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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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7.6

Common

The Dreamer/The Believer

Album No.10 from the Grammy-winning hip hop artist and actor

Added: 10/01/2012
7.6

Cass McCombs

Humor Risk

Album No.6 from the American folk / indie rock singer-songwriter and guitarist

Added: 09/11/2011
7.6

Dreamers of the Ghetto

Enemy/Lover

Debut album from the Indiana band, indebted to 80s arena rock

Added: 14/10/2011
7.6

Dum Dum Girls

Only In Dreams

Second album of indie pop from the LA quartet fronted by Kristen "Dee Dee" Gundred

Added: 28/09/2011
7.6

Fatoumata Diawara

Fatou

Debut album from this Malian singer-songwriter, now based in France

Added: 22/09/2011
7.6

Laura Marling

A Creature I Don't Know

Third album from the indie folk singer-songwriter whose earlier releases were both nominated for the Mercury Music Prize

Added: 13/09/2011
7.6

Dave I.D.

Response

Debut album from London producer Dave Hedges, blending art rock and post punk with post-dubstep and looped beats

Added: 09/08/2011
7.6

Efrim Manuel Menuck

High Gospel

First solo album from founder of Canadian post-rock band Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Added: 05/08/2011
7.6

Hudson Mohawke

Satin Panthers

More adventures in assorted electro / glitch hop / wonky styles on this mini album from the feted Scottish producer and DJ

Added: 01/08/2011
7.6

Zomby

Dedication

The UK producer with his 2nd full length release, taking in bass, electronica, dubstep and other experimental soundscapes

Added: 12/07/2011
7.6

Pure X

Pleasure

Debut album from the band formerly known as Pure Ecstasy, dealing in lo-fi, reverb drenched indie

Added: 06/07/2011
7.6

Thee Oh Sees

Castlemania

12th full length album of psyechedelic garage rock from John Dwyer's solo guise, now a fully formed band

Added: 15/06/2011
7.6

The Unthanks

Last

Fourth album from the Mercury Prize-nominated Northumberland folk group

Added: 27/05/2011
7.6

Cornershop

Cornershop & The Double O Groove Of

Collaboration between the Leicester-based indie rock / Asian fusion specialists and vocalist Bubbley Kaur. mixing funk and Punjabi folk

Added: 28/04/2011
7.6

Alex Turner

Submarine

EP of acoustic singer-songwriter material from the Arctic Monkeys frontman

Added: 22/03/2011
7.6

The Dodos

No Color

The Californian indie folk act, back to a duo for their 4th album, and with a return to their more psych-folk sound

Added: 14/03/2011
7.6

Parts & Labor

Constant Future

Second album from Brooklyn-based noise-pop trio

Added: 08/03/2011
7.6

Malachai

Return To The Ugly Side

Second album from the experimental Bristol duo (formerly known as Malakai)

Added: 24/02/2011
7.6

Gruff Rhys

Hotel Shampoo

Third solo album of psychedelic rock from the Super Furry Animals frontman

Added: 21/02/2011
7.6

Young Galaxy

Shapeshifting

Third album from Montreal indie rock / dream rock trio

Added: 09/02/2011
7.6

The Beets

Stay Home

The Beets release their second album of lower than lo-fi garage rock

Added: 10/01/2011
7.6

Rihanna

Loud

Fifth album from the Barbados-born R&B /pop singer

Added: 24/11/2010
7.6

Jesu

Heart Ache and Dethroned

Collection comprising the out-of-print debut and a previously unreleased EP from the post-metal / shoegazing trio formed by ex-Godflesh member Justin Broadrick

Added: 22/11/2010
7.6

Neil Young

Le Noise

Latest studio album from the legendary Canadian guitarist and singer-songwriter produced by Daniel Lanois

Added: 01/10/2010
7.6

Sufjan Stevens

All Delighted People

A 60-minute EP from indie-folkster Sufjan Stevens

Added: 07/09/2010
7.6

Rose Elinor Dougall

Without Why

Debut album of indie pop from former Pipettes singer

Added: 24/08/2010
7.6

El-P

Weareallgoingtoburnin hellmegamixxx3

Third in a series of mixtapes from the Brooklyn hip hop producer Jaime Meline

Added: 03/08/2010
7.6

Scissor Sisters

Night Work

Third album from the New York disco, electro-pop five-piece

Added: 01/07/2010
7.6

The Divine Comedy

Bang Goes The Knighthood

Tenth album from the Northern Irish chamber pop band fronted by Neil Hannon

Added: 18/06/2010
7.6

Tokyo Police Club

Champ

Second album of post punk indie rock from the Ontario, Canada quartet

Added: 11/06/2010

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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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