Sons of Kemet’s Black To The Future
Sons of Kemet’s Black To The Future looks beyond the past with urgency, manifesting an Afrofuturist present of breathtaking scope and stature.
Aaron Diehl’s The Vagabond
Exciting, polished and masterful, Aaron Diehl’s The Vagabond is not to be missed for fans of piano-based jazz.
Winds’ Look at the Sky
Showcasing a brand of stripped-down, live sounding psychedelia, Winds’ Look at the Sky showcases strong melodies that shine through a plethora of nuanced textures.
Benny Sings’ Music
Benny Sings’ Music is a pleasant, if largely forgettable, collection of songs that draw on the soulful and subdued sounds of the 1970s.
Ra Ra Riot’s Superbloom
Superbloom is Ra Ra Riot’s most successful album yet, boasting a radiant collection of colorful arrangements and irresistible pop anthems.
Perfume Genius' Set My Heart on Fire Immediately
Set My Heart on Fire Immediately is an undisputed triumph of musical and personal exploration; an album with the potential to be the best of the year.
The Weeknd's After Hours
Marrying aesthetics that recall his role in the 2019 thriller Uncut Gems with the sounds of new wave and pop, The Weeknd has crafted his best album to date, where his best a musical instincts can (mostly) roam free in a druggy dreamworld awash in trap-tastic beats.
The Strokes' The New Abnormal
The first proper release from The Strokes since 2013, The New Abnormal arrives as a reunion album of sorts that finds the group reaching for, and sometimes achieving, the inspired musical highs of their early discography.
Shabaka and the Ancestor's We Were Sent Here by History
We Were Sent Here by History is Hutching’s latest offering into the hallowed halls of the Impulse! discography and first with the Ancestors. A meditation on humanity’s coming extinction released against the backdrop of the global coronavirus pandemic, the music that fills these dual LPs is urgent, harrowing, and at times, otherworldly.