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7 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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6.3

Yusuf

Tell 'Em I'm Gone

Album number fourteen from the singer-songwriter formerly known as Cat Stevens is co-produced by Rick Rubin

Added: 27/10/2014
6.3

Yung Lean

Stranger

Third studio album from Swedish rapper Jonatan Leandoer Håstad

Added: 10/11/2017
6.3

Young Dreams

Between Places

Multi-man, Bergen based ensemble release debut album of psychedelic indie rock

Added: 05/03/2013
6.3

Tropics

Rapture

A sophmore LP with more emphasis on vocals from London-based chillwave musician Chris Ward

Added: 17/02/2015
6.3

Tricky

ununiform

Thirteenth studio album from the English trip hop artist includes Kazakhstan rapper Scriptonite, Martina Topley-Bird and is co-engineered by Jay-Z

Added: 25/09/2017
6.3

The Phoenix Foundation

Fandango

Fifth album of dreamy indie rock from the Wellington, New Zealand band

Added: 25/04/2013
6.3

The Dears

Times Infinity Volume Two

Second album this year from the Montreal indie rock group led by husband and wife duo Murray Lightburn and Natalia Yanchak

Added: 18/07/2017
6.3

Teen Daze

Morning World

First full band studio album from the chillwave project of the British Columbian known simply as Jamison

Added: 12/08/2015
6.3

Stars

No One Is Lost

Seventh album from the Montreal indie rock / dream pop band

Added: 17/10/2014
6.3

Snoop Dogg

Missionary

latest full-length release from rapper featuring guest appearances from 50 Cent, Dr. Dre (who also produced), Eminem, Fat Money, Jelly Roll and Sting.

Added: 13/12/2024
6.3

Sleigh Bells

Bunky Becky Birthday Boy

Sixth full-length album from the Brooklyn noise pop duo Alexis Krauss and guitarist Derek Miller

Added: 04/04/2025
6.3

Skrillex, Diplo

Skrillex and Diplo present Jack Ü

A surprise release from the two producers, featuring guest spots from the likes of Justin Bieber and Kiesza

Added: 05/03/2015
6.3

Shonen Knife

Free Time

Seventeenth album from Japanese pop / punk trio formed in 1981 and fronted by original member Naoko Yamano

Added: 11/07/2011
6.3

Shakira

Shakira.

Tenth album from Columbian-born pop star, her first English language album since 2009's She Wolf

Added: 26/03/2014
6.3

Seasick Steve

Sonic Soul Surfer

Seventh album from the 74 year old blues man, produced and written by himself and recorded in the front room of his farm

Added: 25/03/2015
6.3

Ricked Wicky

I Sell the Circus

Latest lo-fi project from Guided by Voices main man Robert Pollard

Added: 03/02/2015
6.3

Public Image Ltd

End Of World

Eleventh studio album from the John Lydon fronted experimental rock outfit and first for eight years

Added: 10/08/2023
6.3

Popcaan

Forever

Second album from the Jamaican dancehall artist Andrae Hugh Sutherland

Added: 22/07/2018
6.3

Plantman

Whispering Trees

Melancholic indie rock from the band led by Matt Randall, formerly of Beatglider

Added: 28/01/2013
6.3

Olafur Arnalds

Another Happy Day

Third film score from the multi-intrumentalist experimental Icelandic musician and producer

Added: 27/02/2012
6.3

Nightmares On Wax

Shape The Future

Latest studio album of trip hop / electronica from the Leeds-based DJ George Evelyn

Added: 26/01/2018
6.3

Melvins

Pinkus Abortion Technician

Latest self-produced album from the prolific Montesano, Washington sludge band includes Butthole Surfers bassist Jeff Pinkus

Added: 24/04/2018
6.3

Lou Rhodes

theyesandeye

Fourth album of acoustic folk from the Manchester singer songwriter and former member of Lamb

Added: 24/07/2016
6.3

Little Mix

Get Weird

Third album from the X-Factor-winning girl group

Added: 06/11/2015
6.3

Let's Wrestle

Let's Wrestle

Third album from the London-based indie rock three piece with contributions from Darren Hayman and Yuck's Max Bloom

Added: 06/02/2014
6.3

Kyla La Grange

Ashes

Melodramatic alt-pop on the 24-year-old Watford singer's debut album, drawing comparisons to Florence Welch

Added: 27/07/2012
6.3

Kasabian

West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum

Album number three from the stadium indie rockers, with US electronica producer Dan The Automator helping out

Added: 05/06/2009
6.3

Josh T. Pearson

The Straight Hits!

Second solo album from the Texas singer-songwriter and former member of Lift To Experience

Added: 16/04/2018
6.3

Izzy Bizu

A Moment of Madness

Debut album from the London-based Soul/R&B singer-songwriter

Added: 02/09/2016
6.3

Howlin' Rain

The Russian Wilds

Fifth album in seven years from this psyechedelic blues rock group from San Francisco

Added: 24/02/2012

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