Electronica
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Credit where it’s due, the post-Britpop global phenomenon remains as wholehearted as ever even if their world peace-vibe dulls too often.
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The eminent Californian avant-rock band steps into psychedelic territory with wondrous and heartrending results on mortality.
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It feels senseless. It sounds senseless. This record makes as much sense as saying the word “deer” like it’s the apex of absurdist comedy.
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The bildungsroman Korean album that’s tied in part to idealism and reality is an instant classic. This will go down as the holy grail for growing up.
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Porter Robinson’s third studio album might as well be the one about his fandom, to his fandom, for his fandom. A brilliant internet opus.
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Abrasive, catchy, unironic bop all the way through. Charli XCX hits like a diva maestro with her signature avant-pop formula.
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The stalwart American duo have concocted quite a fable on love, death, and maturing with pure psychedelia.
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The Canadian band or artist’s treatise on alienation and teen nostalgia sees its distinct identity and vision match its bouts of shortcomings.
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The Quebec band offers a kind of ‘derivative’ synth-rock that quietly grows on you even if it might not set forth new boundaries.
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One of America’s greatest singer-songwriters finds strength in weakness through his meditative folk songs about love, loss, and forgiveness.
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