29 March 2024
Here's how it works: The Recent Releases chart brings together critical reaction to new albums from more than 50 sources worldwide. It's updated daily. Albums qualify with 5 reviews, and drop out after 6 weeks into the longer timespan charts.
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Second album from the Alberta garage rock / punk band
6.6
There’s more than enough here to absorb for one record, and certainly enough to have you pulling your hair out. It’s beautifully crafted, and you’ve really not heard anything like it before Read Review
Punchy punk tour de force. Print edition only
A superb record from a great and fast-improving band Read Review
The band makes focused noise with pop undertones, and their new record is undeniably grand Read Review
This record is a worthy companion for the latest Joanna Gruesome album: Fist City too, blur the distinctions between indie and punk, and have a similar knack for killer hooks Read Review
Not all bands have to reinvent the wheel; they just need to roll it with some passion and dedication. Fist City do that and more on Everything Is a Mess Read Review
It’s fun but lacks a knockout punch Read Review
Original? Nope. Impeccably executed? Definitely Read Review
Fist City’s follow-up album Everything is a Mess makes, well, a mess of that potential and as a result, we’re still waiting to see what they can really do Read Review
Contrary to the provocative title, Fist City have made an album that may well have been born out of rage and frustration, but remains indifferent Read Review
The occasional strong melody and a handful of effective angry songs aren’t enough to make Everything Is a Mess work as a full album Read Review
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Fist City: Everything Is A Mess
Elbow Audio Vertigo
The band aren’t getting any younger, but they are getting wiser and, dare I say, more fun Sputnik Music (staff)
Adrianne Lenker Bright Future
This is a triumphant work from an ascendant artist, and, oh yeah, also one of the finer folk albums of recent years Sputnik Music (staff)
Jlin Akoma
The Indiana-based footwork producer and Pulitzer Prize finalist broadens her horizons on her first album in seven years Paste Magazine
The Jesus and Mary Chain Glasgow Eyes
Glasgow Eyes isn’t far off being a great record, but those drops in quality aren’t just blips, they’re chasms Beats Per Minute
Beyoncé Cowboy Carter
There’s no question that Cowboy Carter is a landmark record. Arguably, an inevitable one. But once the dust of its audacity settles, it misses the mark of a classic The Line Of Best Fit
Straying far beyond its original country concept, the musician’s eighth album straddles the Beatles, the Beach Boys, the blues – and Becky with the Good Hair via Dolly Parton’s Jolene The Guardian
The Black Crowes Happiness Bastards
The Robinson brothers’ greatest successes have been with the Black Crowes. Perhaps that’s why they agreed to reunite for this album, finally (but no doubt grudgingly) admitting that they do their best work when they’re playing together Spectrum Culture
Four Tet Three
Small soundscapes grow and expand without dominating Hebden’s aural trademarks Spectrum Culture
A deceptively quiet solo outing from the Big Thief singer carries a vibrant emotional impact Spectrum Culture
On Akoma, all bets are off. Jlin pulls inspiration from everywhere, and even though the source material couldn’t be further from each other, they all meld together under her idiosyncratic eye Spectrum Culture
The Staves All Now
Returning with only two of the three sisters, they feature a sound threatening to eat them whole Spectrum Culture
Life-affirming songs from Jessica and Camilla Staveley-Taylor The Irish Times
The beginning of a new chapter for the reconfigured duo centres on gentle, wistful folk pop with an emphasis on harmonies musicOMH
The Staves have shown they’re happy to branch out into more indie-rock territory which sits well alongside their folk roots Clash
Tyla Tyla
TYLA will remain as the expertly crafted record that allowed amapiano a moment to shine before new audiences Beats Per Minute
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
Kendrick Lamar Damn.
D'Angelo And The Vanguard Black Messiah
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Ghosteen
Self Esteem Prioritise Pleasure
Bob Dylan Rough and Rowdy Ways
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Skeleton Tree
Frank Ocean Channel Orange
Dave We’re All Alone In This Together