Mike Patton and the Avett Brothers join forces to create a work of immense beauty.

Featuring tributes to curry and fantasy battles involving… rats?! here are all the records our critics loved this year

London’s post-punk seismographers pick up more weird vibrations on their third album. By Victoria Segal. Illustration by Cold War Steve.

Rat City Rockers TEE PEE

Black And Blue UMC/POLYDOR

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