Alexis Petridis

Albums
La Roux – Trouble in Paradise
St Vincent – St Vincent
War on Drugs – Lost in the Dream
Caribou – Our Love
Owen Pallett – In Conflict
Run the Jewels – Run the Jewels
King Creosote – From Scotland With Love
Future Islands – Singles
Hookworms – The Hum

FKA twigs – LP1

Tracks
Natalie Prass – Bird of Prey
Blacknecks – To the Cosmos, Let’s Go
Benjamin Brooker – Violent Shiver
Metronomy – Love Letters
Kölsch – Cassiopeia

Michael Hann

Albums
The War on Drugs – Lost in the Dream
Ultimate Painting – Ultimate Painting
Sleaford Mods – Divide and Exit
St Vincent – St Vincent
Young Fathers – Dead
Robert Plant – Lullaby … and the Ceaseless Roar
The Gloaming – The Gloaming
Ty Segall – Manipulator
Goat – Commune
Run the Jewels – Run the Jewels (UK physical release this year)

Tracks
St Vincent – Prince Johnny
The War on Drugs – Burning
The Hold Steady – The Ambassador
Kiesza – Hideaway
Charli XCX – Boom Clap

Tim Jonze

Albums
St Vincent – St Vincent
La Roux – Trouble in Paradise
Aphex Twin – Syro
Makonnen – Drink More Water 4
Ronika – Selectadisc
Young Fathers – Dead
Lewis – L’Amour
Perfume Genius – Too Bright
Sleaford Mods – Divide and Exit
Karol Conka – Batuk Freak

Tracks
Future Islands – Seasons (Waiting on You)
QT – Hey QT
Perfume Genius – Queen
Makonnen – Tuesday
Danny L Harle – In My Dreams

Harriet Gibsone

Albums
Beck – Morning Phase
Mac Demarco – Salad Days
Keaton Henson – Romantic Works
Caribou – Our Love
Taylor McFerrin – Early Riser
Real Estate – Atlas
Childhood – Lacuna
Flying Lotus – You’re Dead!
Aphex Twin – Syro
Oliver Wilde – Red Tide Opal in the Loose End Womb

Tracks
Flying Lotus feat Kendrick Lamar - Never Catch Me
Caribou – Silver
Usher – Good Kisser
Slow Club – Everything is New
Coldplay – Magic

Imogen Tilden

Albums
Peggy Seeger – Everything Changes
FKA twigs – LP1
Johnny Parry – An Anthology of All Things
Jenny Lewis – The Voyager
Damon Albarn – Everyday Robots
St Saviour – In The Seams
Joan as Police Woman – The Classic
Anais Mitchell – Xoa
Neil Young – A Letter Home
O’Hooley & Tidow – The Hum

Rebecca Nicholson

Albums
St Vincent - St Vincent
Tinashe – Aquarius
Run The Jewels – Run the Jewels 2
Angel Olsen – Burn Your Fire for No Witness
Young Fathers – Dead
Perfume Genius – Too Bright
FKA twigs – LP1
Taylor Swift – 1989
Wild Beasts – Present Tense
Warpaint – Warpaint

Tracks
FKA twigs – Two Weeks
Jamie xx – All Under One Roof Raving
Tove Lo – Stay High (Habits mix)
Tinashe – 2 On
Perfume Genius – Queen

Jenny Stevens

Albums
Angel Olsen – Burn Your Fire for No Witness
War on Drugs – Lost in the Dream
Damon Albarn – Everyday Robots
Jamie T – Carry on the Grudge
La Roux – Trouble in Paradise
Future Islands – Singles
Ex Hex – Rips
Sharon Van Etten – Are We There
Merchandise – After the End
Kate Tempest – Everybody Down

Tracks
Taylor Swift – Shake It Off
Twin Peaks – Making Breakfast
Shamir – If It Wasn’t True
East India Youth – Looking for Someone
Flying Lotus feat Kendrick Lamar – Never Catch Me

Nosheen Iqbal

Albums
Real Estate – Atlas
Tinashe – Aquarius
Caribou – Our Love
Aphex Twin – Syro
Kindness – Otherness
Beck – Morning Phase
War on Drugs – Lost in the Dream
Warpaint – Warpaint
Wye Oak – Shriek
Fatima Al Qadiri – Asiatisch

Tracks
Real Estate – Had to Hear
Bok Bok – Melba’s call
Pharrell – Marilyn Monroe
FKA twigs – Two Weeks
Damien Lazarus and the Ancient Moons – Lover’s Eyes

Simon Reynolds

Albums
Ariel Pink - Pom Pom
Schoolboy Q - Oxymoron
Mica Levi - Under the Skin OST
Ekoplekz - Four Track Mind
Actress - Ghettoville
Various Artists - Audio Rehab, Vol. 1
The Advisory Circle - From Out Here
eMMplekz - If You Like This
Shabazz Palaces - Lese Majesty
Scott Walker and Sunn O))) - Soused

Tracks
Tinashe featuring Schoolboy Q - 2 On
Ariel Pink - Pink Freckles
Schoolboy Q - Studio
Nightshift - Made You Look (Hugo Massien Remix)
Schoolboy Q - Collard Greens

Pete Paphides

Albums
Temples – Sun Structures
Elbow – The Take Off and Landing of Everything
Beck – Morning Phase
The New Mendicants – Into the Lime
Sharon Van Etten – Are We There
J Mascis – Tied to a Star
Metronomy – Love Letters
Kate Tempest – Everybody Down
AnnaMy – Woodpecker
Damien Rice – My Favourite Faded Fantasy

Tracks
Michael Kiwanuka – You’ve Got Nothing to Lose
Elbow – New York Morning
Darren Hayman & Emma Kupa – Boy, Look at What You Can’t Have Now
Neil Finn – Divebomber
Martin Carr – Santa Fe Skyway

Sam Wolfson

Albums
Ratking – So it Goes
Princess Nokia – Metallic Butterfly
Kiasmos – Kiasmos
Taylor Swift – 1989
Popcaan – Where We Come From
Wiley – Snakes & Ladders
Fuse ODG – Tina
Banks – Goddess
Sleaford Mods – Divide and Exit
Katy B – Little Red

Tracks
Sia – Chandelier
Skepta ft JME – That’s Not Me
Laura Doggett – Phoenix
Kerwin Du Bois – Too Real
Djemba Djemba – Macking in the Car

John Fordham

Albums
Polar Bear – In Each and Every One
Jason Moran & Meshell Ndegeocello – All Rise: A Joyful Elegy for Fats Waller
Dave Douglas & Uri Caine – Present Joys
Jenny Hval & Susanna – Meshes of Voices
Bill Frisell – Guitar in the Space Age
Steve Lehman Octet – Mise en Abime
Mark Turner – Lathe of Heaven
Alice Zawadzki – China Lane
Tim Garland – Songs to the North Sky
Alexander Hawkins – Song Singular

Tracks
Polar Bear – Be Free
Jenny Hval & Susanna – I Have Walked This Body
Jason Moran & Meshell Ndegeocello – Ain’t Misbehavin’
Alexander Hawkins – Take the A Train
Bill Frisell – Surfer Girl

Ian Gittins

Albums
St Vincent – St Vincent
Joan As Police Woman – The Classic
Jack White – Lazaretto
Sleaford Mods – Divide and Exit
Leonard Cohen – Popular Problems
Daley – Day and Night
Jungle – Jungle
Morrissey – World Peace is None of Your Business
The War on Drugs – Lost in the Dream
Lana Del Rey – Ultraviolence

Tracks
The War on Drugs – Under the Pressure
Iggy Azalea feat Charli XCX – Fancy
Perfect Pussy – Interference Fits
Future Islands – Seasons (Waiting on You)
Jake Bugg – There’s a Beast and We All Feed It

Malik Meer

Albums
Run the Jewels – Run the Jewels 2
Aphex Twin – Syro
War On Drugs – Lost in the Dream
Kindness – Otherness
Joseph Arthur – Lou
Young Fathers – Dead
Caribou – Our Love
Daniel Avery – Drone Logic
Perfume Genius – Too Bright
Todd Terje – It’s Album Time

Tracks
Damian Lazarus & the Ancient Moons – Lovers’ Eyes (Mohe Pi Ki Najariya)
Jamie XX – All Under One Roof Raving
Jessie Ware – Tough Love
FKA twigs – 2 Weeks
Ten Walls – Walking With Elephants

Tshepo Mokoena

Albums
FKA twigs – LP1
Jhene Aiko – Souled Out
St Vincent – St Vincent
The Roots – … and Then You Shoot Your Cousin
Sky Ferreira – Night Time is My Time
Caribou – Our Love
Run the Jewels – Run the Jewels 2
Future Islands – Singles
Flying Lotus – You’re Dead!
Royksopp & Robin – Do It Again

Tracks
St Vincent – Bring Me Your Loves
Kelela & Tink – Want It
Rustie – Attak feat Danny Brown
Bipolar Sunshine – Deckchairs on the Moon
Little Dragon – Klapp Klapp

Priya Elan

Albums
St Vincent – St Vincent
War On Drugs – Lost in the Dream
Sky Ferreira – Night Time My Time
Future Islands – Singles
Alex G – DSU
Ema – The Future’s Void
Warpaint - Warpaint
Aphex Twin - Syro
Taylor McFerrin - Early Riser
Ronika – Selectadisc

Tracks
Jessie Ware – Tough Love
Ariana Grande – Problem
Future Islands – Seasons
Jenny Lewis – Just One of the Guys
Perfume Genius – Queen

Stevie Chick

Albums
Kate Tempest – Going Down
Ty Segall – Manipulator
East India Youth – Total Strife Forever
The Bug – Angels & Devils
Antemasque – Antemasque
The Icarus Line – Avowed Slavery
Ratking – So It Goes
Pink Mountaintops – Get Back
Neil Young – A Letter Home
Hookworms – Hum

Tracks
The Icarus Line – Leeches & Seeds
East India Youth – Dripping Down
Ratking – Snow Beach
Ty Segall – It’s Over
The Bug – Pandi

Mark Beaumont

Albums
Pixies – Indie Cindy
Honeyblood – Honeyblood
Jamie T – Carry on the Grudge
Coves – Soft Friday
Morrissey – World Peace is None of Your Business
Teleman – Breakfast
Alvvays – Alvvays
Allo Darlin’ – We Come From The Same Place
Alt-J – This Is All Yours
Royal Blood – Royal Blood

Kate Hutchinson

Albums
Caribou – Our Love
St Vincent – St Vincent
East India Youth – Total Strife Forever
Angel Olsen – Burn Your Fire For No Witness
Flying Lotus – You’re Dead!
FKA twigs – LP1
Lone – Reality Testing
Owen Pallett – In Conflict
Mastodon – Once More Round the Sun
Goat – Commune

Tracks
Caribou – Can’t Do Without You
FKA twigs – Two Weeks
Tune-Yards – Water Fountain
Beyoncé – Drunk in Love
Future Islands – Waiting on You

Alex Macpherson

Albums
Miranda Lambert – Platinum
Mirel Wagner – When the Cellar Children See the Light of Day
Taylor Swift – 1989
Katie Pearl – Make It Official
Angaleena Presley – American Middle Class
YG – My Krazy Life
Gangsta Boo & La Chat – Witch
Cher Lloyd – Sorry I’m Late
Francis Harris – Minutes Of Sleep
Gazelle Twin – Unflesh

Tracks
Nicki Minaj – Lookin’ Ass Nigga
Mila J – Smoke, Drink, Break Up
Kira Isabella – Quarterback
Kalenna – Murder
Meridian Dan feat Big H & JME – German Whip

Dave Simpson

Albums
St Vincent – St Vincent
Mark Lanegan Band – Phantom Radio
Sleaford Mods – Divide and Exit
Beck – Morning Phase
Lucinda Williams – Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone
Steven James Adams – House Music
Aphex Twin – Syro
King Creosote – From Scotland With Love
Leonard Cohen – Popular Problems
The War on Drugs – Lost in the Dream

Tracks
King Creosote – Something to Believe In
The Chills – Molten Gold
Nick Mulvey – Nitrous
Johnny Marr – Easy Money
Future Islands – Seasons (Waiting On You)

Graeme Virtue

Albums
The War on Drugs – Lost in the Dream
Todd Terje – It’s Album Time
St Vincent – St Vincent
Beck – Morning Phase
The Twilight Sad – Nobody Wants to Be Here and Nobody Wants to Leave
Wild Beasts – Present Tense
Jenny Lewis – The Voyager
Afghan Whigs – Do to the Beast
Got A Girl – I Love You But I Must Drive Off This Cliff Now
Perturbator – Dangerous Days

Tracks
Sia – Chandelier
Kiesza – Hideaway
Rebolledo – Windsurf, Sunburn and Dollar
Neneh Cherry feat Robyn – Out of the Black
Tegan and Sara feat the Lonely Island – Everything Is Awesome

Dom Lawson

Albums
Peter Hammill – ...all that might have been...
Necrophagia – White Worm Cathedral
Scott Walker & Sunn O))) – Soused
Knifeworld – The Unravelling
Machine Head – Bloodstone and Diamonds
Opeth – Pale Communion
Stars in Battledress – In Droplet Form
King 810 – Memoirs of a Murderer
Moulettes – Constellations
Swans – To Be Kind

Tracks
Opeth – Faith In Others
Swans – A Little God In My Hands
Anathema – Distant Satellites
Knifeworld – Don’t Land on Me
Sleaford Mods – Tweet Tweet Tweet

Caroline Sullivan

Albums
Gemma Ray – Milk for Your Motors
Little Dragon – Nabuma Rubberband
Wild Beasts – Present Tense
Metronomy – Love Letters
The Pierces – Creation
Hozier – Hozier
St Vincent – St Vincent
The War on Drugs – Lost in the Dream
You + Me – Rose Ave
Boy & Bear – Harlequin Dream

Tracks
Nicki Minaj – Anaconda
Pharrell Williams – Happy
First Aid Kit – My Silver Lining
Charli XCX – Boom Clap
Jessie Ware – Kind of … Sometimes … Maybe

Sam Richards

Albums
Merchandise – After the End
Wild Beasts – Present Tense
Caribou – Our Love
FKA twigs – LP1
Ariel Pink – Pom Pom
Ratking – So it Goes
Kindness – Otherness
The War on Drugs – Lost in the Dream
Sun Kil Moon – Benji
Aphex Twin – Syro

Tracks
Percussions (Four Tet) – KHLHI
Black Bananas – Physical Emotions
Ratking – So Sick Stores (ft King Krule)
Caribou – Can’t Do Without You
Meridian Dan – German Whip (feat Big H & JME)

Killian Fox

Albums
Shabazz Palaces – Lese Majesty
Dean Blunt – Black Metal
Aphex Twin – Syro
Actress – Ghettoville
Tune-Yards – Nikki Nack
FKA twigs – LP1
St Vincent - St Vincent
Run the Jewels – Run the Jewels 2
King Creosote – From Scotland With Love
Angel Olsen – Burn Your Fire for No Witness

Tracks
Shabazz Palaces – Forerunner Foray
Sun Kil Moon – Dogs
Panda Bear – Mr Noah
St Vincent – Birth in Reverse
Mac DeMarco – Salad Days

Malcolm Jack

Albums
War on Drugs – Lost in the Dream
Erlend Øye – Legao
Alvvays – Alvvays
Future Islands – Singles
Jenny Lewis – The Voyager
Woman’s Hour – Conversations
Mac Demarco – Salad Days
Gruff Rhys – American Interior
La Roux – Trouble in Paradise
Jessie Ware – Tough Love

Tracks
Future Islands – Seasons (Waiting On You)
Alvvays – Archie Marry Me
Ibibio Sound Machine – Let’s Dance (Yak Inek Unek)
War on Drugs – Burning
Korallreven – Death Is Not for Us

Lanre Bakare

Albums
FKA twigs – LP1
Tricky – Adrian Thaws
Aphex Twin – Syro
Flying Lotus – You’re Dead
Cloud Nothings – Here and Nowhere
Freddie Gibbs and Madlib – Pinata
Taylor McFerrin – Early Riser
Sylvan Esso – Sylvan Esso
Juan Maclean – In a Dream
The Big Ups – Eighteen Hours of Static

Tracks
Mapei – Don’t Wait
Afghan Whigs – Matamoros
Bobby Shmurda – Hot Nigga
Juan Maclean – Love Stops Here
Merchandise – Little Killer

Robin Denselow

Albums
O’Hooley & Tidow – The Hum
Sam Amidon – Lily-O
Toumani Diabaté and Sidike Diabaté – Toumani & Sidiki
Kasai Allstars – Beware the Fetish
Kassé Mady Diabaté – Kiriké
Dub Colossus – Addis to Omega
Peggy Seeger – Everything Changes
The Gloaming – The Gloaming
Bonnie Dobson – Take Me for a Walk in the Morning Dew
Naomi Bedford – A History of Insolence

Tracks
O’Hooley & Tidow – Coil & Spring
Toumani Diabaté and Sidike Diabaté – Lampedusa
Peggy Seeger – We Watch You Slip Away
Dub Colossus – Madmen
Naomi Bedford – Overseas

Charlotte Richardson Andrews

Albums
Ex Hex – Rips
Hurray For the Riff Raff – Small Town Heroes
White Lung – Deep Fanatsy
St Vincent – St Vincent
Against Me! – Transgender Dysphoria Blues
Perfect Pussy – Say Yes to Love
FKA twigs – LP1
Martha – Courting Strong
Tori Amos – Unrepentant Geraldines
Run the Jewels – Run the Jewels 2

Tracks
Sza – Babylon (Non Album Version)
Ex Hex – Hot and Cold
Hurray for the Riff Raff – The Body Electric
St Vincent – Rattlesnake
Brody Dalle – Meet the Foetus/Oh the Joy

Ben Beaumont-Thomas

Albums
Mac DeMarco – Salad Days
La Roux – Trouble in Paradise
The War on Drugs – Lost in the Dream
Spoon – They Want My Soul
Willis Earl Beal – Experiments in Time
Neneh Cherry – Blank Project
Sharon Van Etten – Are We There
Kassem Mosse – Workshop 19
FKA twigs – LP1
Untold – Black Light Spiral

Tracks
White Hinterland – Baby
ILOVEMAKONNEN – Tuesday (feat Drake)
Future Islands – Seasons (Waiting on You)
Chris Brown – Loyal (feat Tyga) (album version)
QT – Hey QT

Betty Clarke

Albums
Kate Tempest – Everybody Down
La Roux – Trouble in Paradise
Neneh Cherry – Blank Project
Sun Kil Moon – Benji
FKA twigs – LP1
The War on Drugs – Lost in Paradise
Cupid Deluxe – Blood Orange
Damon Albarn – Everyday Robots
Childhood – Lacuna
Jungle – Jungle

Tracks
Brody Dalle – Meet the Foetus/Oh the Joy
Love Is to Die – Warpaint
Taylor Swift – Out of the Woods
Bad Breeding – Burn This Flag
Tinashe – Pretend

Michael Cragg

Albums
Taylor Swift – 1989
La Roux – Trouble in Paradise
Sia – 1000 Forms of Fear
Jessie Ware – Tough Love
Beatrice Eli – Die Another Day
Lykke Li – I Never Learn
Cher Lloyd – Sorry I’m Late
Fryars – Power
Ariana Grande – My Everything
Lana Del Rey – Ultraviolence

Tracks
Sia – Chandelier
Taylor Swift – Shake It Off
Röyksopp & Robyn – Do It Again
Mila J – Smoke, Drink, Break Up
Charli XCX – Boom Clap

Kieran Yates

Albums
Banks - Godess
Freddie Gibbs & Madlib – Pinata
Bok Bok - My Charizmatic Self
Flying Lotus - You’re Dead!
SBTRKT – Wonder Where We Land
Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2
Isaiah Rashad - Cilvia Demo
Various artists – Lord of the Mics vol 6
Jheine Aiko - Souled Out
Jungle - Jungle

Tracks
Schoolboy Q - Studio
Shura - Touch
Bobby Shmurda - Hot Nigga
Skepta - That’s Not Me
Nicki Minaj - Anaconda

Dorian Lynskey

Albums
Owen Pallett – In Conflict
FKA twigs – LP1
Manic Street Preachers – Futurology
St Vincent – St Vincent
Caribou – Our Love
Sky Ferreira – Night Time, My Time
Kate Tempest – Everybody Down
Lana Del Rey – Ultraviolence
Run the Jewels – Run the Jewels 2
The Soft Pink Truth – Why Do the Heathen Rage?

Tracks
FKA twigs – Two Weeks
Todd Terje – Oh Joy
Sofi de la Torre – Vermillion
Röyksopp & Robyn – Do It Again
Future Islands – Seasons (Waiting on You)

Paul Lester

Albums
FKA twigs – LP1
Jhené Aiko – Souled Out
SZA – Z
Aphex Twin – Syro
Gazelle Twin – UNFLESH
Banks – Goddess
Ronika – Selectadisc
Mélat – Move Me
Pharrell – G I R L
Lana Del Rey – Ultraviolence

Tracks
FKA twigs – Lights On
SZA – Omega
Jhené Aiko – To Love & Die
The Code – Run
GL – It Could Be You

Paul Macinnes

Albums
Flying Lotus – You’re Dead!
Sinkane – Mean Love
Mac de Marco – Salad Days
Caribou – Our Love
Aphex Twin - Syro
Actress - Ghettoville
Tricky – Adrian Thaws
Fatima al-qadiri – Asiatisch
Grouper – Ruins
Beck – Morning Phase

Tracks
Lil Silva – Don’t You Love (feat Banks)
Bobby Shmurda – Hot Nigga
FKA twigs – Two weeks
Tiga – Bugatti
Skepta – That’s Not Me

Louis Pattison

Albums
Aphex Twin - Syro
Sleaford Mods – Divide and Exit
Swans – To Be Loved
Merchandise – After the End
Scott Walker + Sunn0))) – Soused
Run the Jewels – Run the Jewels 2
Earth – Primitive and Deadly
Shabazz Palaces – Lese Majesty
Xeno and Oaklander – Par Avion
Future Islands – Singles

Tracks
Sleaford Mods – Tied Up in Nottz
Aphex Twin – XMAS_EVET10 [120] (thanaton3 mix)
Future Islands – Seasons (Waiting on You)
Run the Jewels – All Due Respect
Perfume Genius – Queen