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9 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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7.6

Steve Hauschildt

Strands

Fourth solo LP from the ex-Emeralds electronic musician

Added: 01/11/2016
7.6

The Radio Dept.

Running Out Of Love

Fourth album from the Swedish dream pop band delayed by a legal battle with their record label

Added: 28/10/2016
7.6

Gonjasufi

Callus

Fourth studio album from Sumach Ecks, the San Diego-based experimental, lo-fi hip hop artist

Added: 18/08/2016
7.6

Rae Sremmurd

SremmLife 2

Second album from the Tupleo, Mississippi hip-hop duo produced by Mike WiLL Made-It

Added: 12/08/2016
7.6

Big Business

Command Your Weather

Album number five from the Seattle-based stoner metal band founded by Jared Warren (Karp) and Coady Willis (The Murder City Devils)

Added: 26/07/2016
7.6

Gojira

Magma

Sixth LP from the French tech/prog metal band, produced by guitarist Joe Duplantier

Added: 08/07/2016
7.6

Bat For Lashes

The Bride

Fourth album from baroque pop singer-songwriter Natasha Khan working with collaborators Simone Felice, Dan Carey, Head and Ben Christophers

Added: 05/07/2016
7.6

Beth Orton

Kidsticks

Album number six from the Norwich, England based electronic folk singer-songwriter, produced by Fuck Button's Andrew Hung

Added: 31/05/2016
7.6

Ariana Grande

Dangerous Woman

Third album from the American pop star, featuring Lil Wayne, Macy Gray and Nicki Minaj

Added: 25/05/2016
7.6

Marissa Nadler

Strangers

Seventh album from the Boston indie folk singer-songwriter, produced by longtime collaborator Randall Dunn

Added: 21/05/2016
7.6

Corinne Bailey Rae

The Heart Speaks In Whispers

Third album from the Leeds-born pop-soul singer-songwriter

Added: 14/05/2016
7.6

Mark Pritchard

Under The Sun

Latest album of hip hop tinged drum and bass from the prolific Australian-based English producer

Added: 13/05/2016
7.6

Lush

Blind Spot

The London alt.rock / shoegaze band reunite and release their first material for 20 years with this EP on their own label

Added: 19/04/2016
7.6

PJ Harvey

The Hope Six Demolition Project

Ninth album from the alt.rock singer-songwriter and her first since the Mercury Prize-winning 2011 release Let England Shake

Added: 14/04/2016
7.6

Woods

City Sun Eater In The River Of Light

Album number nine from psychedelic folk rockers, fronted by Woodsist label boss Jeremy Earl

Added: 07/04/2016
7.6

Big Ups

Before a Million Universes

Second album from the Brooklyn quartet, its title taken from Walt Whitman’s "Song of Myself"

Added: 11/03/2016
7.6

Young Thug

I'm Up

Latest mixtape from the Atlanta rapper Jeffrey Lamar Williams with Mike Will, Metro Boomin and Wheezy on production duties

Added: 09/02/2016
7.6

Chairlift

Moth

Third album from Brooklyn-based synthpop duo Caroline Polachek and Patrick Wimberly

Added: 20/01/2016
7.6

Kode9

Nothing

London-based dubstep pioneer Steve 'Kode9' Goodman with his debut solo album of dubstep fused electronic music

Added: 18/11/2015
7.6

Wax Idols

American Tragic

Third album of post-punk from the San Francisco based quartet fronted by Hether Fortune

Added: 20/10/2015
7.6

Shopping

Why Choose

Second album from the London-based DIY post-punk trio

Added: 07/10/2015
7.6

Fetty Wap

Fetty Wap

Debut album from New Jersey rapper Willie Maxwell

Added: 30/09/2015
7.6

Young Thug

Slime Season

The latest mixtape from the Atlanta rapper, released in the run up to his delayed first album, HY!£UN35

Added: 24/09/2015
7.6

Destroyer

Poison Season

Album number ten from the Canadian indie rock band fronted by New Pornographers member Dan Bejar

Added: 03/09/2015
7.6

Dam-Funk

Invite The Light

Latest album from Damon Garrett Riddick, a mix of modern funk, electro, dance and r&b

Added: 01/09/2015
7.6

Mick Jenkins

Wave[s]

Debut EP release from the 24-year old Chicago rapper

Added: 21/08/2015
7.6

Deaf Wish

Pain

Fourth full-length album from the Melbourne noise rock band

Added: 01/08/2015
7.6

Seven Davis Jr

Universes

Debut LP of funky house from the Texas-born, California-based producer and vocalist

Added: 16/07/2015
7.6

Desaparecidos

Payola

Second album from the reunited Nabraska emo / post-hardcore band led by Bright Eyes frontman Conor Oberst

Added: 22/06/2015
7.6

No Joy

More Faithful

Third album from the Montreal shoegaze band

Added: 16/06/2015

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