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Drew McDowall
Agalma

Drew McDowall's latest LP, Agalma, is a showcase of deliriously fruitful collaborations in pursuit of deeply satisfying slow-burn psychedelia, says Bernie Brooks

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Tristan Perich
Drift Multiply

Fifty violins and fifty loudspeakers weave intense tapestries in this co-release from Nonesuch and New Amsterdam records

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I See Rivers
Deep & Rolling Green

I See Rivers sound as cosy as an autumn sweater – and just as wooly, finds Zara Hedderman

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Chase Coley & Pascal Colman
Husband Material

With home-made instruments, deftly woven structures and guest sax from Ben Vince, Chase Coley and Pascal Colman's new album is well worth your time, finds Johny Lamb

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Shjrunken Heads
Neolithic Dog

London-based cosmic wizards Shjrunken Heads produce a terror-filled debut album deserving of multiple repeat listens, finds Julian Marszalek

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Robert Hood
Mirror Man

The maestro returns with an album by turns gloriously ambient and unabashedly pounding, finds Noel Gardner

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Bad Bunny
El Último Tour del Mundo

Blending trap, rock and punk Bad Bunny keeps his ‘lawbreaker’ label in a rather monotone reggaeton music scene

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From Brussels With Love
Various

The first release from Les Disques du Crépuscule gets a lavish re-issue

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Mart Avi
Vega Never Sets

Another spellbinding modern soul-pop record from Estonian Mart Avi, perhaps his most sensuous yet, finds Richard Foster

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N To The Power
Autogenesis

The debut album from Blake Leyh and Tony Jarvis entwines Bill Evans standards with hypnotic minimalism

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Smashing Pumpkins
Cyr

Billy Corgan continues to be at once unstoppable force and immovable object, once more giving Smashing Pumpkins fans exactly what they didn't want – but perhaps what they did need

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Ana Roxanne
Because Of A Flower

The new album by Ana Roxanne adds up to a glorious contradiction, finds Ed Power

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BTS
BE

The new album by Korea's biggest pop group offers an introspective chronicle about isolation, quarantine and finding a safe middle between sorrow and hope, finds Verónica A. Bastardo

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Primitive Ignorant
Sikh Punk

Former 80s Matchbox B-Line Disaster bassist Sym Gharial assembles a cast of collaborators for a fierce slab of electro-punk

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Pa Salieu
Send Them To Coventry

The debut mixtape from the midlands' premiere new MC marks the thrilling arrival of a vital new voice in UK hip hop, finds James Butterworth

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William Basinski
Lamentations

Two decades after *Disintegration Loops* made his name, William Basinski is rummaging through his tape box again with ever lovelier results

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Televangel
Cosmic Waters

Inspired by Ian Urbina’s book *The Outlaw Ocean*, Televangel blur art and activism to thrilling effect, finds Kareem Ghezawi

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Pharaoh Overlord

Boldly unearthing the missing link between disco and death metal, Pharaoh Overlord deserve to be taken seriously – just don't call them a Circle side-project

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Working Men’s Club
S/T

A quick reshuffle makes Working Men's Club a far sharper proposition, finds Matthew Horton

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Juana Molina
ANRMAL

That rare thing: a live album that is also, actually, a really *good* album

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Anton Barbeau
Manbird

Riffing on Greta Gerwig's *Lady Bird* leads master of melody, Anton Barbeau into an accelerationist reverie, finds Ronnie Angel Pope

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A Litany Of Failures, Vol III
Various

A compilation of independent and underground music from Ireland proves a balm for Zara Hedderman

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Molchat Doma
Monument

Belarusian trio Molchat Doma exude Kraftwerk and The Cure influences in third studio album Monument, finds Laviea Thomas

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Ryba
Phantom Plaza

Queasy post-punk from Icelandic/Polish seven-piece

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Star Feminine Band
S/T

A seven-piece group of school-age women from Benin prove to be far more than just a remarkable story, finds Noel Gardner

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Kylie Minogue
DISCO

Kylie is back on the dance floor, but feels strangely unsure of her own place there, finds CJ Thorpe-Tracey

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Pink Siifu & Fly Anakin
FlySiifu’s

The first collaboration from rising underground hip hop stars Pink Siifu and Fly Anakin proves a curate's egg speckled with moments of woozy brilliance, finds James Butterworth

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Benee
hey u x

The debut album by twenty-year-old pop sensation Benee has something for every playlist, finds Katherine Rodgers

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Deradoorian
Find The Sun

The new album from former Dirty Projector Deradoorian proves enlightening and confounding in equal measure, finds Rob Hakimian

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Faten Kanaan
A Mythology Of Circles

Brooklyn composer-performer Faten Kanaan offers up wondrously strange record, full of hidden nuances, finds Will Salmon

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Budokan Boys
So Broken Up About You Dying

Berlin-based Budokan Boys bring skewed avant-pop delights on this nine-song metaphysical sound clash

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Helena Deland
Someone New

Debut album from Montreal's Helena Deland cements her reputation as "the Young Thug of indie rock"

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Drew McDowall
Agalma

Tristan Perich
Drift Multiply

I See Rivers
Deep & Rolling Green

Chase Coley & Pascal Colman
Husband Material

Shjrunken Heads
Neolithic Dog

Robert Hood
Mirror Man

Bad Bunny
El Último Tour del Mundo

From Brussels With Love
Various

Mart Avi
Vega Never Sets

N To The Power
Autogenesis

Smashing Pumpkins
Cyr

Ana Roxanne
Because Of A Flower

BTS
BE

Primitive Ignorant
Sikh Punk

Pa Salieu
Send Them To Coventry

William Basinski
Lamentations

Televangel
Cosmic Waters

Working Men’s Club
S/T

Juana Molina
ANRMAL

Anton Barbeau
Manbird

A Litany Of Failures, Vol III
Various

Molchat Doma
Monument

Ryba
Phantom Plaza

Star Feminine Band
S/T

Kylie Minogue
DISCO

Pink Siifu & Fly Anakin
FlySiifu’s

Benee
hey u x

Deradoorian
Find The Sun

Faten Kanaan
A Mythology Of Circles

Budokan Boys
So Broken Up About You Dying

Helena Deland
Someone New

Trembling Bells
Dungeness

Blóm
Flower Violence