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The Stuttgart producer Michael Fiedler’s debut album under a new moniker distills ambient dub into a wispy, wraithlike form.
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Bando Stone and the New World
Childish Gambino
Donald Glover’s final album under this moniker features eclectic and adventurous rap and R&B, but the big swings never really connect.
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Butu
KOKOKO!
Congolese singer Makara Bianko and French producer Débruit craft polyglot techno-punk with a bustling, metropolitan atmosphere.
By Daniel Bromfield
Harmonics
Joe Goddard
The Hot Chip member’s third solo album proffers empathetic pop-house as the cure to what ails us. But in a divided world, politeness only goes so far.
By Ben Cardew
Passage du Desir
Johnny Blue Skies / Sturgill SimpsonBest New AlbumSturgill Simpson’s outstanding album under a new stage name expertly balances cosmic and outlaw country and reintroduces himself as the premier Nashville outsider.My Light, My Destroyer
Cassandra JenkinsThe New York singer’s smoldering, sophisticated songs get a little more cosmic while retaining their characteristic wit and charm.The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce)
EminemA concept album about killing his alter ego can’t save the impishly clever Eminem from the same tired, dated, developmentally arrested material.Only God Was Above Us
Vampire WeekendBest New AlbumOn their masterfully knotty fifth album, Vampire Weekend go on a self-mythological journey into old sounds, old haunts, and old cities to find something new within.All Born Screaming
St. VincentAnnie Clark’s self-produced seventh album goes for a hard reset on the St. Vincent project. She retains her sharp edge as a songwriter while making the music sound exalting, inspiring, and thoroughly romantic.The Great American Bar Scene
Zach BryanThe country crossover star’s excellent songwriting is raw and evocative, and though he continues to hone his sound, the total emotional experience of the album sometimes wears a bit thin.
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