The greatest hip hop album of the 21st century.
Meticulous and soulful, this is exemplary electronic RnB.
A fourth album of successful progression from metallers with grander designs than most.
Impressive fifth album from producer Simon Green, building on previous triumphs.
Second set from Glaswegian electro duo, successfully expanding their debut’s palette.
Breaking out of the new New York, a young rap pair of palpable promise.
A damaged debut, the way the hues of its bruises blend proving wholly hypnotic.
Soulfully articulated, machine-driven melancholia from rising south Londoner.
A stars-bound journey away from the drudgery of everyday ordinariness.
Really lovely LP from the artist formerly trading as Primary 1.
This “alien from the NYC” deserves the chance to really fly.
Brooklyn duo turns rural for its second album.
The young rapper’s promise grows with this new, recommended mixtape.
A justified addition to the many Rumours already making the rounds.
Boards of Canada’s breakthrough is a piece of vital electronica history.
Deliciously mellow instrumentals from the Californian producer and DJ.
The Oxford outfit finally evolves a sound to suit its mainstream status.
Danish artist delivers a stripped-back debut set of enticing ethereality.
A frequently beautiful second LP from the LA producer.
Edinburgh-based rap trio impresses with this potential-rich collection.
The grandest Pumpkins album, expensive and infuriating and inspirational all at once.
Ipswich rapper offers much more than a simple stopgap release.
Rod’s first festive collection finds the crooner on fine fireside form.
Pastiche, purely, but powered by passion and performed with a lightness of touch.
Reissued with additional remixes, but the original tracks remain the must-haves.
Bastards’ crew of contemporary producers turn in 13 commendably original remixes.
Releases-to-date round-up that suggests The Weeknd may be a star of 2013.
Another essential Emeralds acquisition that takes the trio on new tangents.
Accessible, atmospheric electronica for the climax-chasing comedown.
A debut with flashes of pure perfection from rising British talent Sam Howard.
A presentable taster for a band who may well expand their palette in 2013.
A welcome eight-tracker from the always impressive Glasgow trio.
A (mostly) marvellous snapshot of a supreme production talent.
An awesome, evergreen and essential pop masterpiece.
Likely to be amongst 2013’s hyped newcomers, get a taste of Peace today.
A ninth studio set that will infect you, quite deliciously, for the foreseeable.
Refined progression, this is the sound of a band both expanding and consolidating.
Keating’s first LP of originals since 2006 recalls the joie de vivre of earlier hits.
Ross’ first UK top 10 album shows how big-budget rap can avoid crass clichés.
The sort of sophisticated, soulful pop record that comes along all too rarely.
Sultry summer nights following lazy days, you’ve just found your new soundtrack.
It’s got catchy choruses and rousing hooks, but originality’s gone AWOL on this debut.
At his best, he’s a composer capable of producing enduring masterpieces.
A well-compiled covers set with some true standout interpretations.
It’s impossible to come away from Major without a big grin plastered from ear to ear.
Producer’s double EP suggests he’ll have the capacity to dazzle, in time.
Today, Life Is Good for Nas… but it couldn’t have gone that way without Illmatic.
If you ever bounced around your bedroom to Bananarama, you know this one’s for you.
The L.A. group’s classic debut of 1992 reissued with bonus instrumentals and remixes.
Tracks that continue to fascinate and inspire over 30 years after their creation.
