Natalia Lafourcade - Cancionera
79

With slow, almost ceremonial precision, Natalia Lafourcade constructs her dramatic score. The trombone and violin take their places — like actors before stepping onto the stage — ready to submit to the orchestra’s design.

Cancionera sounds like if The Spirit of the Beehive by Víctor Erice kept time with a bolero, like if an Almodóvar heroine, stripped of all theatricality, stood on the shore without makeup and sang into the void. It’s a film shot on ... read more

Smerz - Big city life
88

GREAT NEW MUSIC ⬆️⬆️⬆️

The new album by Norwegian art-pop duo Smerz, featuring Henriette Motzfeldt and Catharina Stoltenberg, sets a slow but steady rhythm — precise and viscous, like the breath of a metropolis. Smudged grooves pulse between glass facades and the yellow glow of streetlights, while club basslines, like echoes of last night’s parties, seep through the walls and linger in the body until morning.

aya - hexed!
100

After the first listen, I was consumed by fear, my consciousness shaken, and I couldn’t understand what was happening. Like a substance, I was torn apart. As I fall asleep, I feel like a ball flying through a drainpipe. Maybe to some, this album might seem like pure masochism for the ears — BUT NO ONE has managed, and no one will be able to surpass her in the next 10 years. That’s exactly why I give this album a completely new and unique status!

On her second album, ... read more

Car Seat Headrest - The Scholars
76

good but something is missing.

Model/Actriz - Pirouette
93

ATTENTION: THE LIGHTNING, PROGRESSIVE ROCK RECORD IS NOW HERE. The electronic mechanisms are mesmerizing, the hoarse, as if rusted, percussion chills to the bone, and the voice - alarming, unrelenting - spins “Pirouette” in a frantic dance of tension.

DJ Koze - Music Can Hear Us
87

Stefan opens the gates to worlds where African rhythms orbit around German tenderness, and the cosmos sounds like a lover’s whisper.

Great New Music ⬆️⬆️⬆️

Music can hear.
And it doesn’t listen with ears, but with its supple skin — sensing the warmth of the unspoken, the silence between words, the blinking of sorrow. DJ Koze builds his world as if out of air, where each track is not an event, but a breath; not a statement, but a sensation. Music Can Hear Us ... read more

Jane Remover - Revengeseekerz
90

Rave Psychosis and Digital Blood

An album built from fractured flashbacks, blacked-out raves, and high school anxiety. Electroclash, industrial hip-hop, explosive rock transitions. Jane is a virus in the system—dancing until everything crashes.

ORIGINAL NEW MUSIC ↗️↗️↗️

“And the shit was three years ago, it feels like a million” — that's how TWICE REMOVED, the opening track of Jane Remover’s third full-length album, Revengeseekerz, begins. And ... read more

Stromae - Multitude
85

Today, we embark on a journey through cultural codes where club rhythms coexist with deeply personal confessions. The 13 tracks of the Maestro are not just a collection of hits but an album-manifesto, where pain and beauty resonate in unison.

GREAT NEW MUSIC 🔝

”Multitude” is a kaleidoscope of sounds, cultures, and emotions, with Paul Van Haver dissecting themes of loneliness, depression, social pressure, and loss with surgical precision.

Three years after its release, on ... read more

Selena Gomez - I Said I Love You First
68

Finneas, stepping in as producer, crafts a record for Selena Gomez that teeters between doubt and fragile sincerity. This might be the last chance to hear her explore new, albeit modest, sides of her artistry.

Disney princess love stories are often absurdly simple, but here, the main character joins Benny Blanco to reflect on the pain of infidelity in ”Don’t Wanna Cry”. These tracks recall the glossy, old-school pop that once resonated with those drowning their sorrows in ... read more

Lady Gaga - MAYHEM
64

Mrs. Gaga's new album lingers in the shadows of fears and inner demons, accompanied by raw, unfinished arrangements. Dark pop, reimagined as disco, loses its impact under the weight of naïve and incomplete lyrics.

Lady Gaga burst into the music industry with “The Fame“, an album that earned her recognition both in the mainstream and among more niche audiences. From the energetic “Just Dance“ to the iconic “Poker Face“, her early hits were ... read more

青葉市子 [Ichiko Aoba] - Luminescent Creatures
96

Tears in the face of such beauty—perhaps the only way to truly describe this album.

ORIGINAL NEW MUSIC ↗️↗️↗️

Ichiko Aoba's whisper envelops you, sending shivers down your spine and leaving a faint numbness in your temples, as if the music itself seeps into your nerve endings. Her tracks feel like deeply reimagined soundtracks to Ghibli’s animated masterpieces, infused with the experimental genius of Thom Yorke and Radiohead. Yet, unlike their darker textures, ... read more

Saya Gray - SAYA
83

In her new project, the Japanese-Canadian artist explores familiar themes of heartbreak but with her own unique shades of sorrow. She transforms familiar pain into a fleeting sonic landscape.

GREAT NEW MUSIC 🔝🔝🔝

The album "SAYA" can be placed alongside "My Method Actor" by Nilüfer Yanya—both projects delve into intimate emotions but approach them in distinct ways. While Yanya fills her sound with piercing electric guitar riffs, Gray dissolves emotions ... read more

Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
91

This is not Pitchfork, so you can appreciate an album not included in the archive in any place, time and mood. Now's a good time to do it with a dark, sleepy and angsty Radiohead album.

ORIGINAL MUSIC ↗️↗️↗️

Five years after "The King of Limbs", Radiohead returned with "A Moon Shaped Pool" —an album that feels like the twilight of a long journey, filled with exhaustion and acceptance. It’s not the explosion of "OK Computer", the panic ... read more

73

In an attempt to promote her best album, SZA releases a deluxe edition with 15 tracks. While «SOS» is a substantial and highly talented project, the 15 new songs are nothing like the reissue's cover—they're unremarkable and very grounded.

When SZA released «SOS» at the end of 2022, the album instantly became the pinnacle of her career: masterfully produced, brimming with raw emotions, and deeply immersed in themes of heartbreak, resentment, and ... read more

100

The reissue of "LANA SOS DELUXE" is less than an hour away, and SZA has already given us a taste of her new hit. According to my insider, the reissue contains 15 tracks, but that's not what we're focusing on right now.

On this track, SZA effortlessly soars, keeping her voice in perfect form. Anything could have happened, but she hasn't lost the abilities we heard on "SOS." The arrangement is dynamic at times, almost like Solana is a pilot flying her own ... read more

Perfume Genius - Ugly Season
88

Today, we will enter Perfume Genius' mirror maze in a new way, where the explosive blend of neoclassicism, chaos, and introspection makes the album a challenge. A world where the atmosphere of abstract theater and sound experiments challenges the listener, offering not just to hear, but to feel.

GREAT MUSIC ⬆️⬆️⬆️

When Mike Hadreas, better known as Perfume Genius, releases a new album, it's a window into a complex, shimmering world where intimacy clashes with grandeur, ... read more

Charli xcx - Pop 2
85

Pop 2 is not just a mixtape, it's a radical reimagining of pop music. Bold, daring, and entirely free from expectations, it sets new standards for the genre, inspiring a whole generation of artists.

GREAT (NEW) MUSIC ⬆️

In 2017, Charli xcx stood on the brink of completely reimagining her sonic landscape. Instead of continuing down the path of becoming a mainstream pop star, she chose a less conventional route. Pop 2 is a mixtape that challenges the industry, tearing pop music apart ... read more

Charli xcx - True Romance
84

In the early 2010s, pop music was undergoing a transformation, blending club energy with raw emotion. During this era of change, Charli XCX emerged as a striking voice of new pop experimentation, offering more than just hits.

GREAT (NEW) MUSIC ⬆️

On her debut album, Charli XCX establishes herself as a striking figure in the pop music world, with a vision that goes far beyond radio-friendly formats. Released in 2013, the album feels like both a product of its time and something ahead of ... read more

Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
93

This album is not just about the state of Illinois but also about humanity in its most peculiar and touching aspects. It’s one of Sufjan Stevens' most remarkable symphonies!

ORIGINAL (NEW) MUSIC ↗️

This is not so much an album as it is a bold cartographic venture, a massive sonic atlas of one of America’s most enigmatic states. It’s a work of colossal ambition, balancing between baroque pop, orchestral grandeur, and folk sincerity. This is not just an album; it is a ... read more

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