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5 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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7.9

The Twilight Singers

Dynamite Steps

Sixth album from the New Orleans indie rock band formed by The Afghan Whigs frontman Greg Dulli

Added: 16/02/2011
7.9

Akron/Family

Akron/Family II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT

Latest album of pastoral lo-fi indie from the Portland group

Added: 08/02/2011
7.9

Cloud Nothings

Cloud Nothings

Lo-fi indie / power pop on the debut album proper after a series of highly-rated EPs from Cleveland teenager Dylan Baldi

Added: 25/01/2011
7.9

Cloud Nothings

Turning On

A "prologue" to a proper debut of lo-fi indie from Cleveland teenager Dylan Baldi.

Added: 25/01/2011
7.9

Braids

Native Speaker

Debut album of experimental indie and psych pop from the hotly tipped Canadian group

Added: 19/01/2011
7.9

Avey Tare

Down There

First solo album of experimental rock from Animal Collective member David Portner

Added: 25/10/2010
7.9

Cloud Nothings

Turning On

A "prologue" to a proper debut of lo-fi indie from Cleveland teenager Dylan Baldi.

Added: 25/01/2011
7.9

ARP

The Soft Wave

Second album from the electronic drone-mongers

Added: 13/09/2010
7.9

Skream

Outside the Box

Second album from London dubstep producer Oliver Jones

Added: 10/08/2010
7.9

Maximum Balloon

Maximum Balloon

Solo album from TV On The Radio guitarist and producer David Sitek with contributions from David Byrne and Karen O

Added: 09/08/2010
7.9

Meursault

All Creatures Will Make Merry

Second album of lo-fi indie folk from Edinburgh band led singer-songwriter by Neil Pennycook

Added: 24/06/2010
7.9

Allo Darlin'

Allo Darlin'

Debut album of twee indie pop from London-based quartet

Added: 23/06/2010
7.9

Damien Jurado

Saint Bartlett

Album No.10 of heartfelt earnest indie rock / indie folk from the Seattle-born singer-songwriter

Added: 26/05/2010
7.9

Baby Dee

A Book of Songs for Anne Marie

Sixth studio album of chamber pop from Cleveland, Ohio performance artist

Added: 04/05/2010
7.9

Avi Buffalo

Avi Buffalo

Debut release of guitar-based indie pop from the hotly-tipped Californian band led by songwriter/guitarist Avigdor Zahner-Isenberg

Added: 27/04/2010
7.9

Starkey

Ear Drums and Black Holes

Second album of electro, 'street bass' and dubstep from dj and producer Paul Geissinger

Added: 21/04/2010
7.9

Ted Leo and the Pharmacists

The Brutalist Bricks

Sixth album from the long-standing purveyor of pop-punk Ted Leo

Added: 09/03/2010
7.9

Balmorhea

Constellations

Fourth album of eclectic acoustic and piano compositions from the Texas instrumental ensemble

Added: 04/03/2010
7.9

Shearwater

The Golden Archipelago

Sixth album (and third of a trilogy about nature) from the Texas indie rock / modern folk band

Added: 24/02/2010
7.9

Shearwater

The Golden Archipelago

Sixth album (and third of a trilogy about nature) from the Texas indie rock / modern folk band

Added: 24/02/2010
7.9

Kings of Convenience

Declaration Of Dependence

Gentle Norwegian duo Erlend Øye and Eirik Glambek Bøe with a third collection of indie folk/pop songs

Added: 19/10/2009
7.9

Built to Spill

There Is No Enemy

Seventh studio album from the long-serving Idaho indie rock act

Added: 05/10/2009
7.9

Yo La Tengo

Popular Songs

New Jersey's indie rock veterans with their first album in three years

Added: 01/09/2009
7.9

Jay Reatard

Watch Me Fall

Self-produced album from the Tennessee garage punk artist noted for his profilic singles output

Added: 12/08/2009
7.9

Foreign Born

Person To Person

Second album from four piece LA-based folk-rock band

Added: 23/07/2009
7.9

Tortoise

Beacons Of Ancestorship

First release in over five years from the Chicago instrumental post-rock experimentalists

Added: 25/06/2009
7.9

Micachu

Jewellery

Debut album of experimental leftfield pop from 21-year old Londoner Mica Levi, a one-time female MC

Added: 15/04/2009
7.9

Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy

Beware

More offbeat lo-fi country folk from Kentucky's Will Oldham

Added: 30/03/2009
7.9

Röyksopp

Junior

Norwegian eclectic dance duo plus assorted Scandinavian collaborators, with their third studio album

Added: 26/03/2009
7.9

Neko Case

Middle Cyclone

The alt country singer-songwriter's follow-up to 2006's bestsellling Fox Confessor Brings The Flood

Added: 03/03/2009

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Arlo Parks Ambiguous Desire

One of those albums that evokes a tangible mood; in this case, somewhere adjacent to the sun coming up after a rollercoaster of a night out. As such, it's frequently wonderful. Print edition only Uncut

Arlo Parks Ambiguous Desire

"We're blossoming," she sings of a new romance, but she could easily be talking about herself and her artistic trajectory, having pulled off a daring makeover with such style. Print edition only Record Collector

Arlo Parks Ambiguous Desire

Any fear, dissociation or sorrow Parks describes is repeatedly shaken off in the communion of the dancefloor The Independent

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All-time top 10

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.