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5 November 2026

Here's how it works: The Recent Releases chart brings together critical reaction to new albums from more than 50 sources worldwide. It's updated daily. Albums qualify with 5 reviews, and drop out after 6 weeks into the longer timespan charts.

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Queens Of The Stone AgePerfecth

"Whether it’s a detour or an evolution of sound remains to be seen, but with that voice and these songs, the future of the Queens is still in safe hands" (9/10 - Louder Than War)

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DIIVZIRP!

"DIIV are clearly aiming for arena-sized shows, and ZIRP! is an anthem-packed album that can certainly take the band there" (8.5/10 - Under The Radar)

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Michael KiwanukaFudge

"It’s perfect listening as the seasons turn and the world seems harsh, real soft music for hard times" (10/10 - The Arts Desk). "Sombre and reflective songwriting from a modern soul great" (8/10- Clash)

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The AvalanchesNo Bad Memories

"Mad, joyous and utterly absorbing, ‘No Bad Memories’ proves that more than two decades on, The Avalanches can still surprise, and still make a concept this heady feel like pure play" (9/10 - Clash)

Troye SivanShe's The Best

"Adored by the A-list and filling arenas, but without huge smash hits, the Australian singer treads his own distinctive path through pop via shoegaze, Balearic and the Smiths" (8/10 - The Guardian)

Greg FreemanAll Set The Bone

"Full of brazen idiosyncrasies, kinetic explosions, and fortitudinous lyricism that captures one of America’s most talented songwriters on his glorious ascent to the top" (9/10 - Far Out)

Johnny MarrThe Age of Everything

"Once again, Johnny has delivered a strong and assured body of work, with his solo material continuing to go from strength to strength" (9/10 - God Is In The TV)

The TubsHard Life

"An album that consolidates and amplifies both 2023’s debut Dead Meat and last year’s Cotton Crown, transcending notions of what indie rock is supposed to be in the 21st century" (10/10 - Mojo)

Arab StrapHalf-Told Tales

"Aidan Moffat and Malcolm Middleton offer a meditation on age, modern life and the past, offering hope and resilience – and evidence that things can get better" (9/10 - musicOMH)

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The ADM rating is a weighted average from our survey of more than 50 sources , taking into account the number of reviews

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7.7

The Durutti Column

Renascent

The first album for fourteen years from the first band the late Tony Wilson signed to Factory produced by Keir Stewart and featuring vocals from Caoilfhionn Rose and Lucas Elliot

Added: 30/07/2026
7.7

Sunn O)))

Sunn O)))

Tenth album and first in seven years from the Seattle drone metal merchants led by Stephen O'Malley and Greg Anderson

Added: 02/04/2026
7.7

Mastodon

Marrow Deep

Ninth album from the Atlanta heavy metal group recorded a week after the death of former bandmate Brent Hinds

Added: 28/08/2026
7.7

Man/Woman/Chainsaw

Cannonball

Debut full-length album from the London-based sextet produced by Margo Broom and Seth Evans

Added: 06/08/2026
7.7

Death Cab For Cutie

I Built You A Tower

Eleventh album from Ben Gibbard's indie rock group produced by John Congleton

Added: 05/06/2026
7.7

The Lemon Twigs

Look for Your Mind!

Sixth full-length release of psychedelic pop from the Long Island, New York brothers Brian and Michael D’Addario and first to feature touring members Reza Matin and Danny Ayala

Added: 08/05/2026
7.7

Lucinda Williams

World's Gone Wrong

Sixteenth studio album from the Grammy award-winning Americana legend working with producers Tom Overby and Ray Kennedy

Added: 22/01/2026
7.7

Julianna Barwick & Mary Lattimore

Tragic Magic

Debut full-length collaboration between the ambient musician Barwick and harpist Lattimore co-produced by Trevor Spencer

Added: 14/01/2026
7.7

Echo And The Bunnymen

Apples For Isaac

Thirteenth studio album from the long-running post punk band led by Ian McCullough and Will Sergeant

Added: 18/09/2026
7.7

Chanel Beads

Your Day Will Come

Second full-length album from NYC-based dream pop artist Shane Lavers

Added: 26/06/2026
7.6

Carly Rae Jepsen

Day & Night

Eighth album from the Canadian dance pop artist is a double album

Added: 18/09/2026
7.6

Loathe

A Stranger To You

Fourth full-length album from the Liverpool metalcore band featuring guest appearances from Mansur Brown, Nowhere2run, Jordan Rakei, Static Dress and Bucki Sugar

Added: 20/07/2026
7.6

Tony Iommi

From The Dark

Fourth solo album and first in two decades from the Black Sabbath co-founder

Added: 23/10/2026
7.6

The Black Crowes

A Pound of Feathers

Tenth album, and first in fifteen years, from the Atlanta, Georgia rock band produced by Jay Joyce (Eric Church, Miranda Lambert, Patty Griffin)

Added: 13/03/2026
7.6

The Afghan Whigs

Soft Control

Tenth full-length studio album from the Ohio alt.rock band recorded in Cincinnati, East Hollywood, Joshua Tree and New Orleans

Added: 21/08/2026
7.6

Slayyyter

Wor$T Girl In America

Third full-length album from Los Angeles-based pop artist Catherine Grace Garner inspired by her adolescence years in St. Louis

Added: 03/04/2026
7.6

Shearwater

The New World

Latest release from Jonathan Meiburg's Austin indie/psych rock band featuring contributions from Leo Abrahams, Laurie Anderson, Mamadou Kouyate, Moctar Kouyate and Doug Wieselman

Added: 30/07/2026
7.6

Neil Young and The Chrome Hearts

Second Song

The 50th full-length studio album from Neil Young and second with his new backing band

Added: 18/09/2026
7.6

Keaton Henson

Parader

Latest release from the London folk-rock singer-songwriter, visual artist and poet featuring guest appearances from Danielle Fricke and Julia Steiner

Added: 21/11/2025
7.6

Armand Hammer & The Alchemist

Mercy

Latest full-length collaboration between Elucid and Billy Woods featuring guest appearances from Kapwani, Pink Siifu, Quelle Chris, Cleo Reed, Silka and Earl Sweatshirt

Added: 11/11/2025
7.6

Alice Costelloe

Move On With Your Year

Sebut full-length solo release from the Big Deal member was produced by Mike Lindsa

Added: 10/02/2026
7.6

Wishy

Natures Pill

Second album of indie-pop / shoegaze from the Indianapolis five-piece led by Kevin Krauter and Nina Pitchkites

Added: 01/10/2026
7.6

Troye Sivan

She's The Best

Fourth album from the South African-born Australian-raised singer-songwriter and actor featuring contributions from Jack Antonoff, Charli XCX, 1975's George Daniel, Lily-Rose Depp and Finneas

Added: 09/10/2026
7.6

Queens Of The Stone Age

Perfecth

Ninth album from the Californian hard rock five-piece led by vocalist and guitarist Josh Homme

Added: 29/10/2026
7.6

Joyce Manor

I Used to Go to This Bar

The California quartet's sventh studio album of pop/rock produced by Bad Religion’s Brett Gurewitz

Added: 30/01/2026
7.6

Iron & Wine

Hen's Teeth

Eighth album from Sam Beam's indie folk outfit

Added: 26/02/2026
7.6

Hatchie

Liquorice

Third full-length release from the Brisbane, Australia dream pop artist Harriette Pilbeam produced by Melina Duterte (aka Jay Som)

Added: 07/11/2025
7.6

American Football

American Football (LP4)

Fourth studio album and first in seven years from the Illinois-based indie quartet workign with producer Sonny DiPerri

Added: 01/05/2026
7.6

Alabama Shakes

I Must Be Dreaming

Third studio album from the Athens, Alabama soul rock quartet and first since 2015 produced with Shawn Everett (Kacey Musgraves, The War on Drugs, The Killers)

Added: 26/08/2026
7.5

Rachel Chinouriri

I Think I Spoke Too Soon

Second full-length release of idie pop from the London-born singer-songwriter

Added: 16/10/2026

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PISS You Made Me / Skin on Linen

This Vancouver quartet have untied that Gordian knot and created something startling, combining monodrama scripts, non-linear broken glass bottle musical atmospherics and historical sample that dance into the sons like some sort of living theatre. Print edition only Mojo

PISS You Made Me / Skin on Linen

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