With stadium-sized choruses carefully woven from 1990s indie, trip-hop and alt-rock, SOFY makes the messy business of getting your life together sound hugely relatable.

'How to Perform Magic' is a #PMPick out now.

Ibibio Sound Machine have always made exceptional music.

'Chopping Mountain' continues to refine their sound, adding even more nuance to their emotional dimensions.

#PMPick [9/10] out now via @mergerecords.bsky.social

Terrestrial Hospice create black metal defined by exhilarating speed.

They refuse to become hostages to the throwback exercise, pretending they still operate as if it were the 1990s. #PMPick

A contender for album of the year, 'All Set the Bone' is Greg Freeman's intense, stylistically varied testament to our grim reality, with lasting appeal.

#PMPick [9/10] out now via @transgressive.bsky.social

Art needs new, refined voices to add a different dimension to the project as a whole. Ayanna Witter-Johnson is one such formidable bastion.

'New Roots' brilliantly recontextualises jazz. #PMPick [9/10]

Midori Hirano's 'The Juniper Tree' is fascinated by humans’ place in the natural world. She has successfully found a sonic outlet for this sense of wonder.

#PMPick out tomorrow via @thrilljockey.bsky.social

Meshell Ndegeocello's 'Synonym' is a superb modern soul album filled with sensual grooves, compelling vocals, and ingenious arrangements.

#PMPick out tomorrow via @bluenoterecords.bsky.social

After 25 years of creating enthralling ambient instrumental music, the Album Leaf has found singers who understand its language.

'A Body of Voices' is a #PMPick out 10/2.

The Male Pattern's I Was Shot in the Heart! uniquely chronicles one man's struggles with heartbreak, money, and drugs on a brilliant concept album.

#PMPick [9/10] out now via @audioantihero.bandcamp.com

Gilla Band emerge as spokespersons for our age of solipsism, dissecting and lampooning these proclivities. If we can’t laugh at ourselves, we’re doomed.

'Pugnello' is a #PMPick out now via @roughtraderecords.bsky.social

On 'Day and Night', Carly Rae Jepsen blends funk, synths, and acoustic sounds into an eclectic but cohesive collection of tunes about love, loss, and settling down. #PMPick

Six years after her last LP, noir pop singer-songwriter Nicole Atkins returns with a resplendent record that turns isolation into theater.

'Drama' is a #PMPick out now via @sunrecords.bsky.social

Rhiannon Giddens summons brilliance and reimagines American folk music in her latest release, 'Hope Is the Thing with Feathers'.

#PMPick out now via @nonesuch.com

Patrick Shiroishi and Jason Nazary fuse experimental instrumentation and arrangements with jazz sensibilities on 'here i am no i'. #PMPick

Joy Oladokun's 'Hope Is a Heavy Thing' is a palate cleanser in modern music.

It's hefty emotions delivered on a fluffy cloud, a reminder that a vast, colorful world exists between happy and sad. #PMPick [9/10]

North Carolina's Cor de Lux level up with their third release, 'Year of the Horse', an exhilarating blast of noise rock with heart.

#PMPick out now via @ipecac.com.

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In its instrumental simplicity, 'Land of the Sun' is exceptionally vibrant, an album in which Red Spirit Singers remind us that tradition is not only alive but part of today.

#PMPick [9/10] out now.

A Place for Owls' new album shows the value of collaborating with others, whether that means leaning on them or borrowing from them.

@aplaceforowls.bsky.social's All Thieves, Vol. 1 is a #PMPick [9/10] releasing on Friday.

'Distance in Static' is like a conversation between two halves of Bonobo's brain. It's a bold statement and shows him finding new ways to connect with audiences.

#PMPick out now via @ninjatunehq.bsky.social

John Hollenbeck's music is as distinct as Gil Evans' or Oliver Nelson's. You immediately hear the colors he whips up in distinct ways.

It's a prize for our ears. 'Peace and Justice' is a #PMPick out now.