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This is the end, beautiful friend. Of the year that is. Which means it’s time for us to rank our favourite albums.

A lot of things about 2021 somehow managed to be worse than in 2020. Not the music, though. The music has been terrific. These were our favourite singles.

Deep, lush composition meets powerful spoken word delivery in Max Richter’s latest project, producing a potent, uplifting concoction.

The big dogs of music streaming aren’t great for musicians, but there are other options. Here are services putting artists first (or at least, not dead last).

Music is one of many reasons the game stands apart from other battle royale titles, each tune bringing our favourite heroes (and villains) to life.

Drawing from a melting pot of influences, Parks delivers ice cool nonchalance and honest intimacy in a debut record as exciting as it is impressive.

Using recordings from birds (mostly) on endangered lists in Britain, Sheldrake layers and manipulates birdsong to produce music as calming as it is beautiful.

Bristol band Goan Dogs have been going strong for ten years, and the work they've put in during that time has come to captivating fruition in their debut.

After six long, resolutely joyless years we passed another album review milestone. To celebrate here’s a look at some sweet, sweet data.

Danish composer Anders Filipsen delivers something serene and uncannily innocent, bringing a playfulness to his sweeping ambient soundscapes.

Gliding in under the radar at the tail end of last year, the Australian duo earn their 70-minute playtime and show they’ve plenty left in the tank.

Our journey had its ups and downs but we feel confident of where we ended up. Which is just as well, because we’re never putting ourselves through this again.

Business is booming for streaming services, but not for the musicians who make them possible. Is it time for a music streaming minium wage?

Music took on new meaning this year. For many of us it was the only remedy; at times, a vital kickstart. New releases became sources of vigour and inspiration

This year has been... testing, to put it mildly. Music's magic has been a valuable support for many of us. Some would say essential. Here are the songs that kept us afloat.

Splicing classical arrangements with avant-garde experimentation, Garry Schyman’s soundtrack reflected the game’s grand, warped, doomed vision of a new world.

A near delirious strain of baroque pop, the album is quite beautiful. It’s off the beaten track, true to itself and all the more alive because of it.

It's quite the fusion of sounds, and huge credit goes to Rumerio for creating something so distinctive. It's rather captivating, truth be told.

The end of the 2010s is upon us, which means we are bound by obscure 16th century law to rank our favourite albums of the decade.

The decade had some doozies. Here were our favourites.

It's the end of the year, which means we're legally obliged to round up our favourite albums. Here are our picks in the year of our Lorde 2019.

From haunted hip hop rides to lunar cruise muzak, this will likely be the most un-single-like list of year-end singles we ever do.

The Mirror's Edge OST is tuned perfectly to the game’s tone. Elegant, adaptive, and constantly on the move, it is proper parkour music.

For reasons known not even to himself, Fred decides to disparage the memory of George Orwell's essay 'Confessions of a Book Reviewer'.

Who would be mad enough to single-handedly rank Bob Dylan's 38 studio albums? Why, Charlie Clissitt of course. Two great minds for the price of one.

In 2012, David Byrne wrote that music risked becoming a soma-like drug. Today his concerns are closer to reality than we would like to think.

Spotify has revolutionised how we consume music. From mood playlists to machine learning algorithms, it has become the definitive tastemaker.

It's the end of the year, and that means it's time for fond remembrances. From hip-hop to folk, and R&B to rock, here lies our favourite albums of 2017.

What would the end of the year be without some lists? Here lies our favourite singles of 2018.

Reviews make a lot more sense when they can be put into context. After passing 150 albums reviewed we thought it was high time to look at the statistics.

The most miserable man in comedy has five favourite albums from everyone's least favourite decade. We explore Stewart Lee's highlights of the '80s.

It's the end of the year, and that means it's time for fond remembrances of the best bits. From hip-hop to folk to R&B to rock, here lies our favourite albums of 2017.

It's year's end, and that means it's time for fond remembrances. From lovesick shoegazing to rock epics, here lies our favourite singles of 2017.

It's time to put on our cynical hats. The artists featured here have set such a high standard that it's upsetting when they fall (considerably) short.

The video game industry sucks. Luckily, its music doesn't. 2017 produced some terrific game soundtracks, and here lies my pick of the bunch.

For years now the music of Trent Reznor has proved to be, yes, The Perfect Drug. Here lies my worst-to-best list of Nine Inch Nails studio albums.

Channeling the sounds of Bob Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel, and more, Elliott Smith's words still cut deep, as darkly precious now as they've ever been.

From Galaxy News Radio to the old-school homages of Inon Zur's ambient soundtrack, Fallout 3 owes much of its brilliance to its music.

Answering a demand we barely notice, the growth of audiobooks seems unstoppable. Slowly but surely they are filling the silences that litter our days.

However grotesque Terence Fletcher may be, he leaves the impression he does because we recognise him in ourselves and understand his value.

Be it anxious art-rock, spasmodic electronica, or jazz-tinged soundscapes, Thom & Co. have you covered. Here are Radiohead's albums ranked worst-to-best.

Time might be up for 2-D and the gang. Without the music belonging to them they’re nothing but cardboard cutouts, and without them the music rings hollow.

With a good handful of predictable and familiar moments, Silver Eye does little to eclipse Goldfrapp's formative releases.

Albums what we liked in 2016.

Real friends, true love, and mushroom clouds.

How To Be A Human Being is a great indie pop album in a year that hasn’t had many. So far, the band hasn’t made a misstep

Let's face it, Halloween playlists can be awful. Here lies an alternative lineup of frightening songs. More treats than tricks, we promise.

Riding the crest of an unprecedented popular rise, veins caked thick with drugs, Oasis produced something profoundly overblown in their third album.

Trellis’s soundtrack for Green Wing takes influence from jazz, latin, and classical music and melds them together exceedingly well.

Bossa Cubana is a great listen and deserves a spin/stream if you’re in the mood for vocal-heavy Cuban music.

Under Koji Kondo's watchful eye, Toru Minegishi's soundtrack for Twilight Princess had bolder intentions than it is often given credit for.

This is one of the purest and silky-smooth Aphex Twin releases yet, with steady tempos and smoothly layered synthesiser pads laying down the foundation

Debate surrounding DMCA reform requires nuance and flexibility, not trench warfare bullshitting.

Though there remains a sizeable fanbase, The Strokes don’t have many chances left to convince the rest of us they actually know what they’re doing.

Since I Left You takes the listener on a whistle-stop tour of dance and electronica. All these years later it's still a serious trip.

This new record sees a heavy focus on collaborative production, exploring many sounds while seldom digging deeper into any one of them.

Grime has been travelling to America with momentum over the last few years, and it feels as though Skepta is at the centre of the export.

There’s very little on These People to inspire much interest. Even die-hard fans will struggle to hear Richard Ashcroft at his best.

The group have confidently cemented their status. If they stay together they can progress toward any direction they so desire.

Fans of Blake's stripped back vocal/piano tracks are served well here, with the title track a particular highlight.

“Burn the Witch” is a fine song; a satisfying introduction to a new Radiohead era that will naturally leave fans wanting more.

This still makes for a great listen, especially for anyone with a penchant for hip-hop and breakbeat music looking something slightly different.

From the vinyl flip to the neverending streaming, unique expressions await those willing to immerse themselves in the media formats of their time

This is the first Radiohead track to drop in years, and it serves far more than its original (intended) purpose as a Bond song.

What a year it's been. Hip hop kings, hip hop princes, UK rock upstarts, and lots more. Here are our fav albums of 2015.

From Kendrick Lamar to Joanna Newsom, 2015 had its fair share of beautiful tracks. Here are our picks of the year.

All this started as three friends talking about music, and it remains just that - a shared exploration, which we now want to share with you.