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Sébastien Tellier  Kiss The Beast

He has come up with another pop subversion that works on every level Beats Per Minute

Mandy, Indiana  URGH

URGH exists in its own lane, moving steadily, unconcerned with who’s alongside it or who’s fallen behind. There is no climax. The music simply stops dead, like someone cut the power mid-thought God Is In The TV

Mandy, Indiana  URGH

The second album from the noise-rock band doubles down on their abrasive assault The Skinny

Mandy, Indiana  URGH

The Manchester noise rock band take their sound to thrilling new places on an exploratory second album Rolling Stone UK

Mandy, Indiana  URGH

‘URGH’ sees Mandy, Indiana once again defy any pigeonholing DIY

Ratboys  Singin' To An Empty Chair

At a time when country-tinged indie rock is by no means in short supply in America - Wednesday, Waxahatchee and MJ Lenderman all spring to mind - Ratboys have earned their seat at the top table DIY

Ari Lennox  Vacancy

Vacancy serves as a testament to Ari Lennox’s skill while simultaneously exposing the pitfalls of the modern R&B assembly line Spectrum Culture

Joyce Manor  I Used to Go to This Bar

In a scant 19 minutes, I Used to Go to This Bar taps into the allure and the danger of living in the past, as well as the runaway joy and fear of living in the present Spectrum Culture

Ratboys  Singin' To An Empty Chair

Comfortably the most accomplished and self-assured Ratboys album to date Exclaim

Ratboys  Singin' To An Empty Chair

With the hooks, heart, and heaviness packed into Singin’ To An Empty Chair’s 50 mins, their time could well be now The Line Of Best Fit

Ratboys  Singin' To An Empty Chair

The album frames intimacy as a risk worth taking regardless of the outcome Slant Magazine

Ratboys  Singin' To An Empty Chair

Ratboys have definitively made one of 2026's first brilliant albums. Print edition only Record Collector

Lucinda Williams  World's Gone Wrong

The ten tracks on Lucinda Williams’ World Gone Wrong are heavy. This ain’t no party record. There’s too much pain going around in the world PopMatters

Cast  Yeah Yeah Yeah

Judging by Yeah Yeah Yeah, it seems Cast’s vinyl collection consists solely of Rubber Soul, Abbey Road, and The White Album PopMatters

Sébastien Tellier  Kiss The Beast

Not all of Kiss the Beast's risks pay off, but by letting his creativity run wild, Tellier defies the expectations of anyone who thinks they know his music inside and out All Music