Cameron Cook
The Montreal producer and DJ’s consciously raunchy, poignantly flippant new album stages a well-timed return to the sound that made him famous.
1mo
After years of almost making it as an R&B star, the singer pivots to dance-pop on a club-themed album steeped in Ibiza-themed hedonism and graced with a knowing wink.
1mo
On her latest album, Katie Stelmanis processes heartbreak by embracing club-ready synth-pop. It’s an impressive leap forward after years of steadily expanding the project’s sound.
6mo
The London R&B singer’s new mixtape shuffles through retro sounds faster than a TRL lineup, marrying early 2000s bubblegum pop with UK garage and dance.
8mo
Back for round two, the Toronto DJ’s thrilling bashment rave tracks temper turbo-charged riddims and booming bars with frosty electronica and mechanical garage.
11mo
The British DJ's debut shifts frenetically between high-speed dance genres. Her meticulousness and evocative samples lend the record an impressively narrative, emotional quality.
1y
The multi-hyphenate singer-songwriter’s second album, densely packed but light as a feather, explores life and the many leaps of faith required to truly live it.
2y
Anohni’s true talent, even beyond her voice and writing, is the ability to transmogrify her pain into something breathtakingly gorgeous. She is the personification of a lighthouse shining through a nasty tempest – and despite the storms, hope truly does spring eternal.
2y
Twitchy, raunchy, and full of laugh-out-loud punchlines, the Detroit trio’s new album is the best ghettotech rager in recent memory.
3y
Sensuous, funny, and smartly produced, the London artist’s full-length debut transforms dusky electronic beats and trending pop sounds into a singular celebration of sexual agency.
3y
Beatopia’s success lies in the expansion of beabadoobee’s sound in all the right places, while staying true to what makes her popular in the first place.
3y
Whether Sun’s Signature becomes Fraser and Reece’s new vehicle for expression or just another feather in their collective hat, Golden Air is an accomplished, beguiling work that leaves you hoping for more.
3y
At times, Broken Hearts Club doesn’t quite stack up to some of Syd’s most brilliant moments. But like surreptitiously reading someone’s diary, you’re left with an indelible impression of an artist at their rawest.
4y
The singer-songwriter’s debut expands beyond bedroom R&B to traverse genres with dimension and control. He can shift from wizened soul belter to ’90s boy band innocence in a heartbeat.
4y
Soul Glo may be experiencing diaspora problems, but in these blistering tracks, they’ve at least started to brew an antidote.
4y
Whether it represents a new direction for twigs’ sound or just a different expression of her creative drive, it will certainly go down as an indelible chapter in the story of one of contemporary pop’s most intriguing minds.
2y
SICK! feels more mature and more deliberate than just about anything he’s put out to date.
4y
Lotic has introduced us to an entirely new side of herself, and like the moving water, it’s purposeful, powerful and never-ending.
4y
With flourishes of R&B, house, and funk, this exuberant and sweltering nine-track mini-album nails the transition from left-of-center cult favorite to bona fide diva.
4y
What Faithfull accomplishes here, to great success, is the deep, lush and honeyed delivery of every line, gliding swanlike across Ellis’ ambient instrumentation with nary a ripple.
5y
One could accuse IDLES of sometimes being a bit, shall we say, on the nose, but given the absolute shitshow masculinity has become in a post-Trump, post-Brexit era, perhaps they should be lauded for meeting these topics head on, and with brute force. Because at the end of the day, music – no, the world – needs them.
5y
