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  1. 8.0

    Pulp

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    Album number eight and first in 23 years from the indie pop band formed in Sheffield in 1978

    Added: 02/06/2025

     
  2. 8.0

    Destroyer

    Dan's Boogie

    Album number fourteen from the Canadian indie rock band fronted by New Pornographers member Dan Bejar

    Added: 28/03/2025

     
  3. 8.0

    Stereolab

    Instant Holograms On Metal Film

    Eleventh album and first in fifteen years from the indie rock veterans

    Added: 22/05/2025

     
  4. 8.0

    Sprints

    All That Is Over

    Second album from the Dublin alt-rock, noise-punk quartet produced by Gilla Band’s Daniel Fox

    Added: 26/09/2025

     
  5. 8.0

    Neko Case

    Neon Grey Midnight Green

    Eighth solo release and first for seven years from the singer-songwriter and New Pornographers member

    Added: 26/09/2025

     
  6. 7.9

    Maruja

    Pain To Power

    Debut full length release from the Manchester post-rock band

    Added: 11/09/2025

     
  7. 7.9

    Earl Sweatshirt

    Live Laugh Love

    Fifth full-length album from LA-based rapper produced with Theravada includes additional contributions by Black Noise, Child Actor and Navy Blue

    Added: 26/08/2025

     
  8. 7.9

    NewDad

    Altar

    Second full-length release from Galway indie rock quartet produced by Shrink

    Added: 19/09/2025

     
  9. 7.9

    Jade

    That's Showbiz Baby!

    Debut full-length solo album from the Little Mix member Jade Thirlwall includes contributions from Cirkut, Lostboy, MNEK, RAYE, Sabath and Tove Lo

    Added: 12/09/2025

     
  10. 7.9

    Emma-Jean Thackray

    Weirdo

    Second full-length release from the Yorkshire-born London-based jazz composer, multi-instrumentalist and producer

    Added: 28/04/2025

     
  11. 7.9

    SUMAC & Moor Mother

    The Film

    Debut full-length collaboration between the American/Canadian post-metal group and Philadelphia poet and musician Camae Ayewa

    Added: 25/04/2025

     
  12. 7.9

    Lorde

    Virgin

    Fourth album of electronic pop from New Zealand-born Ella Yelich-O'Connor co-produced with Jim-E Stack

    Added: 27/06/2025

     
  13. 7.9

    Westside Cowboy

    So Much Country ‘Till We Get There

    Second extended play from the Manchester indie rock quartet who won Glastonbury's Emerging Talent Competition in 2025

    Added: 16/01/2026

     
  14. 7.9

    Shabaka

    Of The Earth

    Third solo release from the London-born jazz musician Shabaka Hutchings

    Added: 10/03/2026

     
  15. 7.9

    Kae Tempest

    Self Titled

    Fifth album of spoken word hip-hop/poetry from the London-born artist featuring contributions from Neil Tennant, Tawiah, Connie Constance and Young Fathers

    Added: 04/07/2025

     
  16. 7.9

    Folk Bitch Trio

    Now Would Be A Good Time

    Debut full-length album from the Melbourne indie folk band recorded in New Zealand by producer Tom Healy (Tiny Ruins, the Chills)

    Added: 25/07/2025

     
  17. 7.9

    yeule

    Evangelic Girl Is A Gun

    Fourth album of ambient / glitch pop from London-based, Singapore-born producer Nat Cmiel

    Added: 01/06/2025

     
  18. 7.9

    Snocaps

    Snocaps

    Debut from the indie rock band featuring Katie and Allison Crutchfield and featuring Brad Cook, who also produced the album, and MJ Lenderman

    Added: 01/11/2025

     
  19. 7.9

    Loyle Carner

    hopefully!

    Fourth album from the South London, Mercury Prize-nominated hip-hop artist

    Added: 20/06/2025

     
  20. 7.9

    Valerie June

    Owls, Omens, and Oracles

    Sixth studio album from the Memphis soul / blues singer-songwriter produced by M. Ward and featuring a guest appearance from The Blind Boys Of Alabama.

    Added: 14/04/2025

     
  21. 7.9

    Picture Parlour

    The Parlour

    Debut full-length album from the indie rock band led by Katherine Parlour and Ella Risi

    Added: 17/11/2025

     
  22. 7.8

    Shame

    Cutthroat

    Fourth album of guitar-based indie rock from the Brixton-based quintet

    Added: 05/09/2025

     
  23. 7.8

    Bon Iver

    SABLE, fABLE

    Fifth album and first in six years from the American indie/folk band fronted by singer-songwriter Justin Vernon featuring contributions from Dijon, Flock of Dimes and Danielle Haim

    Added: 10/04/2025

     
  24. 7.8

    Lily Allen

    West End Girl

    Fifth studio album of the London-born singer-songwriter recorded in Los Angeles

    Added: 24/10/2025

     
  25. 7.8

    Gorillaz

    The Mountain

    Ninth studio album from Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett's virtual band featuring posthumous appearances from Dennis Hopper, Bobby Womack, David Jolicoeur from De La Soul, Tony Allen and Mark E. Smith

    Added: 24/02/2026

     
  26. 7.8

    William Tyler

    Time Indefinite

    Fifth album of instrumental guitar compositions from the Nashville-based former member of Lambchop and Silver Jews

    Added: 01/05/2025

     
  27. 7.8

    Idlewild

    Idlewild

    Tenth studio album from Scottish indie rock veterans is the first in six years produced by the band’s guitarist Rod Jones

    Added: 04/10/2025

     
  28. 7.8

    Hand Habits

    Blue Reminder

    Latest full-length album from the American indie rock musician Meg Duffy includes contributions from Anna Butterss, Josh Johnson, Blake Mills and Gregory Uhlmann

    Added: 23/08/2025

     
  29. 7.8

    Brandi Carlile

    Returning To Myself

    Seventh studio album from the singer-songwriter produced with Aaron Dessner, Justin Vernon and Andrew Watt

    Added: 27/10/2025

     
  30. 7.8

    Alison Krauss and Union Station

    Arcadia

    Eighth studio album from the Grammy Award-winning bluegrass country singer-songwriter and first in fourteen years with Union Station

    Added: 02/04/2025

     

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