And Nothing Hurt was recently named the tenth best album of the year.

Our staff selects their absolute favorite records from a wild and unpredictable year of music.

This week’s staff-curated playlist also features Kelela, Kurt Vile, and Tom Waits.

The first album from the Spaceman in six years.

Jason Pierce and band add yet another chapter to their wild, dreamlike musical legacy.

The latest And Nothing Hurt single is a gorgeous secular hymn.

In a new interview with Kyle Meredith, the English rocker compares band reunions to civil war reenactments.

J Spaceman takes Kyle Meredith inside the creation of his latest album as Spiritualized, plus he discusses the realities of aging and the potential for a Spaceman 3 reunion.

The band’s first album in over six years arrives in September.

Arctic Monkeys, Björk, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Lorde, The National, Migos, and ASAP Rocky, plus HAIM, Tyler the Creator, CHVRCHES, Fever Ray, Lykke Li, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Beach House, and more.

Iggy Pop, Sleep, and Spiritualized highlight a weekend in the desert.

Warning: Some of these you won’t be able to “unsee,” so proceed with caution.