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2 September 2025

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CMATEURO-COUNTRY

"Who else could combine soul, yodelling, Jamie Oliver and Calpol into such charming songs about the messy modern psyche? Only Europe’s best new breakout star" (10/10 - The Guardian)

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The HivesThe Hives Forever Forever The Hives

"It’d take a cold, cold heart not to be energised by this" (8/10 - DIY). "Humour, imagination, and an impeccable musicianship that few can rival" (8/10 - musicOMH)

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Blood OrangeEssex Honey

"It takes in all the avant-garde and otherwise out-there influences Hynes has encountered along his meandering way" (10/10 - The Arts Desk). "A remarkable album" (9/10 - All Music)

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Albums to watch

Wolf AliceThe Clearing

"Their boldest, most striking record yet" (10/10 - DIY). "Frankly, soft-rock has not sounded this grand in a long time, and only Wolf Alice could have crafted it" (8.7/10 - Northern Transmissions)

The New EvesThe New Eve Is Rising

"Velvets-style drone rock, trad folk, anarcho-punk and hippy whimsy are all discernible in the Brighton quartet’s debut album – all played with white-knuckle intensity" (8/10 - The Guardian)

Wet Legmoisturizer

"Spikier, sleazier and sexier, the Isle of Wight duo defy second album syndrome" (9/10 - musicOMH). "The band’s propensity for catchy, danceable garage-punk remains intact" (8/10 - Slant)

LordeVirgin

"The pop star turns inward and redefines who she wants to be on her most introspective record yet" (9/10 - Rolling Stone). "Returns to pop’s fray to revel in the mess of late-20s angst" (8/10 - The Guardian)

Loyle Carnerhopefully!

"Full of love, fatherhood and feeling, the Croydon lyricist’s fourth is less a reinvention than a maturation" (7/10 - musicOMH). "As moving as it is musically satisfying" (8/10 - DIY)

carolineCaroline 2

"Each song is gloriously cinematic, intoxicatingly unexpected and truly powerful, even in its quietest moments" (9/10 - Far Out). "UK post-rock’s preeminent sentimentalists" (8/4/10 - Pitchfork)

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The ADM rating is a weighted average from our survey of more than 50 sources , taking into account the number of reviews

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9.1
ADM Rating

Spiritbox

Tsunami Sea

Second studio album from the Canadian heavy metal band workign with producers Dan Braunstein and Mike Stringer

Added: 07/03/2025
8.8

The Cure

Songs Of A Lost World

Album number fourteen and first in sixteen years from the veteran alternative rock band produced by Robert Smith and Paul Corkett

Added: 23/10/2024
8.8

CMAT

EURO-COUNTRY

Third full-length album from the Irish pop singer-songwriter Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson produced with Oli Deakin

Added: 27/08/2025
8.7

Hayley Williams

Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party

Third solo album from the Mississippi-born Paramore singer working with producers Daniel James, Jim-E Stack and Brian Robert Jones

Added: 29/08/2025
8.7

Bad Bunny

Debí Tirar Más Fotos

Latest full-length release from Puerto Rican rapper featuring guest appearances from Chuwi, Omar Courtz, Dei V, & Los Pleneros de la Cresta and RaiNao.

Added: 14/01/2025
8.6

Little Simz

Lotus

Sixth album of soulful hip-hop from London-rapper Simbiatu Ajikawo featuring guest appearances from Michael Kiwanuka, Miraa May, Yukimi Nagano, Obongjayar, Sampha, Moonchild Sanelly, Moses Sumney and Wretch 32

Added: 05/06/2025
8.6

billy woods

GOLLIWOG

Latest full-length release from the New York-based rapper featuring contributions from El-P, ELUCID, Shabaka Hutchings, Jeff Markey, Messiah Musik, Kenny Segal, The Alchemist and more

Added: 09/05/2025
8.5

Heartworms

Glutton For Punishment

Debut full-length album from the London-based Jojo Orme was produced by Dan Carey (Black Midi, Fontaines DC, Kae Tempest)

Added: 06/02/2025
8.5

Kendrick Lamar

GNX

Sixth full-length album and first seven years from the Compton rapper working with producer Sounwave with additional work by Jack Antonoff, Mustard, Sean Momberger and Kamasi Washington

Added: 25/11/2024
8.5

Deftones

Private Music

Tenth studio album from the Sacramento alt. metal band produced by Nick Raskulinecz (The Hold Steady, Korn, Alice In Chains)

Added: 21/08/2025
8.4

Dijon

Baby

Second album from the German-born Baltimore-based singer, songwriter and producer

Added: 18/08/2025
8.4

Perfume Genius

Glory

Seventh studio album from Seattle-based indie pop solo artist Mike Hadreas produced by Blake Mills (Fiona Apple, Feist, Laura Marling)

Added: 25/03/2025
8.4

Benefits

Constant Noise

Second album from the Teeside band led by Kingsley Hall formerly of The Chapman Family and features guest appearances from Pete Doherty, Shakk and Zera Tønin

Added: 20/03/2025
8.4

Cameron Winter

Heavy Metal

Debut solo album from New York-based Geese frontman

Added: 13/01/2025
8.4

FKA Twigs

Eusexua

Third album of trip hop / alternative R&B from the London-based singer and dancer Tahliah Barnett working with producers Eartheater, Koreless, Ojivolta, Stargate, Marius de Vries and North West

Added: 24/01/2025
8.4

Charli XCX

Brat and it’s completely different but still brat

Remix album of Brat (2024) from the English electro popstar featuring guest appearances from Robyn, Ariana Grande, the 1975, Jon Hopkins, Troye Sivan, Lorde, Tinashe, Julian Casablancas, Bon Iver and Billie Eilish

Added: 14/10/2024
8.4

caroline

Caroline 2

Second full-length album from the London-based eight-member post-rock group

Added: 29/05/2025
8.3

Laufey

A Matter Of Time

Third album from the Los Angeles-based Icelandic-Chinese jazz-pop artist Laufey Lín Jónsdóttir working with producers Spencer Stewart and The National’s Aaron Dessner

Added: 21/08/2025
8.3

Laura Marling

Patterns in Repeat

Eighth album from the English singer-songwriter co-produced with Dom Monks

Added: 24/10/2024
8.3

Father John Misty

Mahashmashana

Sixth album from J Tillman under the Father John Misty pseudonym working with producers produced Drew Erickson and Jonathan Wilson

Added: 20/11/2024
8.3

Ryan Davis & The Roadhouse Band

New Threats From the Soul

Second full-length album from the Jeffersonville, Indiana Americana musician Ryan Davis

Added: 25/07/2025
8.3

Nourished By Time

The Passionate Ones

Second full-length release from Baltimore alt.R&B artist Marcus Elliot featuring a guest appearance by Tony Bontana

Added: 20/08/2025
8.3

Jim Legxacy

Black British Music (2025)

Fourth mixtape from the London singer, rapper, and producer James Olaloye

Added: 20/07/2025
8.3

Samia

Bloodless

Third album from the Nashville-based singer-songwriter Samia Finnerty

Added: 25/04/2025
8.3

Ethel Cain

Willoughby Tucker, I'll Always Love You

Third album from the Florida-born dream pop artist Hayden Silas Anhedönia

Added: 07/08/2025
8.2

Squid

Cowards

Third full-length album from the Brighton post-punk band produced by Marta Salogni and Grace Banks

Added: 05/02/2025
8.2

MJ Lenderman

Manning Fireworks

Fourth solo album from the North Carolina-born singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist and member of Wednesday

Added: 05/09/2024
8.2

Ezra Collective

Dance, No One's Watching

Third album from the five-piece London jazz collective is the follow up to their Mercury Prize-winning 2022 album Where I'm Meant to Be

Added: 27/09/2024
8.2

Circuit des Yeux

Halo On The Inside

Eighth album from the Chicago-based experimental vocalist, composer, and producer Haley Fohr

Added: 14/03/2025
8.2

Antony Szmierek

Service Station At The End Of The Universe

Added: 27/03/2025

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Fresh stuff

The Clearing by Wolf Alice

"Their boldest, most striking record yet" (10/10 - DIY). "Frankly, soft-rock has not sounded this grand in a long time, and only Wolf Alice could have crafted it" (8.7/10 - Northern Transmissions)

Water From Your EyesIt’s A Beautiful Place
"One of indie’s most unique duos embrace sci-fi sounds, frightening existentialism and a newfound heaviness on their new album" (8/10 - NME).

LaufeyA Matter Of Time
"Laufey conjures a fairytale world woven from jazz, pop and a ticking clock" (10/10 - Laufey). "It makes for the boldest chapter in her artistic story yet" (9/10 - The Line Of Best Fit)

Cass McCombsInterior Live Oak
"US indie’s steadfast storyteller makes a wonderfully unhurried double album his best yet" (10/10 - The Guardian). "At its best when it leans into the reverie with a riff that calls upon a relaxed stroll" (8/10 - Far Out)

Alison GoldfrappFlux
"Think of Flux as an elegant evolution. She’s still dancing, but this time with her heart closer to the surface" (8/10 - The Line Of Best Fit). "Floats in an elegant yet directionless orbit" (6/10 - The Skinny)

Marissa NadlerNew Radiations
"It confirms her strength as a vulnerable storyteller in an era of frequent isolation" (8.5/10 - Northern Transmissions). "Nadler still shines as a spell-weaver and mistress of moods" (6/10 - Mojo)

The Black KeysNo Rain, No Flowers
"After a career hiccup, the reliable rock duo ground themselves with a smooth, solid LP" (7/10 - Rolling Stone). "A pleasant, straightforward collection of reliably rocking jams" (7/10 - All Music)

BabymetalMetal Forth
"There are moments of genius here. In forging new bonds and attempting to break new ground," (8/10 - Kerrang!). "Proves once again that BABYMETAL are in a league of their own" (8/10 - Dork)

Reneé RappBite Me
"Hell-raising rocker parties her troubles away on her uproarious second album" (9/10 - Rolling Stone). "It’s a record that is cut from her very core, completely on her own terms" (10/10 - Dork)

Tyler, The CreatorDon't Tap the Glass
"Half an hour of early 80s rhythms and slick one-liners with the IDGAF attitude of his early years" (8/10 - The Guardian). "A crate-digging party project that favours feel over formula" (8/10 - NME)

All-time top 10

Since we've been around, that is. So, the highest-rated albums from the past twelve years or so. Rankings are calculated to two decimal places.

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