This week’s best albums
– BFFs El-P and Killer Mike return as Run the Jewels, offering some of the best bangers of the summer.
– Pretty Lights lays down a massive and layered record, going orchestral by way of electronica and getting guest love from Talib Kweli.
– Singer-songwriter Mike Kinsella gets dynamic with solo project Owen, amping up and showing shades of his past.
Honorable mentions
Huntress: Starbound Beast (Napalm)
Myron & E with The Soul Investigators: Broadway (Stones Throw)
Zomby: With Love (4AD)