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Better Oblivion Community Center

Better Oblivion Community Center

Pop/Rock, Folk

On their collaborative debut, a strange magic grows from the pairing of indie icons Phoebe Bridgers and Conor Oberst.

- Fred Thomas
Julia Jacklin

Crushing

Pop/Rock

The sophomore LP's raw performances, complex emotional honesty, and themes of female autonomy set it apart from other breakup albums.

- Marcy Donelson
Our Native Daughters

Songs of Our Native Daughters

Folk, Blues

The debut from the folk and roots music supergroup delivers a potent, personal, and much-needed retelling of American history.

- James Christopher Monger

Larry Grenadier

The Gleaners

Jazz

The veteran musician's solo double bass project is remarkably accessible with its diversity, ambition, and direct, accessible approach.

- Thom Jurek
Adia Victoria

Silences

Blues, Pop/Rock

The punk blues of Victoria's debut are transmuted into something more sophisticated on her exploratory follow-up.

- Timothy Monger
Good Fuck

Good Fuck

Electronic, Pop/Rock

The debut album from this experimental electronic duo simmers with a dark tension that never sees release.

- Fred Thomas

Michael Rother

Solo

Pop/Rock

The effervescent beauty of Neu! and Harmonia co-founder Michael Rother's early (and recent) solo work is showcased on this fantastic box set.

- Paul Simpson
Bayonne

Drastic Measures

Pop/Rock, Electronic

Roger Sellers' indie electronica project returns with more coherent song structures and even denser loop layering.

- Marcy Donelson
Spellling

Mazy Fly

Pop/Rock

Tia Cabral follows her intriguing self-released debut with a more fleshed-out studio album, expanding on her dreamy, genre-blurring sound.

- Paul Simpson

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Beth Gibbons / Rustin Man

Out of Season

October 28, 2002

Adult Alternative Pop/Rock

With the release of Rustin Man's excellent Drift Code, it's time to revisit where it all began. Paul Webb's first album with the project featured Portishead's Beth Gibbons on a set of deeply beautiful songs that blended folk, R&B and jazz in ways that sounded timeless in 2002 and have only grown richer over the years.

- Heather Phares

Animal Collective

Campfire Songs

March, 2003

Alternative/Indie Rock

A gentler entry in Animal Collective's diverse catalog, this collection of lengthy, atmospheric folk was recorded mostly live in semi-improvised sessions on a back porch. Meditative and ambient, this material predicted just one layer of the group's dense, freaked out take on pop that would follow.

- Fred Thomas

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