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Our critic’s picks from the past year include the Arctic Monkeys, Kendrick Lamar, Angel Olsen and Sudan Archives, as well as a surprise entry with Richard Dawson
The singer-songwriter sang her heart out as her band blissfully locked into the grooves
The singer-songwriter’s new album explores themes of solitude and grief with a country sound
The stripped-down songs are intriguing but the vocal reverb on many tracks eventually becomes tiring
Covers by women have tended to emphasise the fear and tenderness at the heart of the song
Olsen’s singing echoed a vanished era of pop vocalists
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