11 November 2026
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After a string of promising EPs, the band take their heavy electronic metal into a full length release
7.3
With Route One or Die they have managed to destroy not only their previous releases, but potentially anything else released in 2011 Read Review
An example of a modern day band being truly progressive, and it’s sure as hell a thrill Read Review
You’d be hard-pressed to find another debut album released this year – British or otherwise – that sounds so completely vibrant and alive Read Review
A new atlas for intstrumental rock explorers Read Review
Music with a searing, unstoppable force Read Review
Its sharpness and breadth of imagination ensure that it retains a sense of narrative focus rare in instrumental rock Read Review
An enlightening joy, because it trips all over the place. Print edition only
Pitched somewhere between Muse, Aphex Twins and Jaga Jazzist. Print edition only
A heavy, sometimes dizzyingly diverse listen. Despite this, the band’s emphasis on melody means these songs hook you in from the very first listen Read Review
Its 43 minutes struggle to contain the album’s brainstorms of noise rock, math and later electronic conglomerates Read Review
Few electronic bands have rocked quite so hard as these guys do Read Review
Music that’s both cerebral and emotional Read Review
There is no doubt Three Trapped Tigers have made a spiralling debut of frantic, rock-fuelled colours – if only all the songs could match the musicianship Read Review
Never even manages to leave the drawing board Read Review
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Three Trapped Tigers: Route One Or Die
Django Django Doveland
Django Django would appear to have refreshed their approach and challenged themselves to try out previously unconsidered melodic avenues The Arts Desk
Print edition only Uncut
Gilla Band Pugnello
Somewhere amidst the anarchy of Pugnello, there are gems waiting to be found. Unearthing them is well worth your time Still Listening
Greg Freeman All Set The Bone
Existentialism has a sound (and it’s hard to ignore) with Greg Freeman’s introspective All Set The Bone Still Listening
U2 Carnaval de Luz
Carnaval De Luz finds U2 50 years after their formation with the same four members and the same desire to shake things up. The album provides a convincing answer to the question of why they keep doing what they do XS Noize
Fontaines D.C. Dopamine Chamber
Fontaines D.C. push deeper into synthetic territory on Dopamine Chamber, balancing stadium-sized melodies with restless experimentation and darker texture Record Collector
They sound ambitious and engaged in their 50th year, swinging for the fences and hitting more targets than not. There’s still some gas in the tank Record Collector
La Roux Old Flames
Print edition only Record Collector
Back with her first new music in six years, La Roux's new sound explores facets of R'n'B and Europop to varying degrees of success The Skinny
La Roux turns to 90s R&B on a fourth album shaped by the end of a 17-year relationship, finding room for new beginnings beneath its layered production Still Listening
Print edition only Rolling Stone UK
Devastating moments are dressed up with warm production and kinetic 00s R&B in the now quiff-less singer’s grownup fourth album The Guardian
Elly Jackson returns with heartfelt pop songs about breaking up, resentment, vulnerability and all that entails musicOMH
Ditching erratic experimentation for an ambient concept, the indie shapeshifters' sixth album is their most coherent in years musicOMH
Doveland sounds less like a reduction of Django Django’s musical vocabulary than a more relaxed demonstration of how much they possess PopMatters
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