James Acaster's Perfect Sounds

Heavn by Jamila Woods fuses R&B, Jazz and various other genres including classic indie. Su... more

Freetown Sound by Blood Orange is such an "immaculate" album that James worries he might b... more

Splendor & Misery is a sci-fi concept album by experimental rap trio Clipping. Lyrics and ... more

James confesses to being in love with ScHoolboy Q's Blank Face LP. With a Gangsta rap core... more

The ever-polarising Kanye West can be controversial at times but James can't help but like... more

Black Terry Cat by Xenia Rubinos is a magical album drawing on many influences and describ... more

Fetish Bones by Moor Mother delivers a powerful message via a sonically abrasive backdrop.... more

Emily's D+Evolution, a brilliant Jazz-Rock-Funk fusion album by Grammy Award winning Esper... more

Wes Borland you may remember as the guitarist in '90s rock/rap outfit Limp Bizkit. In 2016... more

Mahoroboshiya by Japanese folk singer Ichiko Aoba is an album with such a delicate and int... more

Rien by Perrine en Morceaux has a sound so big, it envelopes James and (in his words) make... more

Awaken My Love was a massive left turn for Childish Gambino and produced one of the best s... more

Jenny Hval’s 2016 concept album, on the theme of Blood, is a collection of light and beaut... more

Fatihah El Ghorri, by her own admission, loves Cliff Richard and Shrek. So will the mournf... more

Ami Dang, a classically trained sitar player, fuses ancient Sikh hymns and poems of Gurus ... more

ОЭЩ МАГЗИУ (or Oesch Magziu to you and me) by ГШ (or Glintshake to you and me) is an album... more

The Caretaker's Everywhere At The End of Time is a 6-hour project exploring the descent in... more