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8 August 2025

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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)

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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)

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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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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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6.7

Marmozets

Knowing What You Know Now

Second album from the West Yorkshire post-hardcore five-piece

Added: 26/01/2018
6.7

Madeleine Peyroux

Bare Bones

Sixth release from the distinctive jazz singer, songwriter and guitarist

Added: 12/04/2009
6.7

Lyle Lovett

Natural Forces

Twelfth album from Texan singer-songwriter

Added: 03/11/2009
6.7

Lloyd Cole

Broken Record

Latest solo outing from former Lloyd Cole And The Commotions frontman

Added: 19/09/2010
6.7

Little Comets

In Search of Elusive Little Comets

Debut album of so called "kitchen sink indie" from the English four-piece

Added: 25/01/2011
6.7

Liam Hayes

Slurrup

Fifth release from the Chicago-born musician who has also released albums under the name Plush

Added: 13/01/2015
6.7

King Of The Mountains

Zoetrope

Debut solo LP of ambient electronica from Working for a Nuclear Free City co-founder Phil Kay

Added: 18/04/2014
6.7

Kindness

World You Need A Change Of Mind

Hackney's Adam Bainbridge releases his debut album of futuristic funk and downtempo dance music

Added: 14/03/2012
6.7

Kali Uchis

Sin Miedo (del Amor y Otros Demonios)

Second studio album from Colombian-American singer Kali Uchis includes contributions from Nasty, PartyNextDoor, Cortez and Jowell & Randy

Added: 20/11/2020
6.7

Judas Priest

Redeemer of Souls

Album number seventeen from the heavy metal stalwarts, though first without founding guitarist K.K. Downing

Added: 09/07/2014
6.7

Jookabox

Dead Zone Boys

Third album of genre-hopping sounds from Indianapolis musician David Adamson

Added: 02/02/2010
6.7

Jonquil

Point Of Go

Alt-pop and shoegaze on the third album from the Oxford band, trimmed to a quartet

Added: 06/03/2012
6.7

Japandroids

Post-Nothing

Canadian garage rock duo, guitarist Brian King and drummer David Prowse, with their debut album

Added: 17/10/2009
6.7

James

Living in Extraordinary Times

Fourteenth studio album from the Manchester rock band formed in 1982, produced by Charlie Andrew and Beni Giles

Added: 02/08/2018
6.7

Jake Bugg

Saturday Night, Sunday Morning

Fifth studio album from the English singer-songwriter produced by Steve Mac (Ed Sheeran, Paloma Faith, 5 Seconds of Summer)

Added: 22/08/2021
6.7

Jaga Jazzist

Starfire

Sixth studio album from the veteran nine-piece Norwegian leftfield jazz experimentalists led by Lars Horntveth

Added: 01/06/2015
6.7

J. Fernandez

Many Levels Of Laughter

Self-recorded debut album from the Chicago-based psych-rock musician

Added: 05/06/2015
6.7

IDER

Shame

Second album from the London electronic pop duo Megan Markwick and Lily Somerville

Added: 08/08/2021
6.7

I Am Arrows

Sun Comes Up Again

First solo album of indie pop from former Razorlight drummer Andy Burrows

Added: 08/08/2010
6.7

Hooded Fang

Gravez

The Toronto quartet with their 3rd album of summery indie rock / indie pop

Added: 30/05/2013
6.7

Hockey Dad

Boronia

Debut album from Australian surf-rock duo Zach Stephenson and Billy Fleming

Added: 18/08/2016
6.7

Heidi Talbot

Angels Without Wings

Sixth solo album from the Irish singer songwriter, featuring appearances from King Creosote, Mark Knopfler and husband John McCusker

Added: 04/03/2013
6.7

Gulp

Season Sun

Debut album of fuzzy dream-pop from Guto Pryce (Super Furry Animals) and Lindsey Leven

Added: 09/07/2014
6.7

Greys

If Anything

Debut album from Toronto noise punk quartet

Added: 25/06/2014
6.7

Grass Widow

Internal Logic

Third album of lo-fi garage pop from the San Francisco trio

Added: 29/05/2012
6.7

Gonjasufi

The Caliph's Tea Party

12 producers, including Shlohmo, Broadcast and Bibio, remix the highly-acclaimed debut from the post-hip hop rapper

Added: 06/10/2010
6.7

Ganglians

Monster Head Room

First full length album of 60s influenced lo-fi from Sacramento four-piece

Added: 12/05/2010
6.7

Fredo

Independence Day

Third album and second of 2021 from the London rapper Marvin William Bailey

Added: 06/08/2021
6.7

Francois & The Atlas Mountains

Banane Bleue

Album number six of indie pop from the Brussels-based French singer-songwriter Frànçois Marry and his band produced by Jaakko Eino Kalevi

Added: 01/03/2021
6.7

Four Tet

Sixteen Oceans

Tenth album from London producer Kieran Hebden includes an appearance from Ellie Goulding

Added: 23/03/2020

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