From top left, clockwise: Sleater-Kinney, Green-House, Briars of North America, Billie Marten, Lowland Hum, Sleepersound.
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Singer Jorja Smith. Her latest release, Be Right Back, is on our shortlist of the best albums out on May 14.
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The Essex singer Dodie. Her debut full-length, Build A Problem, tops our shortlist of the best new albums out on May 7.
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