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Ishmael Butler is a cosmically liberated and confident virtuoso on one of this year’s rap achievements
The Australian plunderphonics group use commercial jingles and analog technology as a counterpoint to the false, grotesque fantasies generative AI induces
The singer makes her pop music feel personal, all while balancing developed production, emotional vulnerability, and vocal spontaneity on her sophomore album
Both in terms of indie rock writ large and the band’s own artistic development, the Dubliners’ latest isn’t nearly as revolutionary as 2024’s Romance
The LA-based indie-pop singer streamlines the silly-sweet cleverness and adventurous flourishes of her previous efforts into a more melancholic and cohesive work
A more confident, self-assured songwriter is torn between two very different worlds, where her truest home might actually be that stretch of highway that shuttles her back and forth
The Australian singer broadens the sexy, sultry queer pop formula he cultivated on his last record, but loses some of its novelty and edge as he strains to go bigger and outdo himself
The jokes on the Brighton band’s debut land about half the time, and when they don’t, homogenous synth-punk arrangements cushion the fall
The Geese frontman’s stripped-down set is a note-perfect album that affirms him as a performer already wise beyond his years
The South London band says little beyond juvenile catchphrases and rarely has the compositional depth to make its second album worth your time
Restless arrangements and dependable guitar performances can’t prevent the former Smiths co-founder from occasionally stumbling through the noise on his new solo album
The singer’s fifth album, co-produced by Jungle, has some strong moments, but is mostly an inoffensive retread of familiar ground
Freeman volleys between universally incisive truisms and lived-in specifics on his third album, capturing emotional and philosophical apocalypses with grim nuance
On their quest to survey love in the time of multiple day jobs, the beloved Indianapolis five-piece cram melodic euphoria into every jangly corner of their sophomore album
The musician’s eighth full-length combines some of her most experimental, genre-blending sounds with her stickiest hooks on an autobiographical trip through stardom and celebrity
The Melbourne indie rocker explores autonomy and love from an omnipotent perspective
Sabrina Teitelbaum’s third album explores new subject matter while maintaining her signature sound
The country singer’s fourth album follows one of the most harrowing years of his life, revealing the man behind the mask for his most soul-baring, personal music yet
The story of the UK band’s seventh studio album is bound to conjure more eye-rolls than sympathy
Her latest album lacks direction, but gives glimpses of what could've been if she'd followed its strongest songs’ best impulses
