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