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Alice Costelloe  Move On With Your Year

The fact that Costelloe has previous music experience clearly shows as the music she presents on her solo debut has substance that deserves to be heard Spill Magazine

Ratboys  Singin' To An Empty Chair

The Chicago band turns therapy’s in-between spaces into songs that resist neat resolutions, letting emotional maturity bite down instead of smoothing everything over Paste Magazine

Mandy, Indiana  URGH

Mandy, Indiana have crafted the first great album of 2026, one that rewards with each exhausting listen. In a time of crisis and uncertainty, URGH is not merely cathartic: it's exorcistic Exclaim

Ratboys  Singin' To An Empty Chair

The album's progression from near pop-punk to elegiac pedal steel gives Steiner's psychological explorations the multifaceted presentation they deserve Spectrum Culture

Mandy, Indiana  URGH

By cleaving closer to the bone of what they're about, Mandy, Indiana avoid the too-clever, angular detached observational style that might have sunk their sophomore effort quickly Spectrum Culture

J. Cole  The Fall-Off

He sounds relaxed, like he has nothing left to prove, but still so much he wants to get off his chest The Arts Desk

Ulrika Spacek  EXPO

Fully immersive but a little disquieting DIY

Ulrika Spacek  EXPO

It’s unlikely EXPO will not enable Ulrika Spacek members to quit their day jobs, but it is deserving of attention to fans established and new Beats Per Minute

Ulrika Spacek  EXPO

Often esoteric and elusive, EXPO is also a warmly alluring art-rock declaration of determined intent. Print edition only Record Collector

Ulrika Spacek  EXPO

EXPO grooves, booms and unspools in ways all its own. Print edition only Uncut

Ulrika Spacek  EXPO

EXPO's bleak outlook is explored inventively, live and electronic elements expertly collaged from an unpredictable sonic palette. Print edition only Mojo

Alice Costelloe  Move On With Your Year

A huge step forward musically, as it would appear to be personally DIY

Alice Costelloe  Move On With Your Year

Alice Costelloe’s debut album is refined, elegant art pop, in which her crystalline voice floats over a rich palette of electronic instrumentation with grace PopMatters

Alice Costelloe  Move On With Your Year

Intensely personal yet relatable, the Big Deal star’s solo debut sports a lightness of touch that often belies the intensity of the subject matter musicOMH

Alice Costelloe  Move On With Your Year

An album of gently textured art pop, the lightness of her voice and almost ethereal sounds in direct contrast to the diaristic darkness of lyrics that explore raw, familial emotions. Print edition only Uncut