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29 July 2025

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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)

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Folk Bitch TrioNow Would Be A Good Time

"Breathtaking vocal harmonies, razor-sharp lyrical edge and delicate darkness set this Melbourne band apart" (10/10 - NME). "In short, it’s gorgeous. All ten tracks. Gorgeous" (9/10 - Far Out)

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Ryan Davis & The Roadhouse BandNew Threats From the Soul

"Jam-packed with arresting turns of phrase, collapsing structures, and revelatory and bizarre unions of form" (9.7/10 - Paste). "An essential new voice in American indie rock" (8.7/10 - Pitchfork)

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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)

StereolabInstant Holograms On Metal Film

"Lætitia Sadier et al pick up where they left off yet sound more timely than ever" (8/10 - The Guardian). "This is highbrow music for lowbrow times" (9/10 - Far Out)

Tune-YardsBetter Dreaming

"May just be their most uplifting and inspiring work" (9/10 - The Line Of Best Fit). "May emerge as one of the Oakland duo’s all-time great records after a few years’ passage" (7.8/10 - Paste)

Ezra FurmanGoodbye Small Head

"A record of unflinching honesty and unparalleled vulnerability" (9/10 - DIY). "There’s an urgency coursing through this startling album’s veins that confirms its creator to be one of the most exciting songwriters around" (8/10 - musicOMH)

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7.3

Shelby Lynne & Allison Moorer

Not Dark Yet

First collaboration between the award-winning Alabama-born singer-songwriting sisters

Added: 18/08/2017
7.3

Rostam

Changephobia

Second solo album from the former Vampire Weekend member Rostam Batmanglij

Added: 02/06/2021
7.3

Rose Elinor Dougall

STELLULAR

Second solo album from the English singer-songwriter and Mark Ronson collaborator

Added: 18/01/2017
7.3

Panda Bear

Sinister Grift

Seventh solo album from Animal Collective founding member Noah Lennox

Added: 26/02/2025
7.3

Olof Arnalds

Innundir Skinni

Second album of ambient indie folk from Icelandic singer-songwriter and touring member of Múm

Added: 12/09/2010
7.3

Lawrence Arabia

Chant Darling

Second album of retro pop from New Zealand singer-songwriter James Milne

Added: 05/01/2010
7.3

Jorja Smith

Falling Or Flying

Second full-length album from the English R&B artist featuring guest appearances from J Hus and Lila Iké.

Added: 29/09/2023
7.3

Jens Lekman

I Know What Love Isn't

The 3rd full-length from the bittersweet Swedish indie pop singer-songwriter is a break-up album

Added: 01/09/2012
7.3

James Yorkston

The Cellardyke Recording and Wassailing Society

Latest release from the Fife folk singer-songwriter produced by Hot Chip's Alexis Taylor and featuring KT Tunstall and The Pictish Trail's Johnny Lynch

Added: 13/08/2014
7.3

James Blackshaw

All Is Falling

An eight-part modern classical / instrumental folk suite featuring piano and an array of other orchestral instruments from the composer and 12-string guitar virtuoso

Added: 15/08/2010
7.3

Fat White Family

Serfs Up!

Third album of lo-fi rock from the South London band led by Lias and Nathan Saoudi

Added: 15/04/2019

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7.3

Drenge

Drenge

Debut album of garage punk from Sheffield-born brothers Rory and Eoin Loveless

Added: 14/08/2013

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7.3

Daedelus

Bespoke

Latest slice of experimental electronic music from the Los Angeles-based producer and remixer

Added: 11/04/2011
7.3

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Splendor and Misery

The second album from the LA-based experimental hip hop trio is a space opera concept album telling the story of a revolt on an intergalactic cargo ship

Added: 07/09/2016

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7.3

Charly Bliss

Forever

Thurd full-length album from the Brooklyn power pop four-piece produced by Hippo Campus' Jake Luppen

Added: 16/08/2024
7.3

Cass McCombs

Big Wheel and Others

Album number seven from the American folk / indie rock singer-songwriter and guitarist

Added: 14/10/2013

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7.3

Carly Rae Jepsen

The Loneliest Time

Sixth album from the Canadian dance pop artist working with series of producers including Rostam Batmanglij, Captain Cuts and Alex Hope

Added: 21/10/2022

1
7.3

Basia Bulat

Good Advice

Fourth album from the Toronto-based folk pop singer-songwriter produced by My Morning Jacket's Jim James

Added: 10/02/2016

1
7.3

Au Revoir Simone

Move In Spectrums

4th album, released after a four-year hiatus, from the Brooklyn all-girl trio, adding extra beats to their indie electro and dream pop sound

Added: 24/09/2013
7.3

American Football

American Football (LP2)

Second album from the American indie rock band, their first since 1999

Added: 19/10/2016
7.3

Addison Rae

Addison

Debut album from the actress and singer produced by Elvira Anderfjärd Luka Kloser

Added: 09/06/2025
7.3

Xylouris White

Mother

Third album from Greek singer and laouto player George Xylouris and Australian drummer Jim White of Dirty Three

Added: 18/01/2018
7.3

Wussy

Forever Sounds

Sixth album from the Cincinnati indie.rock band formed by former Ass Ponys frontman Chuck Cleaver

Added: 06/03/2016
7.3

Willis Earl Beal

Acousmatic Sorcery

Blues, hip hop, soul, R&B on the debut album from the Chicago singer-songwriter, musician and artist

Added: 29/03/2012
7.3

White Denim

Corsicana Lemonade

Fifth album from the Austin, Texas garage rock quartet includes tracks produced by Wilco's Jeff Tweedy

Added: 28/10/2013
7.3

Wavves x Cloud Nothings

No Life For Me

Collaboration between the two low-fi indie rock bands recorded in the Wavves' Nathan Williams house

Added: 07/07/2015
7.3

Venetian Snares

Traditional Synthesizer Music

Canadian electronic artist Aaron Funk's latest album, composed and live recorded entirely on modular synthesizers

Added: 24/02/2016
7.3

Tune-Yards

Better Dreaming

Sixth album of indie art-pop from Merrill Garbus working with long-time band-member Nate Brenner

Added: 16/05/2025
7.3

Tracey Thorn

Record

Fifth solo album from the Everything But The Girl singer featuring appearances from Bailey Rae and Shura

Added: 02/03/2018
7.3

Toro Y Moi

Freaking Out

Latest ep from the South Carolina-born chillwave artist and producer Chaz Bundick

Added: 19/09/2011

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