Endless Crate - The Best New Albums You Haven't Heard Yet

Fears

Oíche

Electronic

The debut album from Irish artist Fears is a gorgeously sparse listen from an artist not afraid to put her scars on full display.

Fears

Oíche

Electronic

Scruscru

South Wind, Clear Sky Part 1

Electronic, Jazz

Soul jazz meets tropical house on this exquisite EP from Russian artist Scruscru.

Scruscru

South Wind, Clear Sky Part 1

Electronic, Jazz

Saharas Greenery & NOTHINGISREAL

NOTHINGISGREEN

Beats

Saharas Greenery & NOTHINGISREAL collaborate to drop a deep dive of blunted beats.

Saharas Greenery & NOTHINGISREAL

NOTHINGISGREEN

Beats

Harry James

Buy The Numbers

Jazz, Soul

Harry James crafts a stunning suite of instrumentals built around piano and percussion.

Harry James

Buy The Numbers

Jazz, Soul

Namir Blade & L'Orange

Imagine Everything

Rap/Hip-Hop

Pure boom bap rap from Nashville MC Namir Blade and North Carolina producer L'Orange.

Namir Blade & L'Orange

Imagine Everything

Rap/Hip-Hop

Nyssa Musique

Comme Au Moulin

Experimental, Jazz

A lost gem in the annals of experimental music, fusing spiritual jazz with classical and eastern music.

Nyssa Musique

Comme Au Moulin

Experimental, Jazz

José Carlos Schwarz & Le Cobiana Djazz

Lua Ki Di Nos (The Moon is Ours)

Rock

A brilliant reissue of lost gems from poet/activist José Carlos Schwarz, with a powerful story to tell.

José Carlos Schwarz & Le Cobiana Djazz

Lua Ki Di Nos (The Moon is Ours)

Rock

Cale Sexton

Sustain

Electronic, Experimental

Coolest album of 2021 composed using a public art piece.

Cale Sexton

Sustain

Electronic, Experimental

Clariloops

Sun//Rain

Experimental

Layered clarinet loops combine with electronic production to craft a sound unlike anything out right now.

Clariloops

Sun//Rain

Experimental

Roane Namuh

Luvbalm

Beats

A summer jam mixtape of beats laced with hip-hop, boogie and jazz.

Roane Namuh

Luvbalm

Beats

Khan Jamal

Infinity

Jazz

Killer spiritual soul jazz reissue.

Khan Jamal

Infinity

Jazz

Myele Manzana

Brixton Blues

Jazz, Jazz Songs

Exquisite straight-ahead modern jazz.

Myele Manzana

Brixton Blues

Jazz, Jazz Songs

Monsterra

Monsterra Peligro

Rock

Perhaps the first album to ever pull off psychedelic cumbia surf rock.

Monsterra

Monsterra Peligro

Rock

DJ Format

Devil’s Workshop

Beats

Beautiful, tripped out boom bap beats.

DJ Format

Devil’s Workshop

Beats

The Alchemist

This Thing Of Ours

Rap/Hip-Hop

An all star collaboration of psychedelic rap.

The Alchemist

This Thing Of Ours

Rap/Hip-Hop

Karate Boogaloo

KB’s Mixtape No. 3

Funk, Soul

A collection of funk/soul covers for hip-hop heads.

Karate Boogaloo

KB’s Mixtape No. 3

Funk, Soul

Magneto

Requiem pour Satana

Rock

Dreamy psych surf rock instrumentals with elements of funk and hula.

Magneto

Requiem pour Satana

Rock

The Zenmenn

Enter The Zenmenn

Electronic

Laid back, magical synthscapes.

The Zenmenn

Enter The Zenmenn

Electronic

Dry Cleaning

New Long Leg

Rock

Killer post-punk with a nihilist edge on the debut album from London band Dry Cleaning.

Dry Cleaning

New Long Leg

Rock

Andy Stott

Never The Right Time

Electronic

Post-dubstep meets neon pop on Andy Stott's best album yet.

Andy Stott

Never The Right Time

Electronic

Reviews

Fears

Scruscru

Saharas Greenery & NOTHINGISREAL

Harry James

Namir Blade & L'Orange

Nyssa Musique

José Carlos Schwarz & Le Cobiana Djazz

Cale Sexton

Clariloops

Roane Namuh

Khan Jamal

Myele Manzana

Monsterra

DJ Format

The Alchemist

Karate Boogaloo

Magneto

The Zenmenn

Dry Cleaning

Andy Stott