1. Kendrick Lamar – Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers *****
2. Porcupine Tree – Closer / Continuation *****
3. Beyoncé – Renaissance ****1/2
4. Natalie Lafourcade – De Todas Las Flores ****1/2
5. Bill Callahan – Ytilaer ****1/2
6. Oliver Sim – Hideous Bastard ****
7. Black Country, New Road – Ants From Up There ****
8. The Big Moon – Here Is Everything ****
9. The Smile – A Light For Attracting Attention****
10. Wet Leg – Wet Leg ****
11. Spoon – Lucifer On The Sofa****
12. Jockstrap – I love You Jennifer B ****
13. Little Simz – No Thank You ****
14. Julia Jacklin – Pre Pleasure ****
15. Madison Cunningham – Revealer ****
16. Julian Lage – View With A Room ****
17. Joan Shelley – The Spur ****
18. Aoife O’Donovan – Age Of Apathy****
19. Bonnie Raitt – Just Like That ****
20. Wilco – Cruel Country ****
21. K.T. Tunstall – Nut ****
22. Nilüfer Yanya – Painless ****
23. Petrol Girls – Baby ****
24. Perfume Genius – Ugly Season ****
25. Big Thief – Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You ****
26. Spoon – Luciver On The Moon (Adrian Sherwood Reconstruction) ***1/2
27. Weyes Blood – It’s Not Just Me, It’s Everybody ***1/2
28. Courtney Marie Andrews – Loose Future ***1/2
29. The Black Keys – Drop Out Boogie ***1/2
30. The Comet Is Coming – Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam ***1/2
31. Mattiel – Georgia Gothic ***1/2
32. Punch Brothers – Hell On Church Street ***1/2
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