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15 May 2024

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Knocked LooseYou Won't Go Before You're Supposed To

"The Kentucky hardcore lot obliterate expectations... as fearsome as it is ferocious" (10/10 - The Skinny). "An album of crushing intensity and vast scope" (10/10 - The Guardian)

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Arab StrapI'm totally fine with it don't give a fuck anymore

"A set of songs that offers no answers, but observes conditions and behavior plainly and poetically in turn" (9/10 - Under The Radar)

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Kings Of LeonCan We Please Have Fun

"There’s evidence on this, the Followills’ ninth album, of magic still coursing through those weary old Nashville bones" (8/10 - msuicOMH). "The family band sound their best in years" (7.8/10 - Paste)

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St. VincentAll Born Screaming

"Restlessly inventive and packed with ideas" (10-/10 - The Guardian). "A visceral examination of art and nature when both are pushed to the brink" (9/10 - Slant)

Taylor SwiftThe Tortured Poets Department

"A terrific reminder of the intense, personal connection Swift can conjure in song" (10/10 - The Independent). "Surprisingly flat and, at times, cringeworthy" (6/10 - NME)

Vampire WeekendOnly God Was Above Us

"Neat summation of where they've been, while still looking forward" (10/10 - The Skinny). "Their most accomplished album yet" (9/10 - DIY). "Sprawling ode to a long-gone, old New York City" (8/10 - NME)

RideInterplay

"When they delve into the big guitar histrionics of yesteryear, as on “Light in a Quiet Room,” the results are breathtaking" (9/10 - Under The Radar). "One of the most intriguing albums of their career to date" (8/10 - Clash)

ElbowAudio Vertigo

"This is phenomenal stuff" (10/10 - The Arts Desk). "An album that further cements their legacy" (9-10 - Clash). "It’s nice to see Elbow stepping outside their comfort zone" (8/10 - Under The Radar)

Kacey MusgravesDeeper Well

"Revels in Laurel Canyon folk and psychedelic pop on her fantastic sixth album" (10/10 - The Independent). "Ring it up as another jewel in the crown" (8/10 - The Irish Times)

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7.2

James Vincent McMorrow

Early In The Morning

Debut album from Irish indie-folk singer-songwriter

Added: 15/03/2011
7.2

Ital

Endgame

Third album of experimental techno from Brooklyn producer Daniel Martin-McCormick

Added: 21/10/2014
7.2

Indi

Precipice

Debut album from the New Zealand-born, Berlin-based composer and classical pianist Indira Force

Added: 11/12/2018
7.2

How to Dress Well

The Anteroom

Fifth studio release by experimental American singer-songwriter Tom Krell co-produced by Joel Ford (Ford & Lopatin, Airbird) as a single continuous electronic soundscape of 21st century psychedelic music

Added: 18/10/2018
7.2

Gruff Rhys

Pang!

Sixth solo album from the Super Furry Animals frontman

Added: 12/09/2019
7.2

Grasscut

Everyone Was A Bird

Third album of electronica and experimental indie from the Brighton duo Andrew Phillips and Marcus O’Dair

Added: 25/05/2015
7.2

Grace Cummings

Storm Queen

Second album from the Melbourne singer-songwriter was self-produced

Added: 19/01/2022
7.2

Golden Retriever

Rotations

Third album from the Portland experimental duo and first with a chamber ensemble

Added: 11/08/2017
7.2

Gold Panda

Half Of Where You Live

The London producer and composer's 2nd album, a glitchy electronica travelogue of his recent tours

Added: 07/06/2013
7.2

Ezra Furman

Sex Education OST

First soundtrack from the Chicago indie rock musician and singer-songwriter for the Netflix drama-comedy

Added: 24/04/2020
7.2

Explosions In The Sky

End

Eighth studio album from the Austin, Texas post rock quartet working with producer John Congleton

Added: 15/09/2023
7.2

Everything Is Recorded By Richard Russell

Everything Is Recorded

Debut album from the head of XL Recordings featuring collaborations with Kamasi Washington, Peter Gabriel, Green Gartside, Sampha and more

Added: 18/02/2018
7.2

Emma Tricca

Relic

Second album of indie folk from the London-based/Italian born singer-songwriter

Added: 25/07/2014
7.2

Duologue

Song & Dance

Debut album from London indie rock five-piece produced by Jim Abbiss (Ladytron, Arctic Monkeys)

Added: 04/03/2013
7.2

Dirty Beaches

Drifters/Love Is The Devil

First release of 2013 from hyperactive lo-fi, no wave experimental singer, musician and producer, Canadian / Taiwanese Alex Zhang Hungtai

Added: 16/05/2013
7.2

Dinosaur Jr

I Bet On Sky

Third album since reforming from J Mascis' long-serving alt.rock trio

Added: 12/09/2012
7.2

Denai Moore

We Used to Bloom

Second LP from the British-Jamaican soul/R&B singer

Added: 20/06/2017
7.2

Dawn McCarthy & Bonnie 'Prince' Billy

What the Brothers Sang

An Everly Brothers tribute from the prolific indie folk singer and the Faun Fables front-woman, featuring appearances from Pete Townsend and Matt Sweeney

Added: 18/02/2013
7.2

Culture Abuse

Bay Dream

Second album from the Bay Area garage punks, produced by Carlos de la Garza (Paramore, Jimmy Eat World)

Added: 18/06/2018
7.2

Cowboy Junkies

Songs Of The Recollection

The latest release from the Toronto alternative blues and country quartet led by Michael Timmins is an album of covers

Added: 29/03/2022
7.2

Colleen

Captain of None

Sixth album from the French multi-instrumentalist Cécile Schott featuring just her voice and a Renaissance-era treble viola da gamba

Added: 15/04/2015
7.2

Cold Cave

Cherish The Light Years

Second album of goth electro from the New York-based group

Added: 01/04/2011
7.2

Bright Light Bright Light

Make Me Believe In Hope

Debut electropop album from Welsh producer, remixer and multi-instrumentalist Rod Thomas

Added: 25/06/2012
7.2

Brian Eno

Reflection

The latest studio release from the veteran ambient electronic composer is a single piece of music that come with an app that changes the music at different times of the day

Added: 03/01/2017
7.2

Bonobo

Migration

Sixth album of down-tempo dance and trip-hop from the Brighton-born multi-instrumentalist and DJ Simon Green

Added: 13/01/2017
7.2

Black Milk

Fever

Seventh album from the Detroit rapper and producer Curtis Cross

Added: 28/02/2018
7.2

Big K.R.I.T.

4eva Is a Mighty Long Time

Album no. 3 from the Mississippi rapper, with guests including TI, CeeLo Green and Robert Glasper

Added: 22/11/2017
7.2

Bettye Lavette

LaVette!

An album of Randall Bramblett songs from the soul legend with guest appearances by John Mayer and Steve Winwood

Added: 21/06/2023
7.2

Backxwash

I Lie Here Buried with My Rings and My Dresses

Third album from the Zambian-Canadian rapper Ashanti Mutinta produced with NOWHERE2RUN, Will Owen Bennett and clipping

Added: 09/07/2021
7.2

Arctic Monkeys

Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino

Album number six from the indie rock quartet produced by regular collaborator James Ford and band Alex Turner

Added: 05/05/2018

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Kings Of Leon Can We Please Have Fun

The Followills are back with familiar anthems but not enough howling numbers to satiate their ninth album's titular request NME

Arab Strap I'm totally fine with it don't give a fuck anymore

Morosely funny lyrics, and a pitch-perfect retro sound design that alternates between deadly serious and utterly comical. They’re stronger than ever musicOMH

Kings Of Leon Can We Please Have Fun

Pop Art-provocative, and speaks to the joy, sweat, and poetic inspiration coursing through all of Can We Please Have Fun All Music

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