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6 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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7.5

Conor Oberst

Ruminations

Seventh solo studio album from the Bright Eyes and Desaparecidos frontman, written while recovering from anxiety and exhaustion

Added: 12/10/2016
7.5

Thee Oh Sees

A Weird Exits

Seventeenth album of psyched-out garage rock from the San Francisco band fronted by John Dwyer

Added: 12/08/2016
7.5

Dinosaur Jr

Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not

Fourth album since reforming and eleventh overall from the alt/indie rock stalwarts

Added: 03/08/2016
7.5

Russian Circles

Guidance

Sixth album of instrumental post-rock and metal from the Chicago trio produced by Converge guitarist Kurt Ballou

Added: 27/07/2016
7.5

Brigid Mae Power

Brigid Mae Power

Debut full-length release for the London-born, Galway-based folk singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist recorded in Oregon with Peter Broderick

Added: 08/07/2016
7.5

Kristin Kontrol

X-Communicate

Debut solo album of electronic pop from Kristin Welchez, lead singer and founder of Dum Dum Girls

Added: 30/05/2016
7.5

Sam Beam and Jesca Hoop

Love Letter For Fire

Collaboration between the Iron & Wine man and the Californian singer-songwriter

Added: 18/04/2016
7.5

Ash Koosha

I AKA I

Second album from the London-based Iranian electronic multi-instrumentalist composer, record producer and film director

Added: 06/04/2016
7.5

Black Mountain

IV

The fourth album from the Polaris-nominated Vancouver, BC psych/stoner rock band

Added: 31/03/2016
7.5

Jesu / Sun Kil Moon

Jesu / Sun Kil Moon

Collaboration album from Welsh shoegazing post-rockers Jesu and San Fran alt-folk act Sun Kil Moon, also featuring guest spots from Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Isaac Brock and members of Low

Added: 19/02/2016
7.5

Rangda

The Heretic's Bargain

Third full-length album from guitarists Richard Bishop (Sun City Girls), Ben Chasny (Six Organs of Admittance) and drummer Chris Corsano

Added: 19/02/2016
7.5

Brood Ma

Daze

Third album from the electronic London-based producer James B Stringer

Added: 17/02/2016
7.5

Nonkeen

The Gamble

An album of expressionistic, experimental electronica from Nils Frahm and childhood friends Frederec Gmeiner and Sebastian Singwald

Added: 09/02/2016
7.5

Freakwater

Scheherazade

Album number 10 and first since 2005 from the alt.country Louisville, Kentucky

Added: 04/02/2016
7.5

Shearwater

Jet Plane and Oxbow

First album of new and original material in 4 years from Jonathan Meiburg's Austin indie/psych rock band, with additional composition/instrumentation by composer Brian Reitzell

Added: 25/01/2016
7.5

Suede

Night Thoughts

Seventh album from the English alt. rock group, their second since reforming in 2010, to be accompanied by a film directed by Robert Sargent

Added: 20/01/2016
7.5

Villagers

Where Have You Been All My Life?

Stripped-back reworkings of songs from previous albums from the Dulbin indie-folk act, each recorded live in one or two takes

Added: 12/01/2016
7.5

Hinds

Leave Me Alone

Debut album from the Madrid-based garage rock quartet

Added: 05/01/2016
7.5

Lizzo

Big GRRRL Small World

Second album from the Minneapolis alternative hip-hop artist Melissa Jefferson

Added: 10/12/2015
7.5

Le1f

Riot Boi

Debut LP of hip-hop and rap from Khalif Diouf, who also runs the hip hop label Camp & Street

Added: 13/11/2015
7.5

Battles

La Di Da Di

Third album from the Rhode Island experimental math rock trio

Added: 02/10/2015
7.5

Lana Del Rey

Honeymoon

Fourth studio album from the singer-songwriter, including a cover of Nina Simone's "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"

Added: 21/09/2015
7.5

Ashley Monroe

The Blade

Third album from the Tennessee country singer and member of Jack White's Third Man House Band, produced by Vince Gill and Justin Niebank

Added: 21/07/2015
7.5

Sleaford Mods

Key Markets

Album number three from the Nottingham electro-punk duo

Added: 10/07/2015
7.5

Richard Thompson

Still

Solo album No.16 from the venerable folk rock singer-songwriter and guitarist, produced by Jeff Tweedy

Added: 24/06/2015
7.5

Marina And The Diamonds

Froot

Third album of indie pop from the Welsh artist Marina Diamandis produced with David Kosten (Bat For Lashes, Everything Everything)

Added: 17/04/2015
7.5

The Sonics

This Is The Sonics

The first new studio album of all-new material from the Tacoma, Washington garage rock veterans since 1967

Added: 03/04/2015
7.5

Young Guv

Ripe 4 Luv

Full-length debut for singer Ben Cook who also plays guitar for the band Fucked Up

Added: 10/03/2015
7.5

The Amazing

Picture You

Third album from the Swedish psych-rock / psych-folk five-piece featuring former members of Granada and Dungen

Added: 16/02/2015
7.5

Mourn

Mourn

Self-titled debut LP from the young Spanish quartet with inspiration from PJ Harvey, Patti Smith, Sebadoh and Sleater Kinney

Added: 12/02/2015

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"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

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