50) Olivia Rodrigo – GUTS
49) Anohni & the Johnsons – My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross
48) Vagabon – Sorry I Haven’t Called
47) Grian Chatten – Chaos for the Fly
46) Hannah Diamond – Perfect Picture
45) Hinako Omori – Stillness, Softness…
44) Tirzah – trip9love
43) Skrillex – Quest for Fire
42) Benefits – NAILS
41) Kaytraminé – Kaytraminé
40) Joanna Sternberg – I’ve Got Me
39) HMLTD – The Worm
38) Caroline Polachek – Desire, I Want to Turn into You
37) Paris Texas – Mid Air
36) Olivia Dean – Messy
35) Slowdive – Everything Is Alive
34) Japanese House – In the End It Always Does
33) Lankum – False Lankum
32) J Hus – Beautiful and Brutal Yard
31) Home Is Where – The Whaler
30) Danny Brown – Quaranta
29) Corrine Bailey Rae – Black Rainbows
28) Jess Williamson – Time Ain’t Accidental
27) Yeule – Softscars
26) Samia – Honey
25) PJ Harvey – I inside the Old Year Dying
24) Ratboys – The Window
23) Mandy Indiana – I’ve Seen a Way
22) Sampha – Lahai
21) Militarie Gun – Life under the Gun
20) L’Rain – I Killed Your Dog
19) Yaeji – With a Hammer
18) Fever Ray – Radical Romantics
17) Kelela – Raven
16) Mick Jenkins – The Patience
15) Julie Byrne – The Greater Wings
14) Bdrmm – I Don’t Know
13) McKinley Dixon – Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!?
12) VV Brown – Am I British Yet?
11) CASISDEAD – Famous Last Words
10) Danny Brown and JPEG Mafia – Scaring the Hoes
09) Blondshell – Blondshell
08) Billy Woods and Kenny Segal – Maps
07) Noname – Sundial
06) Mitski – The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We
05) Amaarae – Fountain Baby
04) Sufjan Stevens – Javelin
03) Young Fathers – Heavy Heavy
02) Wednesday – Rat Saw God
01) Kara Jackson – Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love
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