25

KATE BUSH:Before the Dawn

RIYL: Kate Bush – Aerial, Peter Gabriel, David Bowie, Genesis, theatrical prog-rock, goth-rock, classic synth pop, tender eroticism, The Ninth Wave (!), retrospectives

Listen to: “And Dream of Sheep” / “The Morning Fog” / “A Sky of Honey”

24

DANNY BROWN:Atrocity Exhibition

RIYL: life-making, testimony, post-punk, This Heat, The Stooges, Kendrick Lamar

Listen to: “Ain’t It Funny” / “Dance in the Water” / “Really Doe (ft Kendrick Lamar & Earl Sweatshirt)”

23

YOUNG THUG:Jeffrey

RIYL: pop rap, retail mixtape, southern rap, trap rap, cloud rap, Lil Wayne, Rich Homie Quan, Rich Gang, Metro Thuggin, London on da Track

Listen to: “Kanye West (ft. Wyclef Jean)” / “Wyclef Jean” / “Pick Up the Phone (ft. Travis Scott)”

22

ANGEL OLSEN:My Woman

RIYL: early Cat Power, folk, rock, singer-songwriter, love games, modern possession, domestic western, Cindy Walker, Nancy Sinatra, Joni Mitchell, Dolly Parton

Listen to: “Intern” / “Shut Up Kiss Me” / “Sister”

21

MITSKI:Puberty 2

RIYL: St. Vincent, Weezer, early Liz Phair, indie, isolation, happiness

Listen to: “Your Best American Girl” / “My Body’s Made of Crushed Little Stars” / “Fireworks”

20

WEYES BLOOD:Front Row Seat to Earth

RIYL: The Carpenters, Cate Le Bon, Perfume Genius, Judee Sill, Aimee Mann

Listen to: “Do You Need My Love” / “Seven Words” / “Generation Why”

19

BAT FOR LASHES:The Bride

RIYL: art-pop, dream rituals, magic spell, wedding tragedies, Sarah McLachlan, Radiohead, Julia Holter, The Carpenters, Sexwitch

Listen to: “Sunday Love” / “If I Knew”/“I Do”

18

JAMES BLAKE:The Colour in Anything

RIYL: Hejira, Massive Attack, London pirate radio, Bon Iver, Radiohead, Frank Ocean, Rick Rubin

Listen to: “Always” / “F.O.R.E.V.E.R.” / “I Need a Forest Fire”

17

BON IVER:22,A Million

RIYL: JeSµS ÇhRIST, BrµHHH, ƒµ˚k îTøT, James Blake, Sufjan Stevens, Talk Talk

Listen to: “8 (Circle)” / “22 (OVER S∞∞N)” / “33 God”

16

A TRIBE CALLED QUEST: We got it from Here… Thank You 4 Your service

RIYL:De La Soul, Common, Q-Tip, Busta Rhymes, Andre 3000, Kendrick Lamar, Outkast, The Pharcyde, Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth, 90’s golden era hip hop on steroids

Listen to: “Dis Generation” / “Kids… (ft. Andre 3000)” / “The Space Program”

15

KENDRICK LAMAR : untitled unmastered

RIYL: duality, raw forms, (altered state of) conscious hip-hop, André 3000, Prince, Miles Davis, Kanye West

Listen to: “untitled 05 | 09.21.2014” / “untitled 06 – 06.30.2014”/ “untitled 07 – 2014-2016”

14

NICOLAS JAAR: Sirens

RIYL: Suicide, art-pop, experimental synth-pop, electronic, experimental, microhouse, Ricardo Villalobos, Max Richter

Listen to: “Wildflowers” / “Killing Fields” / “History Lesson”

13

BEYONCE:Lemonade

RIYL: ANTI, Vulnicura, anthem, confessional, Kendrick Lamar, James Blake, Jack White, The Weeknd, D∆WN, The-Dream, Janelle Monae, Kanye West, JAY Z, Rihanna, Solange

Listen to: “Sorry” / “6 Inch (feat. The Weeknd)” / “All Night”

12

RIHANNA:Anti

RIYL: contemporary r&b, pop soul, blues, gospel, SZA, Camera Phone, Drake, Blood Meridian, Kanye West, Tame Impala

Listen to: “Work (ft. Drake)” / “Needed Me” / “Consideration (ft SZA)”

11

JENNY HVAL: Blood Bitch

RIYL: Julia Holter, Bjork, soft dick rock, the capitalist clit, avant-garde feminism, outrage vs. humor, Bjork, art pop, experimental synth-pop

Listen to: “Female Vampire”/ “Conceptual Romance”/“Secret Tour”

10

SOLANGE: A Place at the Table

RIYL: Frank Ocean, Nao, Tinashe, Alicia Keys, Beyonce, Dawn Richard, Aaliyah, Erykah Badu, R&B gorgeousness, #blackgirlmagic

Listen to: “Scales (ft Kelela)” / “Cranes in the Sky” / “Rise (ft. Majical Cloudz)”

09

BLOOD ORANGE: Freetown Sound

RIYL: bricolage, clapback, spiritual, Prince, Blondie, Empress Of, ANOHNI, Alice Coltrane, Lightspeed Champion, #blacklivesmatter

Listen to: “E.V.P. (ft. Blondie)” / “Hadron Collider (ft. Nelly Furtado)” / “Better Than Me (ft. Carly Rae Jepsen)”

08

KAYTRANADA: 99.9%

RIYL: Disclosure, Little Dragon, Vic Mensa, AlunaGeorge, Anderson .Paak, BadBadNotGood, The Internet, neo-soul,funk, dance-pop

Listen to: “Lite Spots” / “Got It Good” / “Track Uno”

07

KANYE WEST: The Life of Pablo

RIYL: topology of monstrosity, spatial logics, mass clinic, Pablo, Rihanna, The Weeknd, Vic Mensa, Sia, Pusha T, Desiigner, Frank Ocean

Listen to: “Famous (feat. Rihanna)” / “FML (feat. The Weeknd)” / “Wolves (feat. Vic Mensa & Sia)”

06

ANOHNI: Hopelessness

RIYL: protest, consciousness bangers, dance as weapon, Björk, Nina Simone
Listen to: “Drone Bomb Me” / “Why Did You Separate Me From the Earth” / “Watch Me”