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8 April 2026

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Arlo ParksAmbiguous Desire

"Her most vividly realised and affecting body of work to date" (9/10 - DOY). "Arlo Parks approaches euphoria and vulnerability with a soothing ambivalence" (8/10 - The Skinny)

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Sunn O)))Sunn O)))

"An immersive, strangely euphoric listening experience recorded in the wilds of Washington" (8/10 - The Guardian). "The album is a magnificently heavy double of downtuned, epic riffing" (9/10 - Uncut)

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ThundercatDistracted

"Thundercat invites listeners into a space where confusion, beauty, and pain coexist, reminding us that even in a fractured world, there is still room to feel, create, and live fully" (8.5/10 - Northern Transmissions)

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UnderscoresU

"A tour-de-force of production chops that cements April Harper Grey as a key auteur in the future of the genre" (10/10 - NME). "Hits all the beats of a classic pop record" (8.3/10 - Paste)

James BlakeTrying Times

"A record that couldn’t be more consistently him" (9/10 - DIY). "Amid the stylistic shifts of Blake’s seventh record come samples of Dusty Springfield and Dizzee Rascal" (8/10 - The Guardian)

Trembling Bells and Bonnie Prince BillyThe Marble Downs

"Strengthened by communal tendencies, meeting bombs in Iran and executions in Minneapolis not with clenched fists of protest, but with hugs" (8/10 - PopMaters).

GorillazThe Mountain

"The album’s posthumous contributors remind us that music can keep ghosts alive" (10/10 - The Independent). "Powerful reflections on mortality from Damon Albarn and Co" (8/10 - Hot Press)

MobyFuture Quiet

"Moby has created a 14-track state of therapy for his own mind but kindly offered it to the world. It is the offering of one of the genius producers of our time" (8/10 - CLash)

Charli XCXWuthering Heights

"This brilliantly moody soundtrack confirms Charli XCX as a star who makes better art when she’s not trying to deliver a hit" (10/10 - The Irish Times). "At times gorgeous" (8/10 - Clash)

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7.2

of Montreal

White Is Relic / Irrealis Mood

Album number fifteen from the Athens, Georgia experimental indie rock group finds Kevin Barnes working mostly alone

Added: 13/03/2018
7.2

Everything Is Recorded By Richard Russell

Everything Is Recorded

Debut album from the head of XL Recordings featuring collaborations with Kamasi Washington, Peter Gabriel, Green Gartside, Sampha and more

Added: 16/02/2018
7.2

The Soft Moon

Criminal

Fourth studio album of industrial post-punk from the California instrumentalist Luis Vasquez

Added: 07/02/2018
7.2

Field Music

Open Here

Sixth studio album from the indie art rock outfit from Sunderland, led by brothers David and Peter Brewis

Added: 02/02/2018
7.2

Sufjan Stevens

The Greatest Gift

A mixtape of Carrie & Lowell outtakes and remixes from the indie folk singer-songwriter

Added: 29/11/2017
7.2

Bully

Losing

Second album of alt grunge rock from the Alicia Bognanno led Nashville-based four-piece

Added: 24/10/2017
7.2

A. Savage

Thawing Dawn

Debut solo album from the Parquet Courts frontman, released on his own label

Added: 23/10/2017
7.2

Weaves

Wide Open

Canadian quartet's second studio album of indie pop

Added: 13/10/2017
7.2

Blue Hawaii

Tenderness

Second album of ambient electronic pop from the Montreal duo Raphaelle Standell-Preston and Alex "Agor" Cowan

Added: 12/10/2017
7.2

Omni

Multi-task

Second album of indie post-punk from the Atlanta, GA trio

Added: 05/10/2017
7.2

Chelsea Wolfe

Hiss Spun

Fifth studio album from the Sacramento experimental, noise-folk singer-songwriter produced by Converge guitarist Kurt Ballou

Added: 03/10/2017
7.2

Rostam

Half-Light

Debut solo release from the former Vampire Weekend member Rostam Batmanglij

Added: 16/09/2017
7.2

Lapalux

Ruinism

Third studio album of downtempo, glitchy electronica from Essex-born Stuart Howard

Added: 05/07/2017
7.2

Sylvan Esso

What Now

Second studio album of indie electropop from North Carolina duo Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn

Added: 26/04/2017
7.2

Joe Goddard

Electric Lines

Second solo album of electronic indie pop from the Hot Chip member

Added: 17/04/2017
7.2

The New Pornographers

Whiteout Conditions

Seventh studio album from the Vancouver-based indie rock outfit, their first album without featuring singer-songwriter Dan Bejar

Added: 08/04/2017
7.2

Jarvis Cocker & Chilly Gonzales

Room 29

A collaboration between the Pulp singer and Canadian pianist, a concept album about Room 29 of Los Angeles' infamous Chateau Marmont Hotel

Added: 25/03/2017
7.2

Real Estate

In Mind

Fourth album from the NJ dream pop group, their first to feature Julian Lynch on guitar, produced by Cole M.G.N.

Added: 21/03/2017
7.2

Rose Elinor Dougall

STELLULAR

Second solo album from the English singer-songwriter and Mark Ronson collaborator

Added: 02/02/2017
7.2

Childish Gambino

"Awaken, My Love!"

Third full-length album from actor, comedian, scriptwriter and rapper Donald Glover produced by Ludwig Göransson

Added: 06/12/2016
7.2

Pavo Pavo

Young Narrator In The Breakers

Debut album from the classically-trained Brooklyn-based indie pop quintet

Added: 28/11/2016
7.2

Owen

The King Of Whys

Eighth solo album from the Chicago indie rock singer-songwriter Mike Kinsella produced by S. Carey

Added: 02/08/2016
7.2

Metronomy

Summer 08

Fifth studio album of electropop from the London-based group and first since their debut to be recorded solely by founder Joseph Mount

Added: 10/07/2016
7.2

Paul Simon

Stranger To Stranger

Thirteenth studio album from the veteran singer-songwriter working with Italian electronic artist Clap! Clap!

Added: 09/06/2016
7.2

Twin Peaks

Down In Heaven

Third album from the Chicago garage rock five-piece produced by R. Andrew Humphrey and mixed by John Agnello (Kurt Vile, Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr)

Added: 13/05/2016
7.2

Andrew Bird

Are You Serious

Album number eight from the Chicago-born multi-instrumentalist featuring collaborations with Fiona Apple and Blake Mills

Added: 06/04/2016
7.2

Autolux

Pussy's Dead

Third album from the spacey LA alt rock trio led by Eugene Goreshter

Added: 05/04/2016
7.2

Eric Bachmann

Eric Bachmann

Third solo album from the Athens, Georgia-based indie veteran and former lead singer of Crooked Fingers and Archers of Loaf

Added: 01/04/2016
7.2

Flatbush Zombies

3001: A Laced Odyssey

Debut album from the Flatbush, Brooklyn hip hop group made up of Meechy Darko, Zombie Juice and Erick "The Architect" Elliott

Added: 16/03/2016
7.2

Future

Purple Reign

Fourth album from Atlanta, Georgia hip hop artist Nayvadius Cash

Added: 28/01/2016

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