9 November 2026
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First album on Hardly Art from the Walla Walla, WA all-girl indie rock four piece
7.1
An unrepentant triumph that will ultimately establish the group has one of the most important musical voices showcased in 2015 Read Review
Their sound and production quality has matured significantly since their 2013 debut, No Regerts, though it doesn't impair their signature ennui Read Review
Their musicianship and unflinching humour in the face of potentially bleak topics makes this album a distinct piece and a joy to listen to Read Review
Depending on what aspect of the band the listener pays the most attention to, Chastity Belt can be either brazenly hilarious or mysterious and moving Read Review
The record works brilliantly as a feminine riposte to The Strokes Is This It? - a heady story of women hitting the town, but more importantly, seeing the bigger picture Read Review
Chastity Belt is a slightly different band than the one on No Regerts. They’re not as intentionally shocking or cynical, but their just as smart and skilled as they’ve always been Read Review
You can hear them peering down upon their worries with a drearier set of beer goggles than before Read Review
Although not perfect (and perhaps transitional), Time to Go Home is a defining moment not only for Chastity Belt, but also for a style currently seeing a serious revival Read Review
Occasionally they find relief, as on ‘Joke’ where twinkling guitars add light Read Review
The band doesn’t always have the answers, but they’re great at laying out the issues they face Read Review
At their least marble-mouthed, Shapiro’s vocals have the commanding presence of Sharon Van Etten, but for most of the album, the Seattle quartet sound too casual to bother trying to match her defiance Read Review
Chastity Belt has the right sound and they briefly flirt with the idea of trying some new things with it, but hopefully next time they won’t be afraid to go all the way Read Review
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Chastity Belt: Time to Go Home
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
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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