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6 August 2025

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Reneé RappBite Me

"Hell-raising rocker parties her troubles away on her uproarious second album" (9/10 - Rolling Stone). "It’s a record that is cut from her very core, completely on her own terms" (10/10 - Dork)

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The New EvesThe New Eve Is Rising

"Velvets-style drone rock, trad folk, anarcho-punk and hippy whimsy are all discernible in the Brighton quartet’s debut album – all played with white-knuckle intensity" (8/10 - The Guardian)

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Tyler, The CreatorDon't Tap the Glass

"Half an hour of early 80s rhythms and slick one-liners with the IDGAF attitude of his early years" (8/10 - The Guardian). "A crate-digging party project that favours feel over formula" (8/10 - NME)

Highest Recent Ratings

Albums to watch

LordeVirgin

"The pop star turns inward and redefines who she wants to be on her most introspective record yet" (9/10 - Rolling Stone). "Returns to pop’s fray to revel in the mess of late-20s angst" (8/10 - The Guardian)

Loyle Carnerhopefully!

"Full of love, fatherhood and feeling, the Croydon lyricist’s fourth is less a reinvention than a maturation" (7/10 - musicOMH). "As moving as it is musically satisfying" (8/10 - DIY)

carolineCaroline 2

"Each song is gloriously cinematic, intoxicatingly unexpected and truly powerful, even in its quietest moments" (9/10 - Far Out). "UK post-rock’s preeminent sentimentalists" (8/4/10 - Pitchfork)

StereolabInstant Holograms On Metal Film

"Lætitia Sadier et al pick up where they left off yet sound more timely than ever" (8/10 - The Guardian). "This is highbrow music for lowbrow times" (9/10 - Far Out)

Tune-YardsBetter Dreaming

"May just be their most uplifting and inspiring work" (9/10 - The Line Of Best Fit). "May emerge as one of the Oakland duo’s all-time great records after a few years’ passage" (7.8/10 - Paste)

Ezra FurmanGoodbye Small Head

"A record of unflinching honesty and unparalleled vulnerability" (9/10 - DIY). "There’s an urgency coursing through this startling album’s veins that confirms its creator to be one of the most exciting songwriters around" (8/10 - musicOMH)

THE CHART: THE TOP RATED NEW ALBUMS

The ADM rating is a weighted average from our survey of more than 50 sources , taking into account the number of reviews

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8.3
ADM Rating

Ryan Davis & The Roadhouse Band

New Threats From the Soul

Second full-length album from the Jeffersonville, Indiana Americana musician Ryan Davis

Added: 25/07/2025
8.3

Jim Legxacy

Black British Music (2025)

Fourth mixtape from the London singer, rapper, and producer James Olaloye

Added: 20/07/2025
8.1

BC Camplight

A Sober Conversation

Sixth album from the New Jersey-born singer-songwriter Brian Christinzio

Added: 27/06/2025
8.0

Wet Leg

moisturizer

Second album from the Isle of White indie rock band led by by Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers and produced by Dan Carey (Fontaines D.C., Black Midi, Kae Tempest)

Added: 09/07/2025
8.0

S.G. Goodman

Planting By The Signs

Third album from the Kentucky-born singer-songwriter featuring guest appearances from Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Clyde Charles, Mary Overbey, Matthew Rowan and Myrtle Turner

Added: 26/06/2025
8.0

Billie Martin

Dog Eared

Fifth album from the English singer-songwriter Billie Marten recorded in Brooklyn with producer Phil Weinrobe

Added: 28/07/2025
8.0

Alex G

Headlights

Tenth album from the Philadelphia lo-fi indie rock musician Alex Giannascoli produced with Jacob Portrait

Added: 16/07/2025
7.9

Kae Tempest

Self Titled

Fifth album of spoken word hip-hop/poetry from the London-born artist featuring contributions from Neil Tennant, Tawiah, Connie Constance and Young Fathers

Added: 04/07/2025
7.9

Folk Bitch Trio

Now Would Be A Good Time

Debut full-length album from the Melbourne indie folk band recorded in New Zealand by producer Tom Healy (Tiny Ruins, the Chills)

Added: 25/07/2025
7.9

Lorde

Virgin

Fourth album of electronic pop from New Zealand-born Ella Yelich-O'Connor co-produced with Jim-E Stack

Added: 27/06/2025
7.7

Barry Can’t Swim

Loner

Second album from the cottish electronic music producer and DJ Joshua Spence Mainnie

Added: 11/07/2025
7.6

The New Eves

The New Eve Is Rising

Debut full-length album from the Brighton-based quartet co-produced with Joe Jones and Jack Ogborne

Added: 01/08/2025
7.6

U.S. Girls

Scratch It

Ninth solo album of dark baroque pop from Toronto-born Meghan Remy

Added: 26/06/2025
7.5

Gwenno

Utopia

Fourth album from the Cardiff-born indie pop musician and former member of The Pipettes

Added: 09/07/2025
7.5

Clipse

Let God Sort Em Out

Fourth album from the Virginia hip-hop duo consisting of brothers Pusha T and Malice

Added: 11/07/2025
7.4

Luke Haines & Peter Buck

Going Down To The River… To Blow My Mind

Second collaboration between R.E.M.'s Peter Buck and Luke Haines (The Auteurs, Baader Meinhof, Black Box Recorder)

Added: 30/07/2025
7.2

Wisp

If Not Winnter

Debut album from the San Francisco shoegaze artist Natalie R. Lu working with multiple producers including Stint, Aldn, Julian Emken, Photographic Memory, Kraus, Grayskies and Elliott Kozel

Added: 01/08/2025
7.2

Lord Huron

The Cosmic Selector Vol. 1

Fifth album of indie folk from the LA-based band led by Ben Schneider and includes contributions from Kristen Stewart and Blonde Redhead's Kazu Makino

Added: 18/07/2025
7.2

Reneé Rapp

Bite Me

Second studio album from the North Carolina-born pop artist and actress

Added: 01/08/2025
7.1

Tyler, The Creator

Don't Tap the Glass

Ninth album from the Los Angeles-based Odd Future rapper featuring guest appearances from Pharrell Williams (under both his name and his alias Sk8brd), Madison McFerrin and Yebba

Added: 24/07/2025
7.1

Paul Weller

Find El Dorado

Eighteenth full-length solo release from the veteran English rock artist is a covers album with contributions from Amelia Coburn, Noel Gallagher, Seckou Keita, Declan O'Rourke and Robert Plant

Added: 24/07/2025
7.1

Frankie Cosmos

Different Talking

Sixth studio album of low-key indie pop from the New York City-born singer-songwriter Greta Kline

Added: 27/06/2025
7.1

Alice Cooper

The Revenge Of Alice Cooper

First collaboration from surviving members of the original band since 1973 produced by Bob Ezrin (Lou Reed, Peter Gabriel, Pink Floyd)

Added: 28/07/2025
6.9

Rival Consoles

Landscape From Memory

Latest release from the Leicester electornic producer Ryan Lee West

Added: 04/07/2025
6.8

Indigo De Souza

Precipice

Fourth album from the North Carolina-based indie rock musician recorded in Los Angeles with Elliott Kozel

Added: 24/07/2025
6.4

Justin Bieber

Swag

Surprise release from the Canadian pop singer-songwriter feaaturing guest appearances from Eddie Benajamin, Cash Cobain, Dijon, Druski, Gunna, Lil B and Sexyy Red

Added: 12/07/2025
6.3

Kesha

. [Period]

Sixth album from the Nashville, Tennessee pop singer working with producers Nova Wav, Jonathan Wilson, Morten Ristorp, Pink Slip and Rick Rubin

Added: 04/07/2025

Latest Reviews

The Armed The Future Is Here and Everything Needs to Be Destroyed

The Armed gleefully close the door on whatever shreds of accessibility they dallied with on their last few albums before it, but this unrelenting barrage of excitement and glorious confusion is a welcome replacement All Music

The Armed The Future Is Here and Everything Needs to Be Destroyed

The second half of the record has multiple truly enjoyable moments, with ‘Heathen’ being another notable highlight. It is just a struggle to get to those tracks, fighting through the first half of the record Far Out

Folk Bitch Trio Now Would Be A Good Time

Ultimately, your mileage may vary with Now Would be a Good Time, its sound either fresh…or a bit worn-out Under The Radar

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Fresh stuff

moisturizer by Wet Leg

"Spikier, sleazier and sexier, the Isle of Wight duo defy second album syndrome" (9/10 - musicOMH). "The band’s propensity for catchy, danceable garage-punk remains intact" (8/10 - Slant)

Folk Bitch TrioNow Would Be A Good Time
"Breathtaking vocal harmonies, razor-sharp lyrical edge and delicate darkness set this Melbourne band apart" (10/10 - NME). "In short, it’s gorgeous. All ten tracks. Gorgeous" (9/10 - Far Out)

Ryan Davis & The Roadhouse BandNew Threats From the Soul
"Jam-packed with arresting turns of phrase, collapsing structures, and revelatory and bizarre unions of form" (9.7/10 - Paste). "An essential new voice in American indie rock" (8.7/10 - Pitchfork)

Barry Can’t SwimLoner
"A gorgeous and varied album that will surely soundtrack countless summers" (8/10 - Clash). "trades sun-soaked bliss for emotional introspection – without losing the big drops" (8/10 - musicOMH)

GwennoUtopia
"Gwenno roams the cities of her youth on her vivid fourth album" (8/10 - The Skinny). "Gwenno’s songwriting matures compellingly on Utopia" (8/10 - The Line Of Best Fit)

Kesha. [Period]
". isn't just a good album, it's a decisively great one, full stop" (9/10 - All Music). "A buffet of pop styles and only rare hints of her highly-publicised trauma" (8/10 - The Guardian)

Kae TempestSelf Titled
"Instinctive and raw, yet tender to the touch, his most powerful statement yet demands to be heard" (9/10 - musicOMH). "A beefy, self-assured celebration of newfound identity" (8/10 - NME)

Rival ConsolesLandscape From Memory
"A reset of sorts brings forth an album full of positive energy, showcasing electronic music at its most instinctive" (8/10 - musicOMH). "The record's best tracks are exceptional" (7/10 - All Music)

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.

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