1

Wet Leg — moisturizer

Transformed Wet Leg into a band as funny, acerbic, and clever as they always promised to be.

2

MIKE — Showbiz!

Supernatural skill offset by the humble human at its center.

Cleo Reed — Cuntry
3

Cleo Reed — Cuntry

Reframes the heartland as a Black and queer-friendly soundscape.

james K — Friend
4

james K — Friend

A host of genres sublimely interwoven to make a deft pop statement.

Perfume Genius — Glory
5

Perfume Genius — Glory

Pushes perversion to its limit with storming crescendos and gallows humor.

6

Bassvictim — Forever

The zenith of delusional optimism. "The future is now, and it's f***ing amazing!"

Sharp Pins — Radio DDR
7

Sharp Pins — Radio DDR

Gloriously relatable power pop steeped in rock's past.

FKA twigs — EUSEXUA
8

FKA twigs — EUSEXUA

Big tent floor-fillers spanning Eurotrance, jungle, and rave.

9

Annahstasia — Tether

A riveting debut testament to artistic possibilities.

Panda Bear — Sinister Grift
10

Panda Bear — Sinister Grift

The lightest, most accessible record Noah Lennox has ever made — devastatingly sad.

11

keiyaA — hooke's law

Gnarled electronics, breakbeats, blown-out Auto-Tune exposing a battered heart.

Che — REST IN BASS
12

Che — REST IN BASS

Flow that is diabolical, possessed, always on the verge of escape velocity.

Hayden Pedigo — I'll Be Waving as You Drive Away
13

Hayden Pedigo — I'll Be Waving as You Drive Away

Graceful fingerstyle guitar for a world slowly slipping away.

Blawan — SickElixir
14

Blawan — SickElixir

A geyser of caustic psychedelia — technically virtuosic and nightmarish fun.

15

KP Skywalka — I Tried to Tell You

All gas, no brakes. D.C. energy with go-go inspired drums.

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