
- Eugenie Jones: Eugenie (Open Mic) {3}: AAJ:* -- TH:**
- Jessica Jones Quartet: Edible Flowers (Reva) {3}: -- TH:***
- Rodney Jordan: Memphis Blue (Baxter Music) {3}: -- TH:***
- Kaisa's Machine: Moving Parts (Greenleaf Music) {3}: TN:* -- TH:**
- Kelela: In the Blue Light (Warp) {3}: PO:+ -- TH:**
- Krept & Konan: Young Kingz II (Play Dirty) {3}: O:*, Ov:*, Sk:* -- A:80/3
- Lilo: Blood Ties (Dalliance) {3}: Cl:*, GTV:*, U:* -- A:80/3
- Lucy Liyou: Every Video Without Your Face, Every Sound Without Your Name (Orange Milk) {3}: Pf:*, Sk:*, Sp:* -- A:83/3
- David Longstreth/Stargaze/Dirty Projectors: Song of the Earth (Transgressive) {3}: FO:*, LBF:*, Mj:* -- A:72/7
- Maribou State: Hallucinating Love (Ninja Tune) {3}: Cl:*, LBF:*, NME:* -- A:74/7
- Billy Mohler: The Eternal (Contagious Music) {3}: -- TH:***
- The Moles: Composition Book (Splendid Research) {3}: NT:*, U:*; am:* -- A:87/4
- More Eaze & Claire Rousay: No Floor (Thrill Jockey) {3}: Mj:*, U:*; am:* -- A:79/4
- Chloe Moriondo: Oyster (Fueled by Ramen) {3}: Cl:*, D:*, DIY:* -- A:80/3
- Motorpsycho: Motorpsycho (Det Nordenfjeldske Grammofonselskab) {3}: ClR:*, Mj:*, Spk:* -- A:81/2
- Mumford & Sons: Rushmere (Island) {3}: Cl:*, Sp:*, T:* -- A:67/7
- The Night Flight Orchestra: Give Us the Moon (Napalm) {3}: Blb:*, ClR:*, DiS:* -- A:77/5
- Isabelle Olivier: Impressions (Rewound Echoes) {3}: PO:+ -- TH:**
- Pentagram: Lightning in a Bottle (Heavy Psych Sounds) {3}: ClR:*, MH:*, MI:* -- A:74/5
- Ivo Perelman/Ken Vandermark/Joe McPhee: Oxygen (Mahakala Music) {3}: -- TH:***
- Pink Siifu: Black'!Antique (Dynamite Hill) {3}: Cl:*, HG:+, SLi:* -- A:74/4
- Playboi Carti: [I Am] Music (AWGE/Interscope) {3}: G:*, NME:*, RS:* -- A:67/8
- Jackson Potter: Small Things (Shifting Paradigm) {3}: AAJ:* -- TH:**
- Retromorphosis: Psalmus Mortis (Season of Mist) {3}: AMG:*, Blb:*, MH:* -- A:83/3
- Bobby Rush/Kenny Wayne Shepherd: Young Fashioned Ways (Deep Rush/Thirty Tigers) {3}: PO:* -- A:60/1, TH:**
- Sacred Paws: Jump Into Life (Merge) {3}: Cl:*Sk:*; am:* -- A:80/3
- Dave Sewelson/Gabby Fluke-Mogul/George Cartwright/Anthony Cox/Steve Hirsh: Murmuration (Mahakala Music) {3}: AAJ:* -- TH:**
- SpiritWorld: Helldorado (Century Media) {3}: Blb:*, DiS:*, K:* -- A:75/4
- Dayna Stephens: Hopium (Contagious Music) {3}: TN:*; am:* -- A:80/1, TH:*
- Hope Tala: Hope Handwritten (Jasmine Music) {3}: Cl:*, D:*, NME:* -- A:78/5
- The Third Mind: Live Mind (Yep Roc) {3}: TN:* -- TH:**
- Thornhill: Bodies (UNFD) {3}: DiS:*, KH:*, MH:* -- A:80/3
- Yann Tiersen: Rathlin From a Distance (Mute) {3}: Mj:*, RC:*, U:* -- A:80/3
- Mark Turner: We Raise Them to Lift Their Heads (Loveland Music) {3}: DB:* -- TH:**
- Unreqvited: A Pathway to the Moon (Propecy Productions) {3}: MH:*, MSuk:*, Spk:* -- A:79/4
- Vukovi: My God Has Got a Gun (SharpTone) {3}: DiS:*, K:*, MH:* -- A:80/3
- The War and Treaty: Plus One (UMG) {3}: PO:+; am:*, scm:* -- A:90/1
- The Waterboys: Life, Death and Dennis Hopper (Sun) {3}: Mj:*, RC:*, U:* -- A:87/3
- Welly: Big in the Suburbs (Vertex Music) {3}: D:*, DIY:*, GTV:* -- A:90/3
- Kim Wilde: Closer (Wildeflower/Cherry Red) {3}: GTV:*, MO:*, RC:* -- A:78/4
- The Wildhearts: Satanic Rites of the Wildhearts () {3}: ClR:*, K:*, RC:* -- A:83/3
- The Wombats: Oh! The Ocean (AWAL) {3}: Cl:*, D:*, GTV:* -- A:69/7
- Wren: Black Rain Falls (Church Road) {3}: DiS:*, K:*, MH:* -- A:80/3
- Wyatt E.: Zamā Ultu Qeber Ziqquratu, Pt. 1 (Heavy Psych Sounds) {3}: AMG:*, MH:*, Spk:* -- A:80/5
- Moses Yoofee Trio: MYT (Leiter) {3}: O:*, RC:*, TN:* -- A:80/2
- The Young Mothers: Better If You Let It (Sonic Transmissions) {3}: PO:+ -- TH:**
- Allegaeon: The Ossuary Lens (Metal Blade) {2}: Blb:*, DiS:* -- A:80/3
- ALT BLK ERA: Rave Immortal (Earache) {2}: DiS:*, K:* -- A:76/5
- The Altons: Heartache in Room 14 (Daptone) {2}: Mj:*, U:* -- A:75/4
- Amulets: Not Around but Through (Beacon Sound) {2}: LBF:*, PM:* -- A:85/2
- Anxious: Bambi (Run for Cover) {2}: D:*, Spk:* -- A:76/3
- Benjamin Appl: Lines of Life (Alpha) {2}: G::*; am:* -- A:85/2
- Joe Armon-Jones: All the Quiet (Part I) (Aquarii) {2}: Mj:*; am:* -- A:85/2
- Art d'Ecco: Serene Demon (Paper Bag) {2}: Sp:*; am:* -- A:79/3
- Babe Rainbow: Slipper Imp and Shakaerator (P(doom)) {2}: SLi:*, Sp:* -- A:88/2
- Bambara: Birthmarks (Wharf Cat/Bella Union) {2}: LW:*, Mj:* -- A:71/6
- Banks: Off With Her Head (Her Name Is Banks) {2}: LBF:*, RC:* -- A:69/7
- Basic: Dream City (No Quarter -EP) {2}: TN:* -- TH:*
- Baths: Gut (Basement's Basement) {2}: SC:*; am:* -- A:82/4
- Miki Berenyi Trio: Tripla (Bella Union) {2}: Mj:*, RC:* -- A:80/2
- Bilk: Essex, Drugs and Rock and Roll (Scruff of the Neck) {2}: ClR:*, D:* -- A:77/3
- Brown Horse: All the Right Weaknesses (Loose) {2}: Mj:*, U:* -- A:80/2
- Brown Spirits: Cosmic Seeds (Soul Jazz) {2}: RC:*; am:* -- A:80/2
- Joshua Burnside: Teeth of Time (Nettwerk) {2}: Mj:*, SC:* -- A:81/2
- Burnt Sugar/The Arkestra Chamber: If You Can't Dazzle Them With Your Brilliance, Then Baffle Them With Your Blisluth Pt. Two (Avant Groid Musica) {2}: -- TH:**
- Tommy Castro & the Painkillers: Closer to the Bone (Alligator) {2}: TN:*; am:* -- A:80/1
- Chalk: Conditions III (Nice Swan -EP) {2}: D:*, DIY:* -- A:80/2
- Alan Chaubert: Just the Three of Us: Me, the Trumpet and the Piano (Pacific Coast Jazz) {2}: -- TH:**
- Isaiah Collier/William Hooker/William Parker: The Ancients (Eremite) {2}: PO:+, TN:*
- Cryptosis: Celestial Death (Century Media) {2}: Blb:*, MH:* -- A:75/4
- The Darkness: Dreams on Toast (Cooking Vinyl) {2}: ClR:*, K:* -- A:68/5
- John Dikeman/Sun-Mi Hong/Aaron Lumley/Marta Warelis: Old Adam on Turtle Island (Relative Pitch) {2}: AAJ:*, TN:* -- TH:B
- DJ Koze: Music Can Hear Us (Pampa) {2}: G:*, Pf:* -- A:72/4
- Early James: Medium Raw (Easy Eye Sound) {2}: Mj:*, TN:* -- A:75/2
- Echolalia: Echolalia (Full Time Hobby) {2}: Mj:*, U:* -- A:80/2
- Esme Emerson: Applesauce (Communion -EP) {2}: D:*, NME:* -- A:83/3
- Everyone Says Hi: Everyone Says Hi (Prediction/Chrysalis) {2}: LBF:*, RC:* -- A:74/5
- Piers Faccini & Ballaké Sissoko: Our Calling (No Format) {2}: Mj:*, O:* -- A:80/2
- Faithxtractor: Loathing & the Noose (Reaper Metal Productions) {2}: AMG:*, MI:* -- A:80/2
- Flipturn: Burnout Days (MNRK) {2}: Cl:*, SLi:* -- A:73/3
- Food House/Gupi/Fraxiom: Two House (self-released) {2}: DW:** -- TH:B
- Forlorn: Aether (Church Road) {2}: DiS:*, K:* -- A:80/2
- The Gentle Spring: Looking Back at the World (Too Good to Be True) {2}: GTV:*; am:* -- A:80/2
- Jim Ghedi: Wasteland (Basin Rock) {2}: Mj:*, U:* -- A:85/2
- Glebe: Gaudí (Daggio) {2}: AAJ:*; am:* -- A:70/2
- Grave Digger: Bone Collector () {2}: Blb:*, ClR:* -- A:71/4
- Grief Ritual: Collapse (Church Road) {2}: DiS:*, K:* -- A:85/2
- Grima: Nightside (Napalm) {2}: AMG:*, DiS:* -- A:80/2
- David Grubbs: Whistles From Above (Drag City) {2}: U:*; am:* -- A:78/3
- Ghais Guevara: Goyard Ibn Said (Fat Possum) {2}: HG:+, LBF:* -- A:70/2
- Nicole Hale: Some Kind of Longing () {2}: Mj:*, Sp:* -- A:80/2
- Hangman's Choir: Saddiction (Nuclear Blast) {2}: DiS:*, MH:* -- A:85/2
- Dave Hanson: Blues Sky (Origin) {2}: -- TH:**
- Haunted Horses: Dweller (Three One G) {2}: Blb:*, PM:* -- A:80/2
- Tim Hecker: Shards (Kranky) {2}: -- TH:**
- Flora Hibberd: Swirl (22Twenty) {2}: PM:*, Sp:* -- A:85/2
- Hierarchies: Hierarchies (Transcending Obscurity) {2}: Blb:*, Spk:* -- A:74/3
- Marko Hietala: Roses From the Deep (Nuclear Blast) {2}: AMG:*, K:* -- A:75/5
- Hirax: Faster Than Death (Armageddon) {2}: Blb:*, MH:* -- A:67/3
- Jonathan Hultén: Eyes of the Living Night (Kscope) {2}: Blb:*, MH:* -- A:77/3
- Ayumi Ishito: Roboquarians Vol. 2 (577) {2}: TN:* -- TH:*
- Erik Jekabson: Breakthrough (Wide Hive) {2}: -- TH:**
- Jennie: Ruby (Columbia) {2}: Cl:*, NME:* -- A:78/5
- Larry June, 2 Chainz & The Alchemist: Life Is Beautiful (The Freeminded/ALC/Empire) {2}: Cl:*, HG:+ -- A:67/4
- Jupiter & Okwess: Ekoya (Airfono) {2}: PM:* -- A:80/1TH:*
- KEG: Fun's Over (Alcopop!) {2}: DIY:*, FO:* -- A:80/2
- Knats: Knats (Gearbox) {2}: Mj:* -- A:75/2, TH:*
- Clemens Kuratle Ydivide: The Default (Intakt) {2}: -- TH:**
- The Lathums: Matter Does Not Define (Modern Sky) {2}: Cl:*, PM:* -- A:68/4
- Edvard Graham Lewis: Alreet? (Upp) {2}: ClR:*, Mj:* -- A:76/4
- The Limiñanas: Faded (Berreto Music/Because Music) {2}: MO:*, U:* -- A:80/2
- The Lumineers: Automatic (Dualtone) {2}: Mj:*, T:* -- A:68/7
- Doug MacDonald: Santa Monica Session (DMAC Music) {2}: AAJ:* -- TH:*
- John Mailander's Forecast: Let the World In (self-released) {2}: -- TH:**
- Clara Mann: Rift (The State51 Conspiracy) {2}: PM:*, SC:* -- A:83/3
- Matilda Mann: Roxwell (Sevenfoursevensix) {2}: D:*, DIY:* -- A:75/4
- Masma Dream World: Please Come to Me () {2}: Mj:*; am:* -- A:80/2
- Maud the Moth: The Distaff (The Lavarium) {2}: AMG:*, DiS:* -- A:90/2
- Nicole McCabe: A Song to Sing (Colorfield) {2}: -- TH:**
- Melin Melyn: Mill on the Hill (Kartel) {2}: DIY:*, Mj:* -- A:75/4
- Memphis May Fire: Shapeshifter (Rise) {2}: Blb:*Sp:* -- A:74/4
- The Men: Buyer Beware (Fuzz Club) {2}: ClR:*, U:* -- A:78/3
- Mereba: The Breeze Grew a Fire (Secretly Canadian) {2}: Cl:*; am:* -- A:83/3
- Michi: Dirty Talk (Stones Throw) {2}: am:* -- A:75/2, TH:*
- Silvano Monasterios Venezuelan Nonet: The River (self-released) {2}: -- TH:**
- Sam Moss: Swimming (self-released) {2}: PM:*, Sp:* -- A:76/3
- Motherhood: Thunder Perfect Mind () {2}: Ex:*, GTV:* -- A:85/2
- Mutagenic Host: The Diseased Machine (Dry Cough/Gurgling Gore) {2}: AMG:*, MH:* -- A:80/2
- The Nash Ensemble: Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; Sonatas Pour Divers Instruments; String Quartet (Hyperion) {2}: G:*; am:* -- A:85/2
- Marius Neset: Cabaret (ACT Music) {2}: AAJ:* -- TH:*
- The Nightingales: The Awful Truth (Fire) {2}: RC:* -- A:80/1, TH:*
- Nite: Cult of the Serpent Sun (Season of Mist) {2}: Blb:*, DiS:* -- A:80/3
- OsamaSon: Jump Out (Motion Music/Atlantic) {2}: Pf:*; am:* -- A:81/2
- Alice Sara Ott: John Field: Complete Nocturnes (Deutsche Grammophon) {2}: G:*; am:* -- A:90/2
- Martin Owen/BBC Philharmonic/Rumon Gamba: Ruth Gipps: Orchestral Works Volume 3 (Chandos) {2}: G:*; am:* -- A:80/2
- Paleface Swiss: Cursed (Blood Blast Distribution) {2}: Blb:*, MH:* -- A:72/5
- Michael Cera Palin: We Could Be Brave (Big Scary Monsters) {2}: D:*, LBF:* -- A:80/2
- Paris Texas: They Left Me With a Gun (Paris Texas -EP) {2}: DIY:*, Ne:* -- A:80/2
- Paris Texas: They Left Me With a Sword (Paris Texas -EP) {2}: DIY:*, Ne:* -- A:80/2
- John Patitucci: Spirit Fall () {2}: TN:*; am:* -- A:90/1
- Patriarkh: Prophet Ilja (Napalm) {2}: Blb:*, DiS:* -- A:85/2
- Benjie Porecki: All That Matters (Funklove Productions) {2}: -- TH:**
- Red Telephone: Delay the New Day () {2}: Cl:*, GTV:* -- A:80/2
- Nadia Reid: Enter Now Brightness (Chrysalis) {2}: Mj:*, MO:* -- A:71/7
- Rick Roe: Tribute: The Music of Gregg Hill (Cold Plunge) {2}: -- TH:**
- Rwake: The Retun of Magik (Relapse) {2}: Blb:*, DiS:* -- A:85/2
- Gina Saputo: Daydream (GSJQ Productions) {2}: -- TH:**
- Mark Scott III: Soft Light (Miller Three Publishing) {2}: -- TH:**
- Silverstein: Antibloom (UNFD) {2}: Ex:*, Sp:* -- A:74/5
- Skinner: New Wave Vaudeville (Faction) {2}: Cl:*, IT:* -- A:80/2
- Skydaddy: Anchor Chains, Plane Motors & Train Whistles (-EP) {2}: Ov:*, SLi:* -- A:88/2
- Slowly Slowly: Forgiving Spree (Nettwerk) {2}: DiS:*, K:* -- A:80/2
- Snapped Ankles: Hard Times Furious Dancing (The Leaf Label) {2}: U:*; am:* -- A:73/4
- Somebody's Child: When Youth Fades Away (Frenchkiss) {2}: Cl:*, U:*, -- A:73/3
- Nicky Spence/Julius Drake/Piatti Quartet: Faure: La Bonne Chanson & Other Songs (Hyperion) {2}: G:*; am:* -- A:80/2
- Split Dogs: Here to Destroy (Venn) {2}: Cl:*, K:* -- A:75/4
- Elias Stemeseder/Christian Lillinger + Craig Taborn: Umbra III: Live Setting (Intakt) {2}: -- TH:**
- Macie Stewart: When the Distance Is Blue (International Anthem) {2}: am:* -- A:80/1, TH:*
- Stormo: Tagli/Talee (Prosthetic) {2}: DiS:*, MH:* -- A:73/3
- Teddy Swims: I've Tried Everything but Therapy (Part 2) (Warner) {2}: NME:*, O:* -- A:68/5
- Teitanblood: From the Visceral Abyss (Norma Evangelium Draboli) {2}: AMG:*, Spk:* -- A:81/2
- Thin Lear: A Shadow Waltzed Itself (-EP) {2}: PM:*, Sp:* -- A:80/2
- Thundermother: Dirty & Divine (AFM) {2}: Blb:*, ClR:* -- A:73/4
- Tokimonsta: Eternal Reverie (Young Art) {2}: O:*, PM:* -- A:74/3
- Tremonti: The End Will Show Us How (Napalm) {2}: Blb:*, DiS:* -- A:74/6
- Samson Tsoy: Inmost Heart: Bach, Brahms, Busoni, Reger (Linn) {2}: O:*; am:* -- A:85/2
- University of Nevada Las Vegas Jazz Ensemble 1: Let the Good Times Roll (Vegas) {2}: -- TH:**
- Vacuous: In His Blood (Relapse) {2}: Blb:*, MH:* -- A:85/2
- Chris Varga: Breathe (Calligram) {2}: AAJ:* -- TH:*
- The Veils: Asphodels (V2) {2}: U:*, XSN:* -- A:77/3
- The Velveteers: A Million Knives (Easy Eye Sound) {2}: D:*, K:* -- A:77/3
- Vulture Feather: It Will Be Like Now (Felte) {2}: U:*; am:* -- A:85/2
- Warbringer: Wrath and Ruin (Napalm) {2}: DiS:*, MH:* -- A:74/5
- Weaving: Webs (Glamour Gowns) {2}: NT:*, Sp:* -- A:80/2
- Winona Fighter: My Apologies to the Chief (Rise) {2}: D:*, K:* -- A:77/4
- Denison Witmer: Anything at All (Asthmatic Kitty) {2}: Mj:*, NT:* -- A:82/2
- You, Infinite: You, Infinite (Pelagic) {2}: DiS:*, Sp:* -- A:85/2
- Young Knives: Landfill (Gadzook) {2}: RC:*, U:* -- A:75/4
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- Rachel Eckroth & John Hadfield: Speaking in Tongues (Adhyâropa) {1}: AAJ:*
- Eclectic Maybe Band: Cosmic Light Clusters (Discus Music) {1}: TN:*
- Edition Redux: Broadcast Transformer (Audiographic) {1}: AAJ:*
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- FastLife, Madhattan & Spanish Ran: Bergin Hunt & Fish () {1}: HG:+
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- Fines Double: Espejismo () {1}: HG:+
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- Daniel Garbin: Rising (6x20) {1}: -- TH:*
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- G-Dragon: Übermensch (Empire/Galaxy) {1}: NME:* -- A:80/1
- Geowulf: The Child (Nettwerk) {1}: Sp:* -- A:80/1
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- God Complex: He Watches in Silence (SharpTone -EP) {1}: DiS:* -- A:80/1
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- Gràb: Kremess (Prophecy Productions) {1}: MH:* -- A:80/1
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- Grentperez: Backflips in a Restaurant () {1}: NME:* -- A:80/1
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- Goya Gumbani: Warlord of the Weejuns () {1}: HG:+
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- Handsome Gentlemen: Filmed by Quentin Tarantino () {1}: HG:+
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- Häxkapell: Om Jordens Blod Och Urgravens Grepp () {1}: DiS:* -- A:80/1
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- Deborah Holland: I Made It This Far () {1}: -- A:80/1
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- Hypermass: Apparition Day (Seek & Strike -EP) {1}: DiS:* -- A:80/1
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- ILL Tone Beats: The Outcome () {1}: HG:+
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- Eddie Kaine & Machacha: Crown Me Kaine () {1}: HG:+
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- Kingdom Molongi: Kembo (Nyege Nyege Tapes) {1}: PO:*
- Lisa Knapp & Gerry Diver: Hinterland () {1}: O:* -- A:100/1
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- Lake: Bucolic Gene (Don Giovanni) {1}: am:* -- A:80/1
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- Karl Latham: Living Standards II (Dropzone Jazz) {1}: -- TH:*
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- Ben Markley: Tell the Truth (OA2) {1}: -- TH:*
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- Naxatras: V (self-released) {1}: MH:* -- A:80/1
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- Paige Plaisance: Louisiana Lonely () {1}: scm:*
- Pop Evil: What Remains (MNRK Heavy) {1}: Blb:* -- A:90/1
- Posi-Tone Swingtet: In Jazz We Trust (Posi-Tone) {1}: AAJ:*
- Pothamus: Abur (Pelagic) {1}: DiS:* -- A:80/1
- Brigid Mae Power: Songs for You (self-released) {1}: Mj:* -- A:75/2
- Preservation Brass: For Fat Man (Sub Pop) {1}: am:* -- A:80/1
- Prism Shores: Out From Underneath (Meritorio) {1}: Sp:* -- A:90/1
- Prison: Downstate (Drag City) {1}: U:* -- A:70/4
- Pulse: Body Is Reality () {1}: DiS:* -- A:80/1
- Puma Blue: Antichamber (Blue Flowers) {1}: Sp:* -- A:79/2
- Purified in Blood: Primal Pulse Thunder () {1}: Blb:* -- A:78/2
- Pyres: Yun () {1}: DiS:* -- A:80/1
- Queen Herawin: Awaken the Sleeping Giant () {1}: HG:+
- Ariane Racicot: Danser Avec Le Feu (self-released) {1}: AAJ:*
- Raisa K: Affectionately (15 Love) {1}: G:* -- A:79/2
- Rapt: Until the Light Takes Us (Start Track) {1}: Spk:* -- A:90/1
- Rats on Rafts: Deep Below (Fire) {1}: am:* -- A:67/3
- Raven: Gnosis (Incienso) {1}: am:* -- A:90/1
- Alison Rayner Quintet: Sema4 (Blow the Fuse) {1}: AAJ:*
- Recognize Ali & Stu Bangas: Guerilla Dynasty 3 () {1}: HG:+
- Redline the Ace: Origin Story () {1}: HG:+
- Peter Rehberg: Liminal States (Editions Mego) {1}: U:* -- A:80/1
- Chen Reiss/Varduhi Abrahamyan/Daniel Behle/Tareq Nazmi/Audi Jugendchorakademie/Le Cercle de l\'Harmonie/Jérémie Rhorer: Beethoven: Missa Solemnis (Alpha) {1}: am:* -- A:90/1
- Jane Remover: Revengeseekerz (DeadAir) {1}: P:* -- A:91/1
- Graham Reynolds: Mountain (Fire) {1}: GTV:* -- A:80/1
- Rialto: Neon & Ghost Signs (Fierce Panda) {1}: RC:* -- A:80/1
- Rex Richardson: Elegy (Summit) {1}: AAJ:*
- Dax Riggs: 7 Songs for Spiders (Fat Possum) {1}: AMG:* -- A:80/1
- Claire Ritter: Songs of Lumiere (Zoning) {1}: AAJ:*
- Ritual Ascension: Profanation of the Adamic Covenant (Sentient Ruin Laboratories) {1}: AMG:* -- A:80/1
- Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali: At the Feet of the Beloved () {1}: Mj:* -- A:80/1
- The Dave Robbins Big Band: Happy Faces (Cellar Music) {1}: AAJ:*
- Røry: Restøration () {1}: DiS:*, K:*, MH:* -- A:83/3
- Alessi Rose: For Your Validation (AWAL -EP) {1}: D:* -- A:100/1
- Fatma Said: Lieder (Warner Classics) {1}: am:* -- A:100/1
- Bria Salmena: Big Dog (Sub Pop) {1}: NT:* -- A:76/2
- Sandwell District: End Beginnings (Point of Departure) {1}: Mj:* -- A:80/1
- Sanhedrin: Heat Lightning (Metal Blade) {1}: Blb:* -- A:80/1
- Saor: Amidst the Ruins (Season of Mist) {1}: AMG:*, DiS:*, MH:* -- A:83/3
- Sarcator: Swarming Angels & Flies (Century Media) {1}: Blb:* -- A:90/1
- Savoir Faire: Hopeless Nostalgic () {1}: PM:* -- A:80/1
- Scare: In the End, Was It Worth It? () {1}: DiS:* -- A:80/1
- Isabel Schickenetanz: Seelentrost () {1}: am:* -- A:100/1
- Eric Schmitt: Wait for the Night (self-released) {1}: -- RX:*
- School Fair: Bird the Kid (self-released) {1}: SLi:* -- A:83/1
- Scour: Gold (Nuclear Blast) {1}: MI:* -- A:90/1
- Seasonal Falls: Improvised Sinking (-EP) {1}: Sp:* -- A:80/1
- Anoushka Shankar: Chapter III: We Return to Light (Leiter) {1}: am:* -- A:76/2
- Shapes Like People: Ticking Haze (Jangleshop) {1}: LW:* -- A:100/1
- Shepherds of Cassini: In Thrall to Heresy (self-released) {1}: AMG:* -- A:90/1
- Shrieking Demons: The Festering Dwellers (Transcending Obscurity) {1}: DiS:* -- A:80/1
- Jae Sinnett: The Blur the Lines Project (J-Nett Music) {1}: -- TH:*
- Skaiwater: #mia (GoodTalk/Capitol -EP) {1}: -- TH:*'); # +
- Chloe Slater: Love Me Please (AWAL -EP) {1}: D:* -- A:80/1
- Sleigh Bells: Bunky Becky Birthday Boy (Mom+Pop) {1}: am:* -- A:73/4
- Slik Jack/Vincent Pryce: Everyone's Gotta Pryce () {1}: HG:+
- The Slow Readers Club: Out of a Dream (self-released) {1}: XSN:* -- A:80/1
- Smif-N-Wessun: Infinity () {1}: HG:+
- Neil Smith: Anxious (Bella Union) {1}: Mj:* -- A:80/1
- Ronald Snijders: Penta (Night Dreamer) {1}: AAJ:*
- Sometime in February: Where Mountains Hide (03-21) {1}: A:80/1
- SOM: Let Some Light In (Pelagic) {1}: DiS:* -- A:80/1
- Son Lux: Risk of Make Believe (City Slang -EP) {1}: Sp:* -- A:80/1
- Konrad Sprenger: Set (Black Truffle) {1}: Mj:* -- A:80/1
- Candi Staton: Back to My Roots (Beracah) {1}: Mj:* -- A:75/2
- Steel Saddle: Steel Saddle () {1}: scm:*
- Tamara Stefanovich: Organised Delirium (PentaTone) {1}: G:* -- A:100/1
- Stinky: Solace () {1}: DiS:* -- A:80/1
- St. Lucia: Fata Morgana: Dawn (Nettwerk) {1}: am:* -- A:80/1
- Caroline Strickland: Martha's Calling (-EP) {1}: Sp:* -- A:80/1
- Masaaki Suzuki: Plays Bach Organ Works, Vol. 6 (BIS) {1}: am:* -- A:90/1
- Tamino: Every Dawn's a Mountain (Communion Group) {1}: Cl:* -- A:80/1
- Tayne: Love (Inside Job/MNRK) {1}: K:* -- A:80/1
- Telepathy: Transmissions (Pelagic) {1}: MH:* -- A:80/1
- Terra Twin: Static Separation (Dance to the Radio -EP) {1}: D:* -- A:80/1
- Tetsuo: Gossamer () {1}: HG:+
- Thala: Avalanche (Fire) {1}: GTV:* -- A:70/2
- Thecityisours: Will You Still Love Me? () {1}: DiS:* -- A:60/3
- Rachel Therrien: Mi Hogar II (self-released) {1}: AAJ:*
- Third Coast Percussion: Glass: Aguas da Amazonia () {1}: am:* -- A:80/1
- Omar Thomas Large Ensemble: Griot Songs (Omar Thomas Music) {1}: -- TH:*
- Thurnin: Harmr (Prophecy Productions) {1}: Spk:* -- A:70/2
- Tiberius: Singing for Company (self-released) {1}: DiS:* -- A:90/1
- Tiktaalika: Gods of Pangaea (InsideOut) {1}: DiS:* -- A:65/2
- Joona Toivanen Trio: Gravity (We Jazz) {1}: am:* -- A:80/1
- Tokyo Tea Room: No Rush (Nice Guys) {1}: Sp:* -- A:80/1
- David Torn: Peace Upon You (self-released) {1}: TN:*
- Mitch Towne: Refuge (Cross Towne) {1}: -- TH:*
- Penelope Trappes: A Requiem (One Little Independent) {1}: -- A:80/1
- William Tyler: Time Indefinite (Psychic Hotline) {1}: RC:* -- A:80/1
- U.e.: Hometown Girl (28912) {1}: U:* -- A:79/2
- Gregory Uhlmann/Josh Johnson/Sam Wilkes: Uhlmann/Johnson/Wilkes (International Anthem) {1}: Mj:* -- A:75/2
- Unknown Mortal Orchestra: IC-02 Bogotá (Jagjaguwar) {1}: DIY:* -- A:71/4
- Urn: Demon Steel (Osmose Productions) {1}: AMG:* -- A:80/1
- Valerie June: Owls, Omens and Oracles (Concord) {1}: U:* -- A:80/1
- Gino Vannelli: The Life I Got (To My Most Beloved) () {1}: Sp:* -- A:90/1
- Gizmo Varillas: Into the Night () {1}: GTV:* -- A:80/1
- Vega7 the Ronin/Machacha: The Ghost Orchid () {1}: HG:+
- Voidfallen: The Rituals of Resilience () {1}: MH:* -- A:75/2
- Joni Void: Every Life Is a Light (Constellation) {1}: Sp:* -- A:80/1
- Vundabar: Surgery and Pleasure (Loma Vista) {1}: A:74/2
- Josh Ward: Same Ol' Cowboy, Different Rodeo () {1}: scm:*
- Julian & Roman Wasserfuhr: Safe Place (ACT Music) {1}: AAJ:*
- WateRR & Machacha: Almighty II () {1}: HG:+
- WDR Big Band: Bluegrass (MCG Jazz) {1}: -- TH:*
- Orion Weiss: Arc III (First Hand) {1}: am:* -- A:90/1
- Justin Wells: Cynthiana () {1}: scm:*
- Westside Gunn: 12 () {1}: -- HG:+
- Judy Wexler: No Wonder (Jewel City Jazz) {1}: AAJ:*
- Whatever the Weather: Whatever the Weather II (Ghostly International) {1}: am:* -- A:72/4
- Christian Winther: Sculptures From Under the City Ice () {1}: Sp:* -- A:80/1
- Wolf Eyes: Wolf Eyes X Anthony Braxton (ESP-Disk) {1}: -- TH:*
- Landon Wordswell & Es-K: Remember to Breathe () {1}: HG:+
- Wrekmeister Harmonies: Flowers in the Spring (Thrill Jockey) {1}: am:* -- A:71/3
- Jacob Wutzke: You Better Bet (Cellar Music Group) {1}: AAJ:*
- Σtella: Adagio (Sub Pop) {1}: A:1/80
- Haewon Yang: Plays the Piano Works of Harry Bulow () {1}: am:* -- A:80/1
- Yawning Balch: Volume Three () {1}: DiS:* -- A:80/1
- Yukimi: For You (Ninja Tune) {1}: O:* -- A:70/2
- ZelooperZ & Real Bad Man: Dear Psilocybin () {1}: HG:+
- Marina Zispin: Now You See Me, Now You Don't (Scenic Route) {1}: GTV:* -- A:80/1
- Zora: Belladonna (Get Better) {1}: P:* -- A:85/1
- John Zorn & JACK Quartet: The Complete String Quartets (Tzadik) {1}: am:* -- A:90/1
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