| Poppy Negative Spaces
Negative, but far from empty | | The Cure Songs of a Lost World
The Cure take to their dark and empty stage. |
| Haley Heynderickx Seed of a Seed
Looks like the garden is coming along quite nicely. | | Underworld Strawberry Hotel
Sonic exploration resumes. |
| Black Curse Burning in Celestial Poison
Pure devastation. | | The Necks Bleed
Unstaunched attention span |
| Chat Pile Cool World
Just remember: everyone bleeds | | Touche Amore Spiral in a Straight Line
discomfortzone |
| Goat Goat
A seductively shallow psych-groove triumph | | Blood Incantation Absolute Elsewhere
Eternal rest in mists of dead stars. |
| Geordie Greep The New Sound
When the smoke clears, what is left? Goodbye, goodbye | | Ceres Magic Mountain (1996—2022)
emo, indie, epic, drunk australians, etc. |
| Dora Jar No Way To Relax When You Are On Fire
for when you accidentally brought up politics at the dinner table | | Foxing Foxing
So now, I shut it down and lock it up |
| Hexalyne Scillocsenports
Hexalyne continues to perfect the already perfected | | Nala Sinephro Endlessness
finally the perfect reverie you deserve |
| Melt-Banana 3+5
BANANA BACK | | Wishy Triple Seven
like a dreamier third eye blind with some code orange and hints of duster |
| Mamaleek Vida Blue
Mamaleek's most glorious mess yet | | Alora Crucible Oak Lace Apparition
Toby Driver expands his arsenal, makes chamber magic, and offers the most substantive reinvention of his sound in years. Album of the year — for now. |
| Amanda Anne Platt and the Honeycutters The Ones That Stay
Morning’s comin’ soon | | beabadoobee This Is How Tomorrow Moves
Construction on Beatopia is finally finished. |
| State Faults Children of the Moon
The only holy book is the one inside your heart | | Jack White No Name
rock's NOT dead |