26 July 2026
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Second full-length album from the Houston, Texas rapper with guest appearances from Key Glock, Latto, Pooh Shiesty, Rico Nasty, Jhené Aiko, Lucky Daye, Sauce Walka, Lil' Keke and Big Pokey
7.5
On her new album, the rap superstar comes up with just the right balance of slick bops and searing confessionals Read Review
The Texan rapper comes out swinging on her latest release – slinging a seemingly limitless supply of fantastic insults at the industry and countless nameless foes Read Review
‘Traumazine’ abounds in empowering affirmations but, beneath it all, this is a release that starts to unpack Megan the human Read Review
While standing atop the rap world, the pop culture juggernaut reveals a cocky yet reflective version of herself with the follow-up to 2020's 'Good News' Read Review
Solidifying her position amongst rap’s big stars of the 2020s, this second studio album shows an encouraging diversity alongside her good ear for beats Read Review
Her songs are riotously graphic but the Texas rapper radiates charm and southern hospitality in a joyous, sweltering show Read Review
On her second album, Meg dishes out disses, gets political, and grapples with her personal life. It’s an ambitious and uneven attempt to step into her most challenging role yet: herself Read Review
On her sophomore effort, the rapper goes completely mask-off, directing her anger at other rappers and former friends Read Review
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Charli XCX Music, Fashion, Film
In just two years, Charli XCX has moved on from Brat to make an album that delivers exactly what its title promises: Music, Fashion, Film. The only question is whether everyone else is ready to move on with her XS Noize
Robyn Hitchcock The Confuser
The songs deliver flashes of Lennonesque pop power alongside Hitchcock’s ever-present, ebullient whimsy. Across the album, he draws on his well-honed gifts as a songwriter while still showing a willingness to move outside his usual orbit XS Noize
For longtime fans, it should feel like a welcome reaffirmation; for newcomers, it’s a vivid introduction to a songwriter whose oddball vision remains, thankfully, very much alive God Is In The TV
This is the work of a legitimately great vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter who hasn't fallen into a rut or lost the plot, and he and The Confuser are a joy to behold All Music
Hitchcock is still at the peak of his powers, nearly sixty years on from The Soft Boys. ‘The Confuser’ is a testament to that, with each song bemusing and mystifying in their own unique way Clash
If The Confuser's Fab-Macca-goes-pub-rock thing will irk some, true believers will delight at its resolutely sunny take on death and decline. Print edition only Mojo
It's excellent, full of psychedelic songs that spiral off into kaleidoscopic directions, courtesy of full-band arrangements and some very special guests. Print edition only Record Collector
A preppy blast of garage-pop that could have followed 1980's Underwater Moonlight. Print edition only Uncut
The Strokes Reality Awaits
Though Is This It and The New Abnormal were frequently worlds apart musically, they both had a spirit that, sadly, isn't always present here. At once overdone and undercooked, Reality Awaits often embodies its feelings of frustration and dissatisfaction all too well All Music
Genesis Owusu Redstar Wu & the Worldwide Scourge
Over three distinctive releases, Owusu has proven he can play in almost any arena, and Redstar Wu is his finest hour yet All Music
Allying the crackpot strangeness of Julian Casablancas’ side projects with his band’s gift for pop minimalism, the New Yorkers are on playful, joyous form The Guardian
What must it be like to be Charli XCX in a post-Brat universe? The singer tells you all about it on this engaging, spirited LP The Irish Times
Shania Twain Little Miss Twain
With guests including Tanya Tucker, T Bone Burnett, and Josh Homme, the country star’s seventh album trades the pop sheen of recent releases for rootsy, candidly autobiographical songwriting Pitchfork
New York outfit's seventh album sums up the band themselves - sometimes brilliant, often frustrating, but always worth listening to musicOMH
‘Music, Fashion, Film’ isn’t about to inspire a No One Lasts Forever Autumn: its unsettling brilliance is there to be savoured in quiet privacy, not under the bright lights of a club. All the same, it really is brilliant, and it deserves a very different kind of attention from its artist’s previous output Clash
Since we've been around, that is. So, the highest-rated albums from the past twelve years or so. Rankings are calculated to two decimal places.
Kendrick Lamar To Pimp A Butterfly
Fiona Apple Fetch The Bolt Cutters
Rosalía Lux
Kendrick Lamar Damn.
D'Angelo And The Vanguard Black Messiah
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Ghosteen
Spiritbox Tsunami Sea
Self Esteem Prioritise Pleasure
Hayley Williams Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party
Bob Dylan Rough and Rowdy Ways