The Top 15, in order of mention with review and listen links:
Tierra Whack – WHACK’S MUSEUM
Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zq3mlTqMWaQ
Listen: https://tierrawhack.lnk.to/whacksmuseum?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio
Olivia Rodrigo – you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love
Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HF6G3IWcfRs
Listen: https://oliviarodrigo.lnk.to/girlsoinlove
Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDJpr52gaTw
Iceage – For Love of Grace & the Hereafter
Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01klWU8y5HY
Listen: https://iceage.bandcamp.com/album/for-love-of-grace-the-hereafter
Lip Critic – Theft World
Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9YTcDL0gRA
Listen: https://lipcritic.bandcamp.com/album/theft-world
Genesis Owusu – Redstar Wu & the Worldwide Scourge
Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lbrFfO5JoI
Listen: https://genesisowusu.ffm.to/redstar_wu
Jessie Ware – Superbloom
Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kq65qaFjZ54
Listen: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m74Ul8Z02QSRRP3ubeifh20P3nr-COd3A
Neurosis – An Undying Love for a Burning World
Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfGo8zfD0vg
Listen: https://neurosis.bandcamp.com/album/an-undying-love-for-a-burning-world
underscores – U
Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzU-vBB9cVc
Listen: https://underscores.bandcamp.com/album/u
Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jh7huX-EykA
James Blake – Trying Times
Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-D8dDA22CTs
Listen: https://jamesblake.lnk.to/tryingtimes
Bill Callahan – My Days of 58
Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-iaB43PCRA
Listen: https://billcallahan.bandcamp.com/album/my-days-of-58
Gorillaz – The Mountain
Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJaC8Bx-Zdc
Listen: https://gorillaz.ffm.to/themountain
Interview: https://youtu.be/sESy2k_h_d8?si=Id-Hn9tU53quktTU
hemlocke springs – the apple tree under the sea
Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9090q8sJhno
Listen: https://hemlockesprings.ffm.to/tatuts
Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfWnthEXi9I
Jill Scott – To Whom This May Concern
Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwXwayNP1Tk
Listen: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nGROYtmmxGL1WQI5Oxl_mS6NQBBZ8zQU4
By Storm – My Ghosts Go Ghost
Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUDdHeXTPQg
Listen: https://injuryreserve.bandcamp.com/album/my-ghosts-go-ghost
Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSwK4tOpk3Y
Mandy, Indiana – URGH
Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEkoxSpsfRc
Listen: https://mandyindiana.bandcamp.com/album/urgh
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