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

Andrés Ivan Mele

Radio Burbuja

Beats

Producer Andrés Ivan Mele presents a rhythmically expansive beat tape chock full of beautiful moments that flow together wonderfully.

Andrés Ivan Mele

SOYUZ

Force Of The Wind

World

Belarusian collective SOYUZ take traditional Brazilian music and lovingly recreated it with a hint of their own identity.

SOYUZ

Carrtoons

Homegrown

Funk, Soul

With Homegrown, Carrtoons crafts an amalgamation of sounds and vibes, weaving jazz, soul and hip-hop together to create a rollercoaster of beats and vocals.

Carrtoons

Henry Keen

Freedom In Movement

Electronic

London producer Henry Keen's latest combines electronic music with soul-jazz sounds that are both familiar and fresh into an album that speaks to the soul and moves the body.

Henry Keen

Sessa

Estrela Acesa

World

A beautiful work that weaves traditional Brazilian music into delicate nylon guitar acoustics, subtle electronic touches and a vocal performance that evokes a desert mirage.

Sessa

Move 78

Automated Improvisation

Jazz

Layers of texture and rhythm make up the soundscape of Move 78’s newest progressive jazz excursion.

Move 78

Televangel & Milc

Neutral Milc Motel

Rap/Hip-Hop

With their first collaborative album, Portlanders Televangel and Milc team up for one of the best releases of the year.

Televangel & Milc

Boldy James & Futurewave

Mr. Ten08

Rap/Hip-Hop

Boldy James and producer Futurewave come together for a project that shows the two might have some of the best chemistry in hip-hop.

Boldy James & Futurewave

Lee Fields

Sentimental Fool

Soul

Lee Fields is a force to be reckoned with in modern soul music and his latest effort is an epic undertaking that only a seasoned veteran could deliver.

Lee Fields

Loyle Carner

Hugo cements Carner's place as one of the UK’s most exciting rappers, presenting an artist who's completely unique in his sound, his perspective, and his ability to slice through the noise of today's music with pinnacles of poetic genius.

Loyle Carner

hugo

Rap/Hip-Hop

Automatic

Excess

Rock

Blending new wave, post-punk, synth pop and a range of other styles, Excess is a bombastic and danceable fusion of styles.

Automatic

Excess

Rock

Jeremiah Chiu & Marta Sofia Honer

Recordings from the Åland Islands

Experimental

An experimental mix of field recordings,synths and instrumentation that plays as a kind of fantasy or projection of what a unique archipelago in the Baltic Sea might sound like.

Jeremiah Chiu & Marta Sofia Honer

Recordings from the Åland Islands

Experimental

Surprise Chef

Education & Recreation

Funk, Soul

The Aussie quintet's latest album builds upon theirsingular sound, delivering a heavy batch of instrumentals that mix the mood of 70s film scores and soulful jazz with psych-laden hip-hop grooves.

Surprise Chef

Education & Recreation

Funk, Soul

Contour

Onwards!

R&B, Soul

Onwards! shows Contour asan artist with a deep appreciation for the history of black music who is carving out his own space in modern R&B.

Contour

Onwards!

R&B, Soul

Makaya McCraven

In These Times

Jazz

A masterclass in jazz fusion, In These Times is a fever dream of live instrumentation, electronic manipulation and avant-garde groove construction

Makaya McCraven

In These Times

Jazz

Misha Panfilov

The Sea Will Outlive Us All

Experimental, Jazz, Rock

Marrying the grace and tranquility of jazz with the earthiness of folk music, Misha Panfilov's newest album strikes a tone that's far ahead and in a very singular place.

Misha Panfilov

The Sea Will Outlive Us All

Experimental, Jazz, Rock

Chip Wickham

Cloud 10

Jazz

An exhilarating work of modern jazz with passionate playing that will lift your spirits like few others do these days.

Chip Wickham

Cloud 10

Jazz

YUNGMORPHEUS & Theravada

Up Against The Wall; A Degree Of Lunacy

Rap/Hip-Hop

New York producer Theravade and L.A. rapper YUNGMORPHEUS make the most of their time with their collaborative EP digging into weighty topics without sounding forced or preachy in the process.

YUNGMORPHEUS & Theravada

Up Against The Wall; A Degree Of Lunacy

Rap/Hip-Hop

Danger Mouse & Black Thought

Cheat Codes

Rap/Hip-Hop

With Cheat Codes, Danger Mouse and Black Thought have joined forces with one goal in mind: to create a red-hot hip-hop album full of deeply bonkers instrumentals and thought-provoking bars.

Danger Mouse & Black Thought

Cheat Codes

Rap/Hip-Hop

Various Artists

Sounds of Lecak Vol. 1

Funk, Rock, Soul

Compiled by Kribo Records, Sounds of Lecak Vol.1 showcases the genre-bending nature of Singaporean music — bringing together local sounds and influences ranging from traditional Thai music, Afrobeat, disco, funk, psych, soul, and a bit of U.K. pop.

Various Artists

Sounds of Lecak Vol. 1

Funk, Rock, Soul

Reviews

Andrés Ivan Mele

SOYUZ

Carrtoons

Henry Keen

Sessa

Move 78

Televangel & Milc

Boldy James & Futurewave

Lee Fields

Loyle Carner

Automatic

Jeremiah Chiu & Marta Sofia Honer

Surprise Chef

Contour

Makaya McCraven

Misha Panfilov

Chip Wickham

YUNGMORPHEUS & Theravada

Danger Mouse & Black Thought

Various Artists