Masseduction by St. Vincent
Fifth full-length album by singer-songwriter & wunderkind guitarist Annie Clark (As St. Vincent) is one of 2017’s best albums. Like two of her heroes, David Byrne & David Bowie, Clark is never...
A Crow Looked at Me by Mount Eerie
The saddest but most beautiful album of the year, “A Crow Looked At Me” is a concept album about the untimely death to cancer of singer & songwriter Phil Elverum’s spouse (fellow musician Geneviève...
Our Love by Caribou
A warm sounding record, “Our Love” by Caribou plays neither as straight up dance music or as head-phone geeking IDM. It flows more like a regular rock album—each song is singular rather than a...
LP1 by FKA twigs
FKA Twig’s music is a futuristic take on R&B with a nod to past Hip Hop/R&B artists and producers like Timbaland and Aaliyah as well as former 90’s trip hop acts like Portishead & Bjork. She...
You’re Dead! by Flying Lotus
If you’re a jazz person but lament that jazz has gone the way of classical and doesn’t push boundaries that it used to then you need to hear Flying Lotus. Steven Ellison (the genius behind Flying Lotus)...
Peace Is the Mission by Major Lazer
Peace Is the Mission is the third studio album by American electronic music band Major Lazer. The album was preceded by the international hit single "Lean On" featuring DJ Snake and MØ. The single reached...
Motion by Calvin Harris
Motion is the fourth studio album by Scottish DJ and record producer Calvin Harris, released on The album includes collaborations with vocalists Ellie Goulding, Gwen Stefani, John Newman and Tinashe; rapper...
Quack by Duck Sauce
Duck Sauce is a dance music collaboration between Armand Van Heldon and A-Trak. The band’s hit from several years ago. “Barbara Streisand” is included and you need to check your sense of fun if you...
Run The Jewels 2 by Run The Jewels
After standout rapper/producer and former head of NYC Godhead indie label Def Jux, El-P took the boards for dirty South veteran Atlanta rapper Killer Mike’s breakout album “R.A.P. Music” a true...
Syro by Aphex Twin
'Syro' is consistently great from beginning to end—it can get you both disappearing inside your headphones or grooving out on the dance floor. "Syro" was one of the few event albums of 2014. Though...