Three years on, this surprise halloween trap mixtape still proves 21 Savage, Offset & Metro Boomin as the unholy trinity of murder music.

Art-folk diety Sufjan Stevens returns with the next installment of his pantheon of mainline studio albums.

Jai and A.K. Paul's new label has dropped its biggest collection of tracks to date, a pick-and-mix mingling various flavours of synth-funk and alternative R&B.

Moses Sumney’s soul-quenching art-pop is a beautiful glitch in the system. His double album is a reaffirmation of his unique prowess.

Many indie rock bands are quick to pull the ‘…with a twist!’ card, but Porridge Radio’s incorporation of noise and art-rock hands us a compelling case.

A mighty six years after his last, Caribou has captured another wonderous snapshot of his oft-imitated, never-mastered indietronic style.

On his most impressive release to date, the Baltimore synth wizard hitches together something that’s equally striking from a distance, and impressively detailed with time and closer inspection.

After putting the whole world onto his bassy beats with 99.9%, BUBBA attempts to circumvent the sophomore slump with a more focused R&B direction.

Violent Femmes’ 1983 debut didn’t get the ear it deserved until the following decade, which is small surprise; the angst that cracks at the corners of the band’s folk-punk livery was practically hand-made for the alt-rock decade.

On the surface being one of synthpop’s most definitive artefacts, The Blue Nile’s second album hides a melancholic tantra on the anxieties of urban life.

The debut EP from a brand new alt-pop project demonstrates a strong vision and potential, even if the material comes with a tonne of baggage.

After JPEGMAFIA’s big breakthrough, his new album feels like a celebration of his success becoming a crusader of experimental rap, meanwhile continuing to dig deeper into the fresh unknown.

Wu-Tang Clan’s most freakish member animalised his music to create some of the most carnal and forward-thinking rap material ever conceived.

Fresh-faced from a tumultuous 2018, hip-hop’s biggest boy band come to terms with that period, finding power in lyrical maturity and audial simplicity as their creative muse.