There’s no I in Brockhampton, the rap boy band whose collective chemistry fizzes on Saturation II
Album Reviews
Arca review: Björk’s electronic architect finds his voice with an immaculate collection of grisly love songs
Drake More Life review: A welcome return to form for the yacht rap superstar
Migos are this generation’s Beatles, and C U L T U R E is their Revolver
William Basinski’s A Shadow In Time is the tribute David Bowie deserves
We Got It From Here: The defiant, timely triumph of A Tribe Called Quest’s final album
Steve Hauschildt dreams of vintage IDM and ‘90s chill-out rooms on the exceptional Strands
Danny Brown hits a vicious new high on his psychedelic cocaine saga Atrocity Exhibition
Jenny Hval’s Blood Bitch review: An astounding avant-pop unravelling of menstruation myths
Zomby’s Ultra deconstructs UK club history but never loses sight of the dancefloor
MJ Guider’s glacial Precious Systems is one of the year’s best albums
YG steps up his rap game and steps out of the shadow of DJ Mustard on the ferocious Still Brazy
Lone’s Levitate brings rave nostalgia to a tipping point – is the comedown round the corner?
Ariana Grande and Fifth Harmony take Scandinavia’s mighty pop empires into battle
Autechre bury the post-club poseurs in the digital dirt with disorienting new album elseq 1-5
Chance The Rapper is on an ultralight beam on the gospel-influenced Coloring Book
Jessy Lanza outdoes herself (and everyone else) on the career defining Oh No
James Blake conquers the limits to his love on the sprawling and romantic The Colour In Anything
Drake’s Views is the first real disappointment from one of rap’s most consistent artists
Confusing, unlistenable, still hopeful: Dean Blunt’s Babyfather is what protest music actually sounds like
Are you there God? It’s me, Kanye: The religious self-scrutiny of The Life Of Pablo
Kelela’s Hallucinogen is a brilliant telegraph of imperfect romance
The Weeknd rediscovers his signature debauchery on Beauty Behind the Madness
