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The Toronto death metal band returns with its best album yet: an ambitious and deeply human suite that touches the sublime.

The late trumpeter’s third and final album opens dazzling new paths in her work. It’s a heartbreaking glimpse of where she might have gone next, but more importantly, it’s a joy to hear.

Noname’s first album in five years is a cool and masterful interrogation of the culture. She's taking everyone’s name—including her own.

Completed after the death of her producer, collaborator, and close friend, the New York singer-songwriter’s album envisions mourning as a form of meditative practice and constant renewal.

After 13 years, Anohni gets the band back together for a soulful and intense record that provides a safe place to grieve nothing less than the destruction of the planet.

The New York City songwriter meets the hardest of feelings with uncommon compassion. Their second album’s singsong ditties and openhearted ballads play like new standards.

Layering his custom-built 48-string zither with slide guitar, clarinet, and pump organ, the Texas native makes music that draws as much from drone and ambient as from jazz and Americana.

The Pittsburgh noise-pop experimentalists come into their own on a short yet richly textured album full of fuzzy melodic hooks and beguiling left turns.

Trevor Powers has long shown a penchant for reinvention, but his first album as Youth Lagoon in eight years feels like a homecoming; he’s never sounded so confident or at peace with himself.

The Ghanaian American singer’s dazzling second album is a confident and unconventional record that flows, saunters, and boasts its way to one of the best pop albums of the year.