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4 April 2026

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Arlo ParksAmbiguous Desire

"Her most vividly realised and affecting body of work to date" (9/10 - DOY). "Arlo Parks approaches euphoria and vulnerability with a soothing ambivalence" (8/10 - The Skinny)

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Sunn O)))Sunn O)))

"An immersive, strangely euphoric listening experience recorded in the wilds of Washington" (8/10 - The Guardian). "The album is a magnificently heavy double of downtuned, epic riffing" (9/10 - Uncut)

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ThundercatDistracted

"Thundercat invites listeners into a space where confusion, beauty, and pain coexist, reminding us that even in a fractured world, there is still room to feel, create, and live fully" (8.5/10 - Northern Transmissions)

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UnderscoresU

"A tour-de-force of production chops that cements April Harper Grey as a key auteur in the future of the genre" (10/10 - NME). "Hits all the beats of a classic pop record" (8.3/10 - Paste)

James BlakeTrying Times

"A record that couldn’t be more consistently him" (9/10 - DIY). "Amid the stylistic shifts of Blake’s seventh record come samples of Dusty Springfield and Dizzee Rascal" (8/10 - The Guardian)

Trembling Bells and Bonnie Prince BillyThe Marble Downs

"Strengthened by communal tendencies, meeting bombs in Iran and executions in Minneapolis not with clenched fists of protest, but with hugs" (8/10 - PopMaters).

GorillazThe Mountain

"The album’s posthumous contributors remind us that music can keep ghosts alive" (10/10 - The Independent). "Powerful reflections on mortality from Damon Albarn and Co" (8/10 - Hot Press)

MobyFuture Quiet

"Moby has created a 14-track state of therapy for his own mind but kindly offered it to the world. It is the offering of one of the genius producers of our time" (8/10 - CLash)

Charli XCXWuthering Heights

"This brilliantly moody soundtrack confirms Charli XCX as a star who makes better art when she’s not trying to deliver a hit" (10/10 - The Irish Times). "At times gorgeous" (8/10 - Clash)

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6.6

Panda Bear

Crosswords EP

Second EP from the Animal Collective founding member Noah Lennox with additional material from Panda Bear Meets The Grim Reaper

Added: 28/08/2015
6.6

Oh Land

Wishbone

Third album of experimental electronic pop from Danish-born, Brooklyn-based musician and producer Nanna Øland Fabricus produced by Dave Sitek

Added: 15/11/2013
6.6

Nightlands

Oak Island

War On Drugs bassist Dave Hartley with a 2nd solo project release of ambient experimental music

Added: 23/01/2013
6.6

New Bums

Voices in a Rented Room

Raw acoustic cuts on this collaboration between Six Organs Of Admittance's Ben Chasny and Donovan Quinn of Skygreen Leopards

Added: 24/02/2014
6.6

Neil Young + The Promise of the Real

The Visitor

The latest release from the legendary singer-songwriter is a collaboration with the LA rock band led by Willie Nelson's son Lukas

Added: 30/11/2017
6.6

Neil Finn

Dizzy Heights

The Crowded House frontman releases his third solo album

Added: 09/02/2014
6.6

Natalie Maines

Mother

First solo album from the lead vocalist of the country band Dixie Chicks is a more rock orientated affair

Added: 07/05/2013
6.6

Mothers

Render Another Ugly Method

Second album from the Philadelphia-based indie rock band fronted by Kristine Leschper and produced by John Congleton (St Vincent, Future Islands, Suuns)

Added: 07/09/2018
6.6

Moaning

Uneasy Laughter

Second full-length album from the Los Angeles post-punk trio

Added: 20/03/2020
6.6

Minor Alps

Get There

Collaborative studio release from long-serving US indie rock / alt.rock pair singer-songwriter Juliana Hatfield and Matthew Caws (Nada Surf)

Added: 20/11/2013
6.6

Miike Snow

Miike Snow

Debut release of indie pop from the Swedish trio

Added: 15/08/2009
6.6

Methyl Ethel

Triage

Third album of soulful pop quartet from the Perth, Australia led by Jake Webb

Added: 14/02/2019
6.6

Melvins

A Walk With Love And Death

The first double album from the prolific Montesano, Washington sludge band

Added: 05/07/2017
6.6

Matthew Herbert Big Band

The State Between US

The latest release from the British electronic experimental producer features over a thousand musicians from across the EU looking at what it means to be British

Added: 01/04/2019
6.6

Magic Arm

Images Rolling

Second album of electronic-based music from multi-instrumentalist songwriter Marc Rigelsford

Added: 03/06/2013
6.6

Lloyd Cole

Guesswork

Eleventh solo album from the Derbyshire-born singer-songwriter featuring contributions from his Commotions bandmates Blair Cowan and Neil Clark

Added: 28/07/2019
6.6

Liima

II

Debut collaboration between Danish indie electronic group Efterklang and Finnish jazz drummer Tatu Rönkkö

Added: 18/03/2016
6.6

Lee Ranaldo and Raül Refree

Names Of North End Women

Collaboration between Sonic Youth co-founder Lee Ranaldo and Spanish producer, musician and composer Rau¨l Refree

Added: 21/02/2020
6.6

Konx-Om-Pax

Regional Surrealism

Leftfield electronica on the debut album from Glasgow producer Tom Scholefield, who's also a graphic designer who's worked with Hudson Mohawke and Rustie

Added: 24/07/2012
6.6

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

Omnium Gathering

Album number twenty and first double LP from the prolific psych-rock Melbourne six-piece

Added: 28/04/2022
6.6

Kid Cudi

Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin'

Sixth album from the Cleveland-born rapper with guest appearances from André Benjamin, Travis Scott, Pharrell Williams and Willow Smith

Added: 21/12/2016
6.6

Josh Rouse

The Happiness Waltz

Album number ten from the Nebraska-born alt-country singer songwriter now living in Spain

Added: 25/03/2013
6.6

Jarvis Cocker & Chilly Gonzales

Room 29

A collaboration between the Pulp singer and Canadian pianist, a concept album about Room 29 of Los Angeles' infamous Chateau Marmont Hotel

Added: 17/03/2017
6.6

James

Girl At The End Of The World

Fourteenth studio album from the Manchester rock band formed in 1982

Added: 18/03/2016
6.6

Jack White

Boarding House Reach

Third solo album from the former The White Stripes leader and Raconteur member featuring contributions from CW Stoneking, Esther Rose and Ann & Regina McCrary.

Added: 19/03/2018
6.6

Jack Peñate

After You

Third album and first in ten years from the London-born indie singer-songwriter co-produced by Alex Epton (David Byrne, Holy Ghost!), Inflo (the Kooks, Tom Odell) and Paul Epworth (Paul McCartney, Beck)

Added: 29/11/2019
6.6

Islands

Taste

The more electronic of two albums released on the same day by Montreal indie outfit, the other being 'Should I Remain Here, At Sea?'

Added: 16/05/2016
6.6

Imelda May

Tribal

Fourth album from the choice-nominated Dublin rockabilly songstress

Added: 27/04/2014
6.6

HÆLOS

Full Circle

Debut full-length album from the East London trip-hop / electronica trio

Added: 17/03/2016
6.6

Gucci Mane

Everybody Looking

Ninth studio album from the Alabama rap star featuring guest appearances from Drake, Kanye West and Young Thug

Added: 29/07/2016

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