Alexis Petridis

Albums
The Horrors – V
Kendrick Lamar – Damn
Jane Weaver – Modern Kosmology
Perfume Genius – No Shape
Lorde – Melodrama
Powerdance – The Lost Art of Getting Down
Baxter Dury – Prince of Tears
Father John Misty – Pure Comedy
Syd – Fin
Vince Staples – Big Fish Theory

Tracks
Selena Gomez – Bad Liar
Tove Lo – Disco Tits
Sheer Mag – Need to Feel Your Love
The Black Madonna – He Is the Voice I Hear
Foxygen – Follow the Leader
US Girls – Mad As Hell
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Holy Mountain
SZA – Drew Barrymore
This Is the Kit – Moonshine Freeze
The Orielles – Sugar Tastes Like Salt (Andrew Weatherall Sugar Tastes Like Dub Mix)

Ben Beaumont-Thomas

Albums
Jens Lekman – Life Will See You Now
Myra Davies – Sirens
Richard Dawson – Peasant
Sheer Mag – Need to Feel Your Love
Laurel Halo – Dust
Bill Orcutt – Bill Orcutt
Protomartyr – Relatives in Descent
Kendrick Lamar – Damn
(Sandy) Alex G – Rocket
J Hus – Common Sense

Tracks
Francesco Gabbani – Occidentali’s Karma
Frank Ocean – Lens
The Horrors – Something to Remember Me By
Future – Mask Off
French Montana ft Swae Lee – Unforgettable
Richard Dawson – Beggar
Algiers – The Underside of Power
The National – The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness
Objekt – Theme from Q
Donae’o ft JME and Dizzee Rascal – Black

Rachel Aroesti

Albums
Laura Marling – Semper Femina
Girl Ray – Earl Grey
Wolf Alice – Visions of a Life
LCD Soundsystem – American Dream
Kendrick Lamar – Damn
Stormzy – Gang Signs & Prayer
King Krule – The Ooz
Pixx – The Age of Anxiety
St Vincent – Masseduction
Mount Kimbie – Love What Survives

Tracks
Wolf Alice – Don’t Delete the Kisses
Mount Kimbie ft King Krule – Blue Train Lines
The Rhythm Method – Cruel
Jorja Smith x Preditah – On My Mind
LCD Soundsystem – Oh Baby
The Rhythm Method – Something for the Weekend
Rina Sawayama – Alterlife
Kero Kero Bonito – Rock’n’Roll Star
ILoveMakonnen ft Rae Sremmurd – Love
Katy Perry ft Nicki Minaj – Swish Swish

Harriet Gibsone

Albums
Moses Sumney – Aromanticism
Beach Fossils – Somersault
Tyler, the Creator – Flower Boy
Sampha – Process
SZA – Ctrl
Thundercat – Drunk
Paramore – After Laughter
Marika Hackman – I’m Not Your Man
King Krule – The Ooz
Childhood – Universal High

Tracks
Frank Ocean – Biking (Solo)
SZA – Go Gina
Sampha – Plastic 100°C
Paramore – Hard Times
Selena Gomez – Bad Liar
Kamasi Washington – Truth
Hare Squead – Pure
The Rhythm Method – Something for the Weekend
Beck – Colors
Dutch Uncles – Streetlight

Michael Hann

Albums
Richard Dawson – Peasant
St Vincent – Masseduction
Susanne Sundfør – Music for People in Trouble
Broken Social Scene – Hug of Thunder
The War on Drugs – A Deeper Understanding
Jane Weaver – Modern Kosmology
Nadine Shah – Holiday Destination
Craig Finn – We All Want the Same Things
Randy Newman – Dark Matter
Idles – Brutalism

Tracks
Broken Social Scene – Hug of Thunder
Luis Fonsi ft Daddy Yankee – Despacito
Confidence Man – Bubblegum
Craig Finn – God in Chicago
Dave – 100M’s
Randy Newman – The Great Debate
St Vincent – New York
Richard Dawson – Shapeshifter
The 1975 – By Your Side
Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie – Feel About You

Tim Jonze

Albums
SZA – Ctrl
Amber Coffman – City of No Reply
Cigarettes After Sex – Cigarettes After Sex
Miguel – War & Leisure
Perfume Genius – No Shape
Mac DeMarco – This Old Dog
Cloud Nothings – Life Without Sound
This Is the Kit – Moonshine Freeze
Julie Byrne – Not Even Happiness
St Vincent – Masseduction

Tracks
The xx – Say Something Loving
Paramore – Hard Times
SZA – Normal Girl
This Is the Kit – Moonshine Freeze
Budgie – Confession
Miguel – Pineapple Skies
The Rhythm Method – Something for the Weekend
Cigarettes After Sex – Apocalypse
Sampha – (No One Knows Me) Like the Piano
The War on Drugs – Holding On

Sam Richards

Albums
LCD Soundsystem – American Dream
Kiran Leonard – Derevaun Seraun
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith – The Kid
King Krule – The Ooz
The Afghan Whigs – In Spades
21 Savage – Issa Album
Call Super – Arpo
SZA – Ctrl
Destroyer – Ken
Lindstrøm – It’s Alright Between Us As It Is

Tracks
Charli XCX – Boys
Todd Terje – Jungelknugen (Four Tet Remix)
Kamasi Washington – Truth
Future – Mask Off
Ariel Pink – Another Weekend
Objekt – Theme from Q
Frank Ocean – Chanel
Blanck Mass – Please
J Hus – Did You See
JD Reid ft Novelist – Ready

Rebecca Nicholson

Albums
SZA – Ctrl
St Vincent – Masseduction
Perfume Genius – No Shape
Lorde – Melodrama
Sampha – Process
J Hus – Common Sense
LCD Soundsystem – American Dream
Kendrick Lamar – Damn
Syd – Body
Paramore – After Laughter

Tracks
Dua Lipa – New Rules
Jorja Smith x Preditah – On My Mind
SZA – Love Galore
Perfume Genius – Slip Away
Lorde – Green Light
Superorganism – Nobody Cares
Harry Styles – Sign of the Times
St Vincent – New York
Paramore – Hard Times
J Hus – Did You See

Laura Snapes

Albums
St Vincent – Masseduction
Perfume Genius – No Shape
Lorde – Melodrama
The National – Sleep Well Beast
Juana Molina – Halo
Priests – Nothing Feels Natural
Paramore – After Laughter
Aimee Mann – Mental Illness
Nadine Shah – Holiday Destination
Nídia – Nídia é Má, Nídia é Fudida

Tracks
Lorde – Green Light
Paramore – Hard Times
Nilüfer Yanya – Baby Luv
Stormzy – Big for Your Boots
Hurray for the Riff Raff – Pa’lante
Kamasi Washington – Truth
Mabel – Finders Keepers
Taylor Swift – Look What You Made Me Do
The Black Madonna – He Is the Voice I Hear
The xx – Naive

Eamonn Forde

Albums
Sparks – Hippopotamus
St Vincent – Masseduction
The Horrors – V
Wolf Alice – Visions of a Life
Lorde – Melodrama
Jane Weaver – Modern Kosmology
Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile – Lotta Sea Lice
Bonobo – Migration
Gorillaz – Humanz
LCD Soundsystem – American Dream

Tracks
Shame – Tasteless
The Orielles – Sugar Tastes Like Salt
Superorganism – Something for Your Mind
Goldfrapp – Systemagic
Confidence Man – Better Sit Down Boy
Baxter Dury – Miami
HMLTD – To the Door
Shame – Concrete
Lorde – Green Light
Starcrawler – Ants

Stevie Chick

Albums
Oh Sees – Orc
Once & Future Band – Once & Future Band
Thundercat – Drunk
Feral Ohms – Feral Ohms
At the Drive–in – In*ter a*li*a
Chastity Belt – I Used To Spend So Much Time Alone
Girlpool – Powerplant
Shabazz Palaces – Quazarz
Gabriel Garzón–Montano – Jardin
Juana Molina – Halo

Tracks
Jay–Z – 4:44
Once & Future Band – Tell Me Those Are Tears of Joy
Gabriel Garzón–Montano – Sour Mango
At the Drive–in – Hostage Stamps
Feral Ohms – Super Ape
Nadia Reid – Arrow & The Aim
Bedouine – Solitary Daughter
Motorpsycho – Intrepid Explorer
Lee Ranaldo – Moroccan Mountains
Piano Wire – Hooligan in the USA

Dorian Lynskey

Albums
Kendrick Lamar – Damn
St Vincent – Masseduction
Father John Misty – Pure Comedy
Wolf Alice – Visions of a Life
LCD Soundsystem – American Dream
Lorde – Melodrama
Bicep – Bicep
The xx – I See You
The Mountain Goats – Goths
Vince Staples – Big Fish Theory

Tracks
Selena Gomez – Bad Liar
Lorde – Green Light
Kendrick Lamar – Humble
The National – The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness
Tove Lo – Disco Tits
Jay–Z – The Story of OJ
Cigarettes After Sex – Apocalypse
Childhood – Californian Light
Hurray for the Riff Raff – Pa’lante
The Black Madonna – He Is the Voice I Hear

Kieran Yates

Albums
Sampha – Process
SZA – Ctrl
Kelela – Take Me Apart
J Hus – Common Sense
Jessie Ware – Glasshouse
Drake – More Life
Giggs – Wamp 2 Dem
Kendrick Lamar – Damn
Migos – Culture
Jay–Z – 4:44

Tracks
Sampha – (No One Knows Me) Like the Piano
DJ Khaled ft Rihanna and Bryson Tiller – Wild Thoughts
Cardi B – Bodak Yellow
Katy Perry – Bon Appetit
Stefflon Don ft French Montana – Hurtin’ Me
J Hus – Common Sense
DJ Khaled ft Beyoncé and Jay Z – Shining
Dave – No Words
Kelela – Frontline
Migos ft Cardi B and Nicki Minaj – Motorsport

Michael Cragg

Albums
Lorde – Melodrama
Perfume Genius – No Shape
Charli XCX – Number 1 Angel
Björk – Utopia
The Sound of Arrows – Stay Free
Kelela – Take Me Apart
Anna Of The North – Lovers
St Vincent – Masseduction
Fever Ray – Plunge
SZA – Ctrl

Tracks
Perfume Genius – Slip Away
Sigrid – Don’t Kill My Vibe
Lorde – Supercut
Björk – The Gate
Zayn ft Partynextdoor – Still Got Time
Charli XCX – Boys
Selena Gomez – Bad Liar
Clean Bandit and Marina and the Diamonds – Disconnect
Vince Staples – Yeah Right
Julia Michaels – Issues

Daniel Dylan Wray

Albums
Richard Dawson – Peasant
Aldous Harding – Party
Juana Molina – Halo
Kendrick Lamar – Damn
The Moonlandingz – Interplanetary Class Classics
Circuit Des Yeux – Reaching for Indigo
James Holden and the Animal Spirits – The Animal Spirits
St Vincent – Masseduction
Golden Teacher – No Luscious Life
Jlin – Black Origami

Tracks
Kendrick Lamar – Humble
J Hus – Clartin
The Black Madonna – He Is the Voice I Hear
Four Tet – Planet
Hookworms – Negative Space
Idles – Mother
Slowdive – Sugar for the Pill
LCD Soundsystem – How Do You Sleep?
Fever Ray – IDK About You
Alex Cameron – Candy May

Damien Morris

Albums
Feist – Pleasure
The War on Drugs – A Deeper Understanding
Slowdive – Slowdive
Arcade Fire – Everything Now
Lana Del Rey – Lust for Life
Stormzy – Gang Signs & Prayer
The Horrors – V
Krept and Konan – 7 Days
The xx – I See You
Neil Young – Hitch Hiker

Tracks
Slowdive – Sugar for the Pill
Drake – Passionfruit
Katy Perry ft Skip Marley – Chained to the Rhythm
Future – Mask Off
The War on Drugs – Thinking of a Place
The Horrors – Something to Remember Me By
Stormzy – First Things First
The Killers – The Man
Calvin Harris ft Frank Ocean and Migos – Slide
Wretch 32 – Whistle

Jake Nevins

Albums
Kendrick Lamar – Damn
Lorde – Melodrama
SZA – Ctrl
The National – Sleep Well Beast
Perfume Genius – No Shape
Fleet Foxes – Crack–Up
Drake – More Life
Liam Gallagher – As You Were
Calvin Harris – Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1
Harry Styles – Harry Styles

Tracks
Lorde – Green Light
Kendrick Lamar ft U2 – XXX
Kendrick Lamar – Element
SZA ft Travis Scott – Love Galore
Calvin Harris ft Frank Ocean and Migos – Slide
Frank Ocean – Chanel
The National – The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness
Lorde – Hard Feelings/Loveless
Taylor Swift – Delicate
Drake – Passionfruit

Graeme Virtue

Albums
Alvvays – Antisocialites
Thundercat – Drunk
The War on Drugs – A Deeper Understanding
Slowdive – Slowdive
Kendrick Lamar – Damn
Bedouine – Bedouine
LCD Soundsystem – American Dream
Kelly Lee Owens – Kelly Lee Owens
Mogwai – Every Country’s Sun
Laura Marling – Semper Femina

Tracks
Charli XCX – Boys
Lil Uzi Vert – XO Tour Llif3
Carly Rae Jepsen – Cut to the Feeling
Kendrick Lamar – Humble
Lana Del Rey ft A$ap Rocky – Groupie Love
Dua Lipa – New Rules
The National – Guilty Party
Modern Cosmology – C’est Le Vent
Perturbator – Vantablack
Calvin Harris ft Future and Khalid – Rollin

Caspar Llewellyn Smith

Albums
Les Amazones D’Afrique – Republique Amazone
Tinariwen – Elwan
Alice Coltrane – World Spirituality Classics 1: the Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane
Linda Perhacs – I’m A Harmony
Laraaji – Bring on the Sun
Led Bib – Umbrella Weather
Orchestra Baobab – Tribute to Ndiouga Dieng
Tunde Jegede, Derek Gripper – Mali in Oak
Vijay Iyer Sextet – Far From Over
Dead Neanderthals and Sly and the Family Drone – Molar Wrench

Tracks
Quantic, Nidia Gongora – Que Me Duele?
Oumou Sangare – Yere faga
Pierre Kwenders – Tsvarakadenga
Paul Weller – The Cranes Are Back
Tinariwen – Sastanaqqam
J Hus – Did You See
Sheer Mag – Fan The Flames
Jeb Loy Nichols – Never Too Much
Blinky Bill – Wacha Maneno
Saint Etienne – London Like a Distant Sun

Priya Elan

Albums
SZA – Ctrl
Paramore – After Laughter
Kamasi Washington – Harmony of Difference
Thundercat – Drunk
Aimee Mann – Mental Illness
Kendrick Lamar – Damn
Drake – More Life
Perfume Genius – No Shape
Rina Sawayama – Rina
Miguel – War and Leisure

Tracks
Cardi B – Bodak Yellow
Calvin Harris – Slide
Rina Sawayama – Alterlife
Future ft Kendrick Lamar – Mask Off
Luis Fonzi and Daddy Yankee – Despacito
Drake – Passionfruit
Logic – 1–800
Kelela – LM
DJ Khaled ft Rihanna and Bryson Tiller – Wild Thoughts
Dua Lipa – New Rules

Benjamin Lee

Albums
Tyler, the Creator – Flower Boy
H.E.R. – H.E.R.
Miguel – War & Leisure
Amine – Good For You
Daniel Caesar – Freudian
Luke Christopher – TMRWFRVR
Nick Hakim – Green Twins
SZA – Ctrl
Khalid – American Teen
THEY. – Nu Religion: HYENA

Tracks
Ruthven – Evil
Tyler, the Creator – Boredom
Jammy – Margarita
Jeremih ft Chris Brown and Big Sean – I Think of You
Omar Apollo – Brakelights
1–O.A.K. – In the Moment
Frank Ocean – Chanel
Miguel – Told You So
Greg Wanders – Sines
DJ Khaled ft Rihanna and Bryson Tiller – Wild Thoughts

Phil Mongredien

Albums
Mark Lanegan – Gargoyle
The War on Drugs – A Deeper Understanding
Protomartyr – Relatives in Descent
Sea Pinks – Watercourse
The Horrors – V
Father John Misty – Pure Comedy
Algiers – The Underside of Power
At the Drive–in – in.ter.a.li.a
Curtis Harding – Face Your Fear
Ryan Adams – Prisoner

Tracks
The Horrors – Something to Remember Me By
Mark Lanegan – Nocturne
Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile – Over Everything
Algiers – The Underside of Power
Raekwon – M&N
The Magnetic Fields – A Cat Called Dionysus
METZ – Mess of Wires
LCD Soundsystem – Call the Police
Mastodon – Show Yourself
This Is the Kit – Hotter Colder

Caroline Sullivan

Albums
Baxter Dury – Prince of Tears
Ten Fe – Hit the Light
Jane Weaver – Modern Kosmology
Rhiannon Giddens – Freedom Highway
Ed Sheeran – ÷
Lorde – Melodrama
Meadowlark – Postcards
Vagabon – Infinite World
Alison Moyet – Other
The xx – I See You

Tracks
Little Mix ft Stormzy – Power
Calvin Harris ft Pharrell, Katy Perry and Big Sean – Feels
Hurray for the Riff Raff – Entrance
Camila Cabello – Havana
Baxter Dury – Miami
Rhiannon Giddens – Freedom Highway
Fifi Rong – The Same Road
Lorde – Green Light
Bryson Tiller – Honey
Selena Gomez – Bad Liar

Paul Lester

Albums
SZA – Ctrl
Kelela – Take Me Apart
Paul Draper – Spooky Action
Nite Jewel – Real High
Drake – More Life
Syd – Fin
Toro Y Moi – Boo Boo
Tyler, the Creator – Flower Boy
Actress – AZD
Tops – Sugar at the Gate

Tracks
French Montana – Unforgettable
Steven Wilson – Permanating
DJ Khaled ft Rihanna and Bryson Tiller – Wild Thoughts
Lindstrøm – Tension
Tyler, the Creator ft Kali Uchis – See You Again
Drake – Passionfruit
Washed Out – Burn Out Blue
Toro Y Moi – Mirag
Wiley – Speakerbox
Actress – Dancing in the Smoke

John Lewis

Albums
Zara McFarlane – Arise
Nick Hakim – Green Twins
Yazz Ahmed – La Saboteuse
St Vincent – Masseduction
Stick in the Wheel – From Here: English Folk Field Recordings
Thundercat – Drunk
Gaby Hernandez – Spirit Reflection
Mr Jukes – God First
Sibusile Xaba – Open Letter to Adoniah/Unlearning
Alice Coltrane – World Spirituality Classics Vol 1: the Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane

Tracks
Mr Jukes ft BJ the Chicago Kid – Angels/Your Love
Mr Jukes ft Charles Bradley – Grant Green
Ibibio Sound Machine – Give Me A Reason
Thundercat – Friend Zone
Charli XCX – Boys
Paul Weller – She Moves With The Fayre
Father John Misty – Pure Comedy
Selena Gomez – Bad Liar
Sampha – Blood On M
Stormzy ft Kehlani and Lily Allen – Cigarettes & Cush

Joe Muggs

Albums
Cherry Glazerr – Apocalipstick
Ryuichi Sakamoto – async
Jana Rush – Paria
Powerdance – The Lost Art of Getting Down
Talaboman – The Night Land
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith – The Kid
Hauschka – What If
Slowdive – Slowdive
J Hus – Common Sense
Brokenchord – Endless Transmission

Tracks
Powerdance – Safe and Happy Place
Nabihah Iqbal – Zone 1–6000
Moses Boyd – Square Up
Farai – Lion Warrior
Ryuichi Sakamoto – Fullmoon
NERD ft Rihanna – Lemon
King Krule – Dum Surfer
Vince Staples – Big Fish
Djrum – Broken Glass Arch
Nightmares on Wax – Back to Nature

Laura Barton

Albums
Courtney Marie Andrews – Honest Life
The War on Drugs – A Deeper Understanding
Girl Ray – Earl Gray
Laura Marling – Semper Femina
Four Tet – New Energy
The National – Sleep Well Beast
Future Islands – The Far Field
Cigarettes After Sex – Cigarettes After Sex
Perfume Genius – No Shape
Richard Dawson – Peasant

Tracks
Courtney Marie Andrews – Put the Fire Out
WH Lung – Inspiration!
The War On Drugs – Holding On
Nadia Reid – I Come Home to You
Girl Ray – Don’t Go Back at Ten
Perfume Genius – Valley
Alabaster dePlume – Be Nice to People
Phoebe Bridgers – Smoke Signals
Future Islands – Aladdin
Angelo de Augustine – Crazy, Stoned and Gone

Dom Lawson

Albums
Motorpsycho – The Tower
Rikard Sjöblom’s Gungfly – On Her Journey to the Sun
Integrity – Howling, for the Nightmare Shall Consume
Bad Breeding – Divide
Threshold – Legends of the Shires
Peter Hammill – From the Trees
Satyricon – Deep Calleth Upon Deep
Verb T and Pitch 92 – Good Evening
Heavy Metal Kings – White God/Black Devil
Idles – Brutalism

Tracks
Body Count – No Lives Matter
Idles – Mother
Rikard Sjöblom’s Gungfly – Of the Orb
Motorpsycho – Intrepid Explorer
Enslaved – Sacred Horse
Verb T and Pitch 92 ft Ocean Wisdom and DJ Sammy B–Side – Lie Low
Rapsody ft Kendrick Lamar and Lance Skiiiwalker – Power
Steven Wilson – People Who Eat Darkness
Peter Hammill – Reputation
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – Anxiety

Dan Hancox

Albums
J Hus – Common Sense
Mostack – High Street Kid
Stormzy – Gang Signs and Prayer
Dizzee Rascal – Raskit
Mount Eerie – A Crow Looked at Me
Wiley – The Godfather
MOVES: The Sound of UK Afrobeats
TQD – UKG
Kehlani – SweetSexySavage
Wizkid – Sounds from the Other Side

Tracks
Harlem Spartans – Kent Nizzy
J Hus – Did You See
Mostack – Let It Ring
Dave x J Hus – Samantha
Runtown – For Life
Davido – Fall
Tiwa Savage – All Over
Alkaline, Chip and Kojo Funds – Extra Lesson
Stormzy – Big for Your Boots
Harlem Spartans – Kennington Where It Started

Dave Simpson

Albums
LCD Soundsystem – American Dream
Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile – Lotta Sea Lice
St Vincent – Masseduction
The Charlatans – Different Days
Wolf Alice – Visions Of A Life
Sparks – Hippopotamus
Cigarettes After Sex – Cigarettes After Sex
Peter Perrett – How the West Was Won
The National – Sleep Well Beast
Valerie June – The Order of Time

Tracks
Eminem – Donald Trump freestyle
The Young’uns – Dark Water
Gintis – Dennis
Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile – Over Everything
Afghan Dan – Blackpool
The Mountain Goats – Stench of the Unburied
Arcade Fire – Everything Now
Steven Wilson – Permeating
Wolf Alice – Don’t Delete the Kisses
Chronixx – Skankin’ Sweet

Gwilym Mumford

Albums
Protomartyr – Relatives in Descent
Cloud Nothings – Life Without Sound
Richard Dawson – Peasant
Grizzly Bear – Painted Ruins
Vince Staples – Big Fish Theory
Spirit of the Beehive – Pleasure Suck
Mount Eerie – A Crow Looked at Me
Dirty Projectors – Dirty Projectors
Blanck Mass – World Eater
Dead Cross – Dead Cross

Tracks
Cloud Nothings – Internal World
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Sick Bug
Thundercat ft Michael McDonald and Kenny Loggins – Show You the Way
Kendrick Lamar – DN
Car Seat Headrest – War Is Coming (If You Want It)
Real Estate – Darling
Father John Misty – Total Entertainment Forever
Charly Bliss – Glitter
Menace Beach – Suck It Out
Protomartyr – Don’t Go to Anacita

Kitty Empire

Albums
Kendrick Lamar – Damn
St Vincent – Masseduction
Perfume Genius – No Shape
LCD Soundsystem – American Dream
Aldous Harding – Party
Vince Staples – Big Fish Theory
Lorde – Melodrama
Father John Misty – Pure Comedy
Ron Gallo – Heavy Meta
Moses Sumney – Aromanticism

Tracks
Charli XCX – Boys
King Krule – Czech One
Jorja Smith – Beautiful Little Fools
Kelela – LMK
Kamasi Washington – Truth
Taylor Swift – ...Ready for It?
Jay–Z – 4:44
Haim – Want You Back
Hurray for the Riff Raff – Pa’lante
Alvvays – In Undertow

Alexandra Pollard

Albums
Lorde – Melodrama
St. Vincent – Masseduction
Perfume Genius – No Shape
The xx – I See You
Laura Marling – Semper Femina
MUNA – About U
Marika Hackman – I’m Not Your Man
Khalid – American Teen
Paramore – After Laughter
Pixx – The Age of Anxiety

Tracks
Lorde – Green Light
St Vincent – Los Ageless
Charlotte Gainsbourg – Deadly Valentine
Joan Shelley – The Push and Pull
Stormzy – Big for Your Boots
Laura Marling – Wild Fire
Perfume Genius – Slip Away
Kesha – Hymn
Lorde – Perfect Places
Superorganism – It’s All Good

John Fordham

Albums
Tomasz Stanko New York Quartet – December Avenue
Cecile McLorin Salvant – Dreams and Daggers
Vijay Iyer – Far from Over
Django Bates and the Frankfurt Radio Big Band – Saluting Sgt Pepper
Phronesis – The Behemoth
Chris Thile and Brad Mehldau – Chris Thile & Brad Mehldau
Mark Lewandowski Trio – Waller
Roberto Fonseca – ABUC
John Warren and John Surman – The Traveller’s Tale
Camilla George – Isang

Tracks
Tomasz Stanko – December Avenue
Cecile McLorin Salvant – My Man’s Gone Now
Vijay Iyer – Down to the Wire
Django Bates and the Frankfurt Radio Big Band – Lovely Rita
Phronesis – OK Chorale
Chris Thile and Brad Mehldau – Tallahassee Junction
Mark Lewandowski Trio – Ain’t Misbehavin’
Roberto Fonseca – Cubano Chant
John Warren and John Surman – Journey Home
Camilla George – Mami Wata

Hannah J Davies

Albums
Lorde – Melodrama
Beck – Colors
Father John Misty – Pure Comedy
The Big Moon – Love in the 4th Dimension
Marika Hackman – I’m Not Your Man
Stormzy – Gang Signs & Prayer
Camille – OUÏ
Wolf Alice – Visions of a Life
Rat Boy – Scum
Perfume Genius – No Shape

Tracks
Marika Hackman – Boyfriend
Lorde – Green Light
Charli XCX – Boys
Stormzy – Big for Your Boots
Camille – Fontaine de Lait
Beck – Up All Night
Dave x J Hus – Samantha
Kendrick Lamar – Humble
Perfume Genius – Slip Away
The Rhythm Method – Something for the Weekend

Kate Hutchinson

Albums
Thundercat – Drunk
The War on Drugs – A Deeper Understanding
Kendrick Lamar – Damn
Charlotte Gainsbourg – Rest
SZA – Ctrl
Four Tet – New Energy
James Holden and the Animal Spirits – The Animal Spirits
J Hus – Common Sense
Various Artists – Crown Ruler Sound
Les Amazones D’Afrique – République Amazone

Tracks
Perfume Genius – Slip Away
Thundercat – Friend Zone
Charlotte Gainsbourg – Deadly Valentine
Sampha – (No One Knows Me) Like the Piano
Esa and Narch Beats – Blast
Kelela – Frontline
Kelly Lee Owens ft Jenny Hval – Anxi
Steve Lacy – Dark Red
MHD – Brav
Todd Terje – Jungelknugen (Four Tet remix)

Robin Denselow

Albums
Trio Da Kali and Kronos Quartet – Ladilikan
Eliza Carthy and the Wayward Band – Big Machine
Rhiannon Giddens – Freedom Highway
Mokoomba – Luyando
The Young’uns – Strangers
Julie Fowlis – Alterum
Saz’iso – At Least Wave Your Handkerchief at Me
Hugh Masekela – No Borders
Various Artists – Zaire 74 the African Artists
Various Artists – Terraforming in Analogue Space, IRL Remixes

Tracks
Rhiannon Giddens – At the Purchaser’s Option
The Young’uns – Carriage 12
Hugh Masekela – Shuffle & Bow
Trio Da Kali and Kronos Quartet – God Shall Wipe All Tears Away
Chris Wood – Only a Friendly
Eliza Carthy and the Wayward Band – Devil in the Woman
Las Cafeteras – This Land Is Your Land
Sharon Shannon – Rusheen Bay
Jupiter and Okwess – Benanga

Tara Joshi

Albums
Vince Staples – Big Fish Theory
Tyler, the Creator – Flower Boy
Kelela – Take Me Apart
Kendrick Lamar – Damn
Princess Nokia – 1992
Four Tet – New Energy
SZA – Ctrl
Jlin – Black Origami
Hand Habits – Wildly Idle
J Hus – Common Sense

Tracks
Tyler, the Creator ft. Frank Ocean, Steve Lacy and Anna of the North – 911 / Mr Lonely
Brockhampton – Sweet
Charli XCX – Boys
Drake – Passionfruit
Playboi Carti – Magnolia
Dave – Question Time
Carly Rae Jepsen – Cut to the Feeling
Rex Orange County – Edition
Lil Uzi Vert – XO Tour Llif3
Selena Gomez – Bad Liar

Paul MacInnes

Albums
King Krule – The Ooz
Kelela – Take Me Apart
Jane Weaver – Modern Kosmology
Drake – More Life
Gucci Mane – Droptopwop
Mount Kimbie – Love What Survives
Lee Gamble – Mnestic Pressure
LCD Soundsystem – American Dream
Stormzy – Gang Signs & Prayer
Thundercat – Drunk

Tracks
Migos – Get Right Witcha
Migos – Slippery
Stormzy – Big For Your Boots
Giggs – Linguo
Future – Mask Off
Daphni – Tin
Soulwax – Close to Paradise
Drake ft Giggs – KMT
Burial – Rodent
Dizzee Rascal – Sick A Dis

Malcolm Jack

Albums
Julie Byrne – Not Even Happiness
The War on Drugs – A Deeper Understanding
Cigarettes After Sex – Cigarettes After Sex
Alvvays – Antisocialites
Seamus Fogarty – The Curious Hand
Yumi Zouma – Willowbank
Phoenix – Ti Amo
Nadia Reid – Preservation
St Vincent – Masseduction
Sampha – Process

Tracks
The War on Drugs – Thinking of a Place
Seamus Fogarty – Van Gogh’s Ear
Nadia Reid – Right on Time
The Horrors – Something to Remember Me By
Jens Lekman – What’s That Perfume That You Wear?
Phoenix – J–Boy
Hazel English – That Thing
Alvvays – Not My Baby
Softer Still – Forever Faces
Dig Up – Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever

Charlotte Richardson Andrews

Albums
King Woman – Created in the Image of Suffering
SZA – Ctrl
Kendrick Lamar – Damn
St Vincent – Masseduction
Hurray for the Riff Raff – The Navigator
Chelsea Wolfe – Hiss Spun
Dona Onete – Banzeiro
Perfume Genius – No Shape
The Blow – Brand New Abyss
Nappy Nina – Extra Ordinary

Tracks
King Woman – Heirophant
King Woman – Deny
Kendrick Lamar – Humble
Kendrick Lamar – Love
SZA – Supermodel
SZA – Love Galore
SZA – Doves In The Wind
Hurray for the Riff Raff – Living in the City
Hurray for the Riff Raff – Pa’lante
Tori Amos – Up the Creek

Jude Rogers

Album
Lisa Knapp – Till April Is Dead: a Garland of May
Charlotte Gainsbourg – Rest
Noveller – A Pink Sunset for No One
LCD Soundsystem – American Dream
Marika Hackman – I’m Not Your Man
Laura Cannell – Hunter, Huntress, Hawker
St Vincent – Masseduction
Moses Sumney – Aromanticism
Kelly Lee Owens – Kelly Lee Owens
Seamus Fogarty – The Curious Hand

Tracks
Lisa Knapp ft Graham Coxon – Searching for Lambs
Charlotte Gainsbourg – Deadly Valentine
Saint Etienne – Dive
Laura Marling – Soothing
Marry Waterson and David A Jaycock – The Vain Jackdaw
Rose Elinor Dougall – All at Once
Thundercat – Friend Zone
Kelly Lee Owens – Lucid
LCD Soundsystem – Oh Baby
Seamus Fogarty – Short Ballad for a Long Man