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22 May 2026

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Ed O’BrienBlue Morpho

"The guitarist’s album might be the most Radiohead side project yet to emerge from the mother ship" (8/10 - The Irish Times). "Works that move and grow like the building blocks of life itself" (8/10 - Clash)

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The Coral388

"It’s a lucky number thirteen for fans – The Coral remain a band to cherish" (8/10 - Clash). "Every choppy guitar line and snaking Hammond or Farfisa lick form hooks in their own right" (8/10 - The Arts Desk)

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RostamAmerican Stories

"Meticulous, inventive record" (8/10 - Mojo). "A record of reflection and connection that ranks among the more beautiful-sounding you might hear this year" (8/10 - DIY)

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Aldous HardingTrain On The Island

"A spellbinding listen, the high water mark of Harding's singular career" (9/10 - Exclaim. "It’s an oblique character study of herself, and the best album of her career so far" (9/10 - Pitchfork)

KneecapFENIAN

"After their Glastonbury fracas and legal troubles, political friction provides the backbone to this dense, musically adventurous third album" (9/10 - musicOMH).

FrikoSomething Worth Waiting For

"A record that leaves the kind of impression more associated with acts with far lengthier histories" (9/10 - DIY). "A euphoric, breakneck adventure towards a promised land" (8/10 - The Skinny)

Lime GardenMaybe Not Tonight

"A breakup album that wears its messiness on its sleeve, Lime Garden’s second is figuring life out, track by track" (9/10 - NME). "A new indie disco essential" (9/10 - DIY)

Angine de PoitrineVol.II

"There's a ferocity and alienness to the complexity" (10/10 - Exclaim). "It breathes on its own and speaks without words. Angine de Poitrine let the music do the talking" (8.4/10 - Northern Transmissions)

The Twilight SadIt's The Long Goodbye

"An astonishing body of work that firmly emphasizes what an important band The Twilight Sad are" (9/10 - Under The Radar). "A powerful and truly wonderful return from The Twilight Sad" (9/10 - Clash)

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7.3

The Divine Comedy

Foreverland

Eleventh studio album from the Northern Irish orchestral pop band fronted by Neil Hannon

Added: 02/09/2016
7.3

The Decemberists

The King Is Dead

Sixth album from the Portland, Oregon indie folk five-piece fronted by Colin Meloy

Added: 05/01/2011
7.3

The Brian Jonestown Massacre

The Brian Jonestown Massacre

Eighteenth studio album of psychedelic rock from the Anton Newcombe-led seven-piece from San Francisco

Added: 16/03/2019
7.3

The Black Angels

Death Song

Fifth album of psychedelic garage rock from the Austin, Texas five-piece

Added: 19/04/2017
7.3

The Antlers

Undersea

Four-song EP from the acclaimed Brooklyn trio led by Peter Silberman

Added: 26/07/2012
7.3

Swearin’

Fall Into The Sun

Third studio album by reunited emo-punk American trio recorded in Los Angeles and Philadelphia

Added: 05/10/2018
7.3

Steve Gunn And The Black Twig Pickers

Seasonal Hire

Collaboration between the Brooklyn-based guitarist and singer-songwriter and the Virginia Appalachian-folk trio

Added: 26/02/2015
7.3

Stephen Malkmus

Traditional Techniques

Latest studio album, and third in three years, from the former Pavement frontman

Added: 05/03/2020
7.3

Squeeze

Trixies

Sixteenth studio album from the new wave veterans led by Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook

Added: 06/03/2026
7.3

SMOD

SMOD

Third album of bouncy guitar pop / hip hop from this Malian trio, this one produced by genre heavyweight Manu Chao

Added: 03/06/2011
7.3

Sad13

Haunted Painting

Second solo album from the Speedy Ortiz singer and guitarist Sadie Dupuis

Added: 25/09/2020
7.3

Rostam

Half-Light

Debut solo release from the former Vampire Weekend member Rostam Batmanglij

Added: 13/09/2017
7.3

Richard James

We Went Riding

Second solo album from founding member of Welsh indie band Gorky's Zygotic Mynci

Added: 22/06/2010
7.3

Public Service Broadcasting

Every Valley

Third studio album from London krautrock / synthpop band blending news commentary and audio clips about the mining industry in Wales

Added: 01/07/2017
7.3

Prefab Sprout

Let's Change The World With Music

Paddy McAloon's respected British pop act with their first new songs in eight years

Added: 04/09/2009
7.3

Porter Robinson

SMILE! :D

Third full-length studio album from the Atlanta-based electronic producer

Added: 29/07/2024
7.3

Pinkunoizu

Free Time

Debut album from this psychedelic pop group who, despite the Japanese-referencing name, hail from Denmark

Added: 09/04/2012
7.3

Osees

A Foul Form

Twenty-sixth album of psyched-out garage rock from the San Francisco band and third under their second name change, produced by frontman John Dwyer

Added: 13/08/2022
7.3

Os Mutantes

Haih Or Amortecedor

First new release in 35 years from the Brazilian psychedelic rock act and Tropicália exponents

Added: 11/09/2009
7.3

Ora Cogan

Hard Hearted Woman

Latest full-length release from the indie-folk Canadian artist produced with David Parry

Added: 16/03/2026
7.3

Olafur Arnalds

...And They Have Escaped The Weight Of Darkness

Second album from the multi-intrumentalist experimental Icelandic musician and producer

Added: 17/05/2010
7.3

Nicole Atkins

Italian Ice

Fifth album from the Neptune, New Jersey singer-songwriter features members of Spoon, My Morning Jacket and The Bad Seeds

Added: 29/05/2020
7.3

Nedry

Condors

Debut from the experimental London trio, fusing dub, electronica and ambient post-rock

Added: 12/02/2010
7.3

Mogwai

Earth Division

An EP from the Glaswegian post-rock quintet that demonstrates their more subdued side

Added: 08/09/2011
7.3

Micah P Hinson

Micah P Hinson and The Nothing

Fifth studio album from the Texas-based alt.country singer-songwriter and guitarist

Added: 10/03/2014
7.3

Meursault

All Creatures Will Make Merry

Second album of lo-fi indie folk from Edinburgh band led singer-songwriter by Neil Pennycook

Added: 26/05/2010
7.3

Max Richter

From Sleep

Latest release from the classically trained German-born British composer is an hour long offshoot from the original eight hour piece

Added: 14/09/2015
7.3

Matthew Dear

Black City

Fifth studio album from Texan-born electronic maverick producer

Added: 05/08/2010
7.3

Marnie Stern

Marnie Stern

The New York noise rock guitarist and singer-songwriter with her third album

Added: 07/10/2010
7.3

Mark Mulcahy

The Gus

Sixth full-length album from the Massachusetts alt.pop singer-songwriter and Miracle Legion frontman inspired by George Saunders' short stories

Added: 03/07/2019

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Ed O’Brien Blue Morpho

‘Blue Morpho’ offers a reminder that, as he and his other bandmates have repeatedly proved, O’Brien boasts a wholly-uninhibited approach to how rock and pop music is arranged, resulting in works that move and grow like the building blocks of life itself Clash

Kevin Morby Little Wide Open

Represents a musical homecoming for Morby to the Americana that is central to much of his work No Ripcord

Lykke Li The Afterparty

On a purportedly final album, the Swedish electro-pop singer’s disenchantment takes shape around sparkling synth and light-touch disco beats Pitchfork

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Little Wide Open by Kevin Morby

"A masterpiece of simple and, at times, epic proportions that will linger deep within one’s soul" (9/10 - PopMatters). "The eight-minute-long title track is arguably Morby’s greatest song to date" (8/10 - Mojo)

Genesis OwusuRedstar Wu & the Worldwide Scourge
"Seething with righteous anger and moshpit-ready tracks, the Australian artist’s genre-hopping but cohesive LP makes a case for the durability of the form" (10/10 - The Guardian)

The Lemon TwigsLook for Your Mind!
"This is musical joy captured in a record one of the group’s strongest works to date" (9/10 - Clash). "The exultant power-pop on the D'Addario brothers' sixth album is untouchably brilliant" (7/10 - musicOMH)

Broken Social SceneRemember The Humans
"You can hear them having fun, bouncing the ideas off one another" (8.5/10 - Under The Radar). "Celebrates the joy and spirit of a bunch of old friends simply jamming together" (8/10 - musicOMH)

Kacey MusgravesMiddle of Nowhere
"Grammy-winning star revels in sprawling songs about single life, dry spells and toxic exes, against a sonic backdrop inspired by her homes in Mexico and Texas" (10/10 - The Independent)

The Black KeysPeaches!
"‘Peaches!’ is full of dynamism, swirling riffs and pounding drumbeats. It never loses itself in the mele" (8/10 - Clash). "The Black Keys‘ most raw-sounding record" (8/10 - Far Out)

Foo FightersYour Favorite Toy
"An addictive collection that – like most Foos records – demands repeat playing, this is easily one of the albums of the year" (9/10 - Hot Press). "A retread of well-worn ideas" (4.2/10 - Paste)

Ringo StarrLong Long Road
"While he may indeed have travelled a long long road, here he sounds 85 years young" (8/10 - Mojo). "You'd have to go back to the 1970s to find a Ringo Starr solo album that was as well-crafted" (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.