Featuring Sampha, Young Fathers, Kelela,
Lana Del Rey and André 3000, these are the very best albums 2023 had to offer.

Featuring Amaarae, PinkPantheress, Sigur Rós, Sufjan Stevens and Bjork, these are the very best songs 2023 had to offer.

Featuring 454 & Surf Gang, BAMBII, Sam Gellaitry and Dean Blunt, these are the very best EPs 2023 had to offer.

Featuring Denzel Curry, Sam Gellaitry, Isabella Lovestory, Ravyn Lenae and Pusha T, these are the very best albums 2022 had to offer.

Featuring The Weeknd, Jockstrap, Rosalia, FKA twigs and The Smile, these are the very best songs 2022 had to offer.

Featuring Little Simz, Sufjan Stevens and Kanye West, KEYMAG counts down the albums that defined the year.

Featuring Vince Staples, Pa Salieu and James Blake, KEYMAG counts down the songs that defined the year.

Featuring salute, Anz and Sam Gellaitry, KEYMAG counts down the extended plays that defined the year.

KEYMAG pries into the most horrifying music sins of the year.

Coinciding with the release of his debut EP, KEYMAG takes a look at an archival interview with the Peterborough soul-rap artist.

Featuring Moses Sumney, Charli XCX and Caribou, KEYMAG counts down the albums that defined the year.

Featuring Childish Gambino, HAIM and SG Lewis, KEYMAG counts down the songs that defined the year.

Kicking off list season, KEYMAG counts down the top 5 worst albums of the year.

Another random assortment of records to keep you warm and active this winter.

A guidebook to an alternative viewpoint for sci-fi, via a hip-hop album that blasts off into space, and a techno record plunged into the deep blue.

The LA rapper is marching to the beat of his own, very obtuse drum, without ever letting slip that there is still a craft to what he does.

With the Neptunes and on his lonesome, Pharrell changed the game with a strong foundation in neo-soul, a rebelliously playful conviction and an adamant liking towards minimalism.

A random assortment of records to define your summer by this year.

The ‘Modern Mavens’ series is a guide to some of contemporary music’s most definitive artists, going through their catalogues and deciphering their greatest qualities. These artists may not be accepted into the pantheon of the legends yet, but this series makes the case for why they should already be or definitely will be. First up, Sweden’s acoustic leading man.

A comprehensive guide to a style of music based on opening up pop progressions and melodies to vast amounts of space, then filling every square inch with cryptic instrumentation and imagery.