isabel crespo pardo’s debut defines music on their own terms. Also: Clutter, Wishy, TV Buddha, Renata Kazhan, Emily A. Sprague, Conor Nelson, and Gabriel Cabezas & Alyssa Weinberg.

117 Albums reviewed, including new reviews of Ken Ueno & Wukir Suryadi, Gloorp, Marcel Sletten, Art Feynman, marine eyes, sundayclub, Guiding Light, Spirit Ghost, koleżanka, lucky break, and more!

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I've been anticipating putting out the 250th episode of You, Me and An Album for months, so it's a little hard for me to absorb that it's now out there on the internet. About 24 hours ago, I published...

A sparkling fourth album. Also: Meg Lui, Starcleaner Reunion, 7ebra, Corntuth, Jules Reidy, Zeynep Toraman, Weston Olencki with Bascaille and TAK Ensemble, Liths, Sputter Box, and Katherine Young

Missing: Ride - Nowhere

Child Of Saturn is an involving, deeply moving debut album. Also: Freak Slug, Nicole Atkins, Outer World, bu.re_, NODO + Cecilia López, Cate Kennan, Emmanuel Joseph Lacopo, Miyaxx, and Beck

Clipse might have made the biggest noise from these realms, but there was no shortage of invention and passion, much of it from mid-career artists.

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A Seattle band is reborn and sounds better than ever. Also: Tyshawn Sorey & Pat Thomas, James Díaz & John Popham, HUG, Tessa Rose Jackson, and Lex Walton

Felix Walworth’s project returns with an album full of mysterious gems. Also: Thorn Wych, Hannah Cole, Wine Lips, Asher White, Jackie Leung, and Tomás Gueglio.

Leap Life is an act of musical time travel by an artist at the peak of his powers. Also: Ibukun Sunday, Mike D, Fortuna 500, and Dinosaur Jr.

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Pop music as fine art on an epic and intimate third album. Also: L'Rain, Nina Winder-Lind, Sunna Corona, Mesh, Lee Noble, Ulrika Spacek, and Beltline Bones

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In an extraordinary performance by Alarm Will Sound, Paper Pianos gives the stories of refugees their due. And: Rowena Wise, Slow Fiction, Hana Stretton, Tofu OST, Nicola Miller's Living Things, etc.

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Victoria Rose and Stone Filipczak celebrated their signing to 4AD with two free Garden Parties. LEYA opened the New York City event, and I was lucky to be there.

Alice Phoebe Lou's band in Song of the Summer shocker! Also: Jocelyn Morlock, Rebekah Heller, Charlotte Jacobs, James Murray, Sophie Birch, Mallory Hawk, Lockimara, Dorio, and Touch Girl Apple Blossom

Musical magic on Oakwood Beach with Silver Dolls, Genre, Bullseye, and Touch Girl Apple Blossom

A cutting-edge ensemble puts an old tool to glorious new use in a composition by Charles Rudig. Also: The Strokes

On the final single before their debut album, Fortuna 500 present a nightmarish vision that rocks. Stay away from The Lemon Man!

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