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31 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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7.2

John Carpenter

Halloween OST

Original Soundtrack to the 2018 motion picture paying homage to the classic Halloween score that Carpenter composed and recorded in 1978

Added: 25/10/2018
7.2

James Yorkston

The Route to The Harmonium

Latest release from the Fife folk singer-songwriter produced by David Wrench (Julian Cope, Bear In Heaven, Alessi's Ark)

Added: 25/02/2019
7.2

Holly Golightly And The Brokeoffs

Medicine County

Latest offering of retro rockabilly, R&B and country rock from the British singer-songwriter now working as a duo with Lawyer Dave

Added: 12/04/2010
7.2

Heterotic

Love & Devotion

Planet Mu boss Mike Paradinas teams up with his partner Lara Rix-Martin and psych folk artist Nick Talbot (Gravenhurst) for an album of 80s-inspred electronic and dance sounds

Added: 27/03/2013
7.2

Grumbling Fur

Glynnaestra

Second album from the avant-pop band now with a stripped back line up of Daniel O'Sullivan and Alexander Tucker

Added: 29/07/2013
7.2

Goldheart Assembly

Long Distance Song Effects

Second album from the London-based indie folk rock band once touted as the UK's answer to Fleet Foxes

Added: 25/07/2013
7.2

Girl Friday

Androgynous Mary

Debut album from the LA-based indie rock quartet

Added: 25/08/2020
7.2

Frightened Rabbit

Quietly Now!

Live recording showcasing most of the emotional melodic alt.rock tracks from the Glasgow's four-piece's first studio album

Added: 01/04/2009
7.2

Field Report

Marigolden

Second album from the Milwaukee folk band led by Christopher Porterfield

Added: 14/10/2014
7.2

Eades

Delusion Spree

Debut album from the Leeds-based art-punk band

Added: 04/03/2022
7.2

Drive-By Truckers

English Oceans

Album number 10 from the Georgia alt. country rockers, recorded in collaboration with longtime producer David Barbe

Added: 02/03/2014
7.2

Dope Body

Lifer

Third album from the Baltimore quartet that merges math rock and hardcore punk

Added: 30/10/2014
7.2

Diddy-Dirty Money

Last Train to Paris

New project from Sean "Diddy" Combs, teamed with Dawn Richard and Kalenna Harper and assorted guests, encompassing R&B, hip-hop and electro

Added: 28/01/2011
7.2

Darren Hayman

Chants For Socialists

Album number eleven from the prolific English singer-songwriter is based on a pamphlet of lyrics found at the William Morris Museum

Added: 05/02/2015
7.2

Damien Jurado

Reggae Film Star

Eighteenth album from the Seattle singer-songwriter and fifth self-produced in a row

Added: 28/06/2022
7.2

Common Prayer

There Is A Mountain

Melodic lo-fi indie rock / pop on the debut from the band formed by Jason Russo, ex Mercury Rev bassist

Added: 26/07/2010
7.2

Cave

Neverendless

Instrumental psychedelic rock on the third album from the Chicago four-piece

Added: 03/11/2011
7.2

Carla dal Forno

Look Up Sharp

Second album from the Australian-born, London-based multi-instrumentalist

Added: 09/10/2019
7.2

Cadence Weapon

Hope In Dirt City

Third hip hop album from the Edmonton, Canada-born rapper Rollie Pemberton, son of dj Teddy Pemberton

Added: 07/06/2012
7.2

Bring Me The Horizon

That's The Spirit

Fifth album from the Sheffield quintet sees a shift from their metal core roots to an alt pop rock sound

Added: 11/09/2015
7.2

Best Friends

Hot. Reckless. Totally Insane.

Debut full-length album from the Sheffield garage pop quartet

Added: 10/07/2015
7.2

Bell Orchestre

House Music

First album in twelve years from the Montreal-based instrumental band includes Arcade Fire members Richard Parry and Sarah Neufeld

Added: 25/03/2021
7.2

Au Revoir Simone

Still Night, Still Light

Third album of lo-fi synthpop from the Brooklyn girl trio

Added: 03/06/2009
7.2

Apparat

The Devil's Walk

Latest album from Berlin-based producer, DJ and electro pioneer Sascha Ring

Added: 20/09/2011
7.2

Apparat

DJ-Kicks

German producer, DJ and co-owner of the Shitkatapult record label with the latest in the long-running mix series, featuring techno, electro, ambient, dubstep

Added: 29/10/2010
7.2

Amy LaVere

Stranger Me

Third album from the Memphis-based singer-songwriter, upright bass player produced by Craig Silvey (Arcade Fire)

Added: 01/08/2011
7.2

Alejandro Escovedo

Street Songs of Love

Tenth studio album from Texas singer-songwriter that includes Bruce Springsteen and Ian Hunter

Added: 02/07/2010
7.2

Action Bronson

Rare Chandeliers

Free mixtape from the gourmet chef-turned-rapper, with production handled by The Alchemist

Added: 28/11/2012
7.2

The Who

WHO

Twelfth album and first for 13 years from the legendary British rock band with album cover art designed by Peter Blake

Added: 27/11/2019
7.2

The Sand Band

All Through The Night

Debut album of acoustic country / folk / gospel from Liverpool quintet fronted by David McDonnel and Scott Marmion

Added: 15/01/2011

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