1. Annika Norlin and Jonas Teglund
Pop. “A time to tear sinsâ€
Raid/Sony (1)
The duo finds the glimmers of light in a “ass spring†and conveys them with linguistic elegance.
2. Taylor Swift
Pop. “The tortured poets departmentâ€
Republic/Universal (2)
Once again proves her genius as a songwriter, when she freely mixes life with poetry.
3. Iiris Viljanen
Pop. “Spiritual awakening at Slussenâ€
Adrian Recordings (new)
Bittersweet, brutal and humorous at the same time as the songstress processes a crisis.
4. St. Vincent
Coat. “All born screamingâ€
Total Pleasure (new)
Annie Clark sounds musically freer and more hopeful than she has done in a long time.
5. Four Tet
Electronically. “Threeâ€
Text Records (4)
The dance world’s great innovator Kieran Hebden shows that the beauty is in the small details.
6. Beyonce
Country. “Cowboy Carterâ€
Columbia/Sony (3)
Powerful, conscious, star-studded and freaky as Beyoncé tackles the next genre: country.
7. Khruangbin
Pop/funk. “A la salaâ€
Dead Oceans/Playground (5)
The music digging trio from Texas sticks hard to what they do best: an instrumental jamming flow.
8. Pet Shop Boys
Synthpop. “Nonethelessâ€
Parlophone/Warner (new)
When the duo engages in cynicism and apt contemporary satire for the dance floor, they are at their best.
9. Shabaka
Jazz. “Perceive its beauty, acknowledge its graceâ€
Impulse! (7)
With a series of guests and flutes, jazz gets soul on Shabaka Hutching’s solo debut.
10. Little Jinder
Pop. “Romance in Swedishâ€
<1000 (6)
Jinder’s wistful club descriptions, full of crushed hopes, hit the spot.
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