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20 September 2026

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BeckRide Lonesome

"On his first album in seven years, Beck keeps the quality control extremely high as he surveys mid-50s malaise in the wake of divorce" (10/10 - The Guardian). "A masterpiece of melancholia" (10/10 - Mojo)

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Carly Rae JepsenDay & Night

"Carly Rae Jepsen’s sprawling new double album celebrates full-time love and commitment with sweet, sunny tracks for Day and sleeker, dancier songs for Night" (7.5/10 - Pitchfork)

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BeabadoobeePylon

"This is where she came from, this is what shaped her, and she’s the one at the helm" (8/10 - DIY). "The Dirty Hit signee embraces uncertainty on a rawer, more forceful fourth album" (8/10 - NME)

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Arab StrapHalf-Told Tales

"Aidan Moffat and Malcolm Middleton offer a meditation on age, modern life and the past, offering hope and resilience – and evidence that things can get better" (9/10 - musicOMH)

Billy StringsSo Much For Goodbyes

"The crossover star’s introspective sixth album is full of memories of his mother, who died in 2025, bringing his dextrous guitar to songs rooted in tradition and yearning" (10/10 - The Guardian)

Westside CowboyIt Goes On

"What an undeniable rock inferno this band has unleashed, where even the quiet parts will swallow or split you" (10/10 - Paste). "A debut that proves to be more than worth the hype" (10/10 - Rolling Stone UK)

Getdown ServicesMassive Champion

"A ridiculous triumph" (9/10 - DIY). "The buzzy Minehead-via-Bristol party-starters shake off the 'joke band' label and face up to doubt on nuanced album number two" (8/10 - NME)

Laura VeirsTemple Songs

"Recorded produced and performed entirely on her own, this gorgeously crafted album serves as a soothing balm in turbulent times" (8/10 - musicOMH).

THE CHART: THE TOP RATED NEW ALBUMS

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8.4
ADM Rating

Westside Cowboy

It Goes On

Debut full-length release from the Manchester indie rock quartet who won Glastonbury's Emerging Talent Competition in 2025

Added: 18/08/2026
8.2

Billy Strings

So Much For Goodbyes

Fifth album from the Michigan-born bluegrass musician produced with T Bone Burnett and featuring guest appearances by Allison Krauss, Del McCoury and Lindsay Lou

Added: 04/09/2026
8.0

Lambchop

Punching The Clown

Latest release from Kurt Wagner's Nashville alt country outfit featuring a contribution from Justin Vernon and produced by Gayngs founder Ryan Olson

Added: 18/08/2026
8.0

Arab Strap

Half-Told Tales

Third album since they reformed from the Scottish indie rock duo Aidan Moffat and Malcolm Middleton and produced with Paul Savage

Added: 04/09/2026
8.0

L’Rain

fata morgana

Fourth album from the Brooklyn based multi-instrumentalist Taja Cheek

Added: 19/08/2026
8.0

Beck

Ride Lonesome

Fifteenth studio album and first in seven years from the art pop singer-songwriter was self-produced and mixed by Nigel Godrich

Added: 17/09/2026
8.0

Chat Pile

Who Loves The Sun

Third full-length album from Oklahoma City noise rock band featuring contributions from Claire Hannah and Brittany Sawtelle from Nightosphe

Added: 04/09/2026
7.9

James Ellis Ford

Lost In Another World

Second solo release from former The Last Shadow Puppets/Simian Mobile Disco member made while he was undergoing chemotherapy for acute myeloid leukemia

Added: 14/08/2026
7.8

Interpol

This Mirror Weighs a Ton

Eighth album from the New York indie rock band produced by Andrew Wyatt (Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Dua Lipa, Liam Gallagher)

Added: 27/08/2026
7.8

Open Mike Eagle & Kenny Segal

DOOMED!

Collaboration between the Chicago-born rapper and the LA-based DJ and producer

Added: 14/08/2026
7.8

Getdown Services

Massive Champion

Second album from the Bristol-based indie rock duo Ben Sadler and Josh Law

Added: 14/08/2026
7.8

The Tubs

Hard Life

Third full-length release from the Welsh indie rock band featuring contributions from Rachel Kenedy, Ex-Void's Lan McArdle and George Nicholls

Added: 11/09/2026
7.7

Dexy Midnight Runners

LOVE

Seventh studio album from Kevin Rowland’s band and first under the full name since 1985 was produced by David Holmes

Added: 04/09/2026
7.7

Mastodon

Marrow Deep

Ninth album from the Atlanta heavy metal group recorded a week after the death of former bandmate Brent Hinds

Added: 28/08/2026
7.6

The Afghan Whigs

Soft Control

Tenth full-length studio album from the Ohio alt.rock band recorded in Cincinnati, East Hollywood, Joshua Tree and New Orleans

Added: 21/08/2026
7.6

Alabama Shakes

I Must Be Dreaming

Third studio album from the Athens, Alabama soul rock quartet and first since 2015 produced with Shawn Everett (Kacey Musgraves, The War on Drugs, The Killers)

Added: 27/08/2026
7.5

Dinosaur Jr

There Near

Thirteenth album and first in five years from the Massachusetts alt/indie rock stalwarts

Added: 28/08/2026
7.4

Julia Holter

Materia

Seventh studio album by Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter produced with Kenny Gilmore

Added: 21/08/2026
7.4

Carly Rae Jepsen

Day & Night

Eighth album from the Canadian dance pop artist is a double album

Added: 18/09/2026
7.3

The Mountain Goats

Days

Album number twenty-four from the lo-fi indie folk band led by John Darnielle

Added: 12/08/2026
7.3

Haroumi Hosono

Yours Sincerely

First full-length solo release of new music from the Japanese musician, singer, songwriter and record producer

Added: 14/09/2026
7.3

Weezer

Weezer [Gold Album]

Twentieth studio album from the LA pop-rock band working with producers Klas Åhlund and Kenneth Blume

Added: 21/08/2026
7.3

This is Lorelei

The Singer In My Band

Third full-length release from the Vermont singer-songwriter and producer Nate Amos and first on Matador

Added: 10/09/2026
7.3

The Linda Lindas

Gotta Get Out

Third album from the Los Angeles punk rock quartet featuring a guest appearance from Hayley Williams

Added: 01/09/2026
7.3

Laura Veirs

Temple Songs

Album number fourteen from the Oregon folk singer-songwriter was produced and performed on her own

Added: 14/08/2026
7.2

Chelsea Wolfe

The Dark

Eighth studio album from the Sacramento experimental, noise-folk singer-songwriter working with longtime collaborator Ben Chisholm and songwriter Jennifer Decilveo

Added: 24/08/2026
7.2

Jim James

Wowed Out

Fifth solo album of psychedelic indie rock from the My Morning Jacket frontman features new songs created from music originally recorded for film projects with Brian Reitzell in the 2010s

Added: 03/09/2026
7.1

Jungle

Sunshine

Fifth album of modern soul from the London-based collective led by electronic producers Josh Lloyd-Watson and Tom McFarland

Added: 14/08/2026
7.1

Mike D 5D

Thank You

Debut solo release from Beastie Boys' Mike D featuring his sons Skyler and Davis

Added: 27/08/2026
7.1

Beabadoobee

Pylon

Fourth full-length release from the Filipino-born Londoner Beatrice Laus includes contributions from The 1975's George Daniel, Matty Healy, Deftones' Chino Moreno and Hayley Williams

Added: 18/09/2026

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Fresh stuff

Hard Life by The Tubs

"An album that consolidates and amplifies both 2023’s debut Dead Meat and last year’s Cotton Crown, transcending notions of what indie rock is supposed to be in the 21st century" (10/10 - Mojo)

Dexy Midnight RunnersLOVE
"It’s easy to be charmed by LOVE, which transcends place and generation to immerse us once again in the Dexys Midnight Runners world" (8/10 - The Line Of Best Fit)

This is LoreleiThe Singer In My Band
"Nate Amos’ latest album as This Is Lorelai is a spellbinding AOTY contender" (8/10 - No Ripcord). "It’s the sound of a songwriter sketching out his own gospel" (8/10 - Pitchfork)

Chat PileWho Loves The Sun
"An extraordinary record; a layered portrait of a world sleepwalking into disaster that is somehow gripping and even fun, in a mosh-the-pain-away manner" (9/10 - Clash)

InterpolThis Mirror Weighs a Ton
"The NYC gloom-mongers up their game to examine themselves and the world for the unifying and experimental album number eight" (9/10 - NME). "A fantastic return" (8/10 - Clash)

MastodonMarrow Deep
"One of the many great things about Marrow Deep is that it doesn’t try to reduce or oversimplify its sentiments at the expense of their power" (8/10 - Kerrang!)

Alabama ShakesI Must Be Dreaming
"From musicianship to introspection, immersive production to well-timed political critiques, this is the long-awaited Alabama Shakes follow-up fans have been dreaming of" (8/10 - Exclaim)

Brandon FlowersThrasher
"Even a couple of bafflingly misguided social commentary songs can’t detract from the joys of Flowers’ classically full-throated commitment to the Nashville bit" (8/10 - The Guardian)

LambchopPunching The Clown
"Lambchop's 17th album is a thing of spine-tingling hymnal beauty" (9/10 - Uncut). "Its bold confidence to be unapologetically hymnal in the chaotic year of 2026 is fresh and commendable" 8/10 - Far Out)

JungleSunshine
"Over a decade and still churning out albums like this. Jungle seem completely incapable of putting a foot wrong at this point" (10/10 - Far Out). "A summer smasher" (8/10 - Record Collector)

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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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