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Bandcamp Daily

The Rise, Fall, and Revival of sugar plant, Japan’s Indie Darlings
Parlor Greens, “Emeralds”
Side Door No. 2: How Taper’s Choice Became One of the Jam World’s Most Exciting Bands
Stuck, “Optimizer”
The Unclassifiable Excepter
A Puzzle Game Soundtrack That Plays With Your Head
dälek, “Brilliance of a Falling Moon”
On Their Own Terms: How the AACM Built a New American Music

The Guardian

Anne-Sophie Mutter: East Meets West album review – diverse, bold and brand new
Fcukers: Ö review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week
Robyn: Sexistential review – pop doyenne returns with emotional grenades and a new philosophy
Raye: This Music May Contain Hope review – a wildly ambitious epic of unbridled self-expression
BTS: Arirang review – the world’s biggest pop band return with dumb fun and downright weirdness
Grace Ives: Girlfriend review – bedroom-pop auteur goes widescreen for a gorgeous sobriety epic

NPR

With 'Arirang,' BTS returns to a K-pop moment of its own making
There's more than one path to a confessional song
The Paranoid Style delivers its most hard-rocking album yet with 'Known Associates'
Blackpink, modern K-pop's trailblazing group, tries to find its way home
'Strasbourg 82' shows that Art Blakey never stopped pushing the envelope
Mitski comes undone

Pitchfork

An Undying Love for a Burning World
On their surprise-released first album in 10 years, the psychedelic Bay Area metal veterans launch a vital and affirming second act with new vocalist Aaron Turner.
Is This All There Is? EP
Iggy Pop, Laurie Anderson, Perfume Genius, and Matt Berninger guest on the UK singer-songwriter’s latest EP, a moody grab bag of original songs and covers of Kraftwerk and Bonnie “Prince” Billy.
Beetle
On PC Music’s first release of new material since 2023, the North Carolina-based DJ and producer fuses the caustic energy of digital experimentalism with the raucous spirit of club music.
97 EP
The Franco-Chilean conscious hip-hop icon reunites with collaborator DJ Dacel for a mixtape-inspired EP celebrating friendship and resilience.

NME

Fcukers – ‘Ö’ review: indie sleaze revivalists serve up kaleidoscopic floorfillers
Robyn – ‘Sexistential’ review: the pop star’s lust for life is infectious – and thoroughly idiosyncratic
BTS – ‘Arirang’ review: Korea’s pop kings make a grand return
CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso – ‘Free Spirits’ review: a restless ride through fame and fatigue
Underscores – ‘U’ review: zeitgeisty hyperpop for an overstimulated, isolated generation
Jack Harlow – ‘Monica’ review: pivot into jazzy R&B struggles to leave a lasting impact

Rolling Stone

Neurosis Know You’re Hurting. Their Stunning New Album Is a Life Preserver
Luke Combs Contains Multitudes on ‘The Way I Am’
Robyn Drops Blunt Tales of Grown-Up Freedom on ‘Sexistential’
Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso Are Top-Notch Musicians With Little Left to Say on ‘Free Spirits’
BTS Nails Its Comeback With ‘Arirang’
Jokes Aside, Jack Harlow’s New Album Is Not Half Bad 

PopMatters

The Twilight Sad Make a Welcome Return
José González Gently Rages ‘Against the Dying of the Light’
New German Cinema Goes in Search of Self
SXSW at 40: The Music’s Still Worth the Trip
Young Fresh Fellows Return with Playful, Restless ‘Loft’
Courtney Barnett Brilliantly Showcases Her Voice on New LP
Trumpeter Adam O’Farrill Dances with Brillance on ‘Elephant’

The Needledrop

BTS - ARIRANG
The Bangtan Boys mount an awkward and nondescript return with ARIRANG.
underscores - U
April is confidently in her popstar era on U.
James Blake - Trying Times
James Blake continues dropping consistent and beautiful projects even in these trying times.
slayr - Half Blood (BloodLuxe)
The added material to Half Blood is even better than the original.

The Quietus

Symphonies from Destruction: Kinshasa in Action by KinAct
Taupe – Waxing | Waning
Ladytron – Paradises
Rockfort! French Music for March, Reviewed by David McKenna
The Leaf Library – After the Rain, Strange Seeds
Underscores – U
Neurosis – An Undying Love For A Burning World
Reissue of the Week: Roland Brival’s Créole Gypsy
Leila Bordreuil + Kali Malone – Music for Intersecting Planes

Backseat Mafia

EP Review: STAHR interrogate memory and momentum on debut EP BLIP
Album Review: Pan•American – ‘Fly The Ocean In A Silver Plane’: An intricate set of guitar blessed ambience which steer the emotions.
Album Review: Matthew Sigley’s The Daytime Frequency releases ‘Colorgravure’: a glittering and euphoric sonic journey.
Album Review: New Age Doom & H.R.– ‘Angels Against Angels’: Metal experimentalists meet Bad Brains legend and shape one massive rock/dub prophesy.
Album Review: Fabels create a mystical sonic storm in their new album ‘Ophera’.

Beats Per Minute

Album Review: Neurosis – An Undying Love For A Burning World
Album Review: Chalk – Crystalpunk
Album Review: James Blake – Trying Times
Album Review: Avalon Emerson & the Charm – Written Into Changes
Album Review: Pan•American – Fly The Ocean In A Silver Plane
Album Review: Hemi Hemingway – Wings of Desire
Album Review: The Orielles – Only You Left
Album Review: The Notwist – News From Planet Zombie