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16 November 2024

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Michael KiwanukaSmall Changes

"A boundless effort that, while revelling in its musical referents stands tall, ceaselessly, beside them" (10/10 - The Skinny). "It's a record built to last" (8/10 - Record Collector)

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Linkin ParkFrom Zero

"Compact and intense, the band’s first album since the death of Chester Bennington is a powerful tribute to their legacy" (8/10 - musicOMH) "An opinion-splitting return" (5/10 - Clash)

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Primal ScreamCome Ahead

"A triumph in thematic/aural juxtaposition. Up there with Primal Scream’s best" (8/10 Mojo) OR "Not even David Holmes’s involvement can save this woefully inadequate collection" (2/10 - Irish Times)

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Amyl And The SniffersCartoon Darkness

"It's a truly glorious rock’n’roll album that is forceful without being simplistic and lairy while maintaining a good sense of humour" - 10/10 - The Arts Desk).

Christopher OwensI Wanna Run Barefoot Through Your Hair

"Potentially one of the year’s best records" (10/10 - DIY). "A must-listen for anyone who’s ever been in the type of love that doesn’t always get a light shone on it" (9/10 - Northern Transmissions)

Ezra CollectiveDance, No One's Watching

"This is truly a fresh musical experience, rather than being just another jazz record" (9/10 - Far Out). "A joyful reminder of music’s ability to bring people together, to move us, and to make us dance" (8/10 - Clash)

Jamie xxIn Waves

"Blistering return from dance’s master craftsman" (10/10 - The irish Times). "Jamie xx has delivered a masterpiece that will linger long after the last beat fades" (9/10 - Clash)

Floating PointsCascade

"Cherish it while you can, before he sets off on a completely different tangent once more" (8/10 - Far Out). "Easily the most successful work he's made as a dance producer" (8/10 - All Music)

MJ LendermanManning Fireworks

"A collection of caricatures ballooned by empathy, bruised egos, and lovable self-destruction" (9.2/10 - Paste). "It's the release he's been waiting for since the first utterances of the album" (9/10 - Exclaim)

Nick Cave And The Bad SeedsWild God

"The dark intensities are leavened by something peculiar in Cave’s oeuvre: joy" (8/10 - The Arts Desk). "The joy after the storm" (8/10 - The Irish Times)

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7.1

Prince

Welcome 2 America

Latest posthumous album from the legendary artist who died in 2016 was recorded in 2010 with the New Power Generation features eleven originals

Added: 27/07/2021
7.1

Plaid

Reachy Prints

London-based duo Andy Turner and Ed Handley released their latest brand of IDM, glitchy electronic techno

Added: 20/05/2014
7.1

Peggy Sue

Fossils And Other Phantoms

The London alt.folk trio led by Rosa Slade and Katy Young with their much-anticipated debut album

Added: 03/04/2010
7.1

Owen

The King Of Whys

Eighth solo album from the Chicago indie rock singer-songwriter Mike Kinsella produced by S. Carey

Added: 29/07/2016
7.1

Our Broken Garden

Golden Sea

Debut solo album of orchestral dream pop from sometime Efterklang keyboardist Anna Bronsted

Added: 15/10/2010
7.1

NZCA Lines

NZCA/Lines

The one-time member of indie pop band Your Twenties has switched direction to produce R&B influenced pop music

Added: 24/02/2012
7.1

Nothing

Dance On The Blacktop

Third album from the Philadelphia shoegaze group led by Domenic Palermo produced by John Agnello ( Kurt Vile, Sonic Youth, Alvvays, Dinosaur Jr., Thurston Moore)

Added: 24/08/2018
7.1

Nonkeen

The Gamble

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

Added: 05/02/2016
7.1

Neon Neon

Praxis Makes Perfect

Second collaboration from Super Furry Animals frontman Gruff Rhys and hip hop producer Boom Bip

Added: 24/04/2013
7.1

Nadine Shah

Love Your Dum And Mad

Debut album of jazz-tinged alt.folk by the London based singer-songwriter, recorded with and produced by Ben Hillier (Blur, Depeche Mode, The Horrors)

Added: 17/07/2013
7.1

Mykki Blanco

Mykki

Debut studio album from the multi-gendered OC rapper

Added: 16/09/2016
7.1

Music Go Music

Expressions

Debut album of classic melodic 70s pop from the LA band

Added: 19/02/2010
7.1

Mouse On Mars

Parastrophics

The tenth album from this German duo sees them delving into house and techno

Added: 28/02/2012
7.1

Moon Duo

Mazes

Synth drone and heavy psychedelic pop on the second album from Wooden Shjips singer and guitarist Eric "Ripley" Johnson teamed with Sanae Yamada

Added: 13/04/2011
7.1

Moon Duo

Shadow Of The Sun

Fourth album of ambient psychedelic rock from Wooden Shjips guitarist Ripley Johnson and Sanae Yamada

Added: 26/02/2015
7.1

Mogwai

Kin

The latest soundtrack from the Scottish post-rock band and first for a major Hollywood production

Added: 29/08/2018
7.1

Mercury Rev

The Light in You

First studio album in seven years from the psychedelic dream pop band formed in 1989

Added: 22/09/2015
7.1

Meg Baird

Seasons On Earth

Acoustic folk / Americana on the second solo album from the founding member of Philadelphia folkies Espers

Added: 21/09/2011
7.1

Matmos

The Marriage of True Minds

First new full-length album in five years from the San Francisco experimental duo, a collection of electronic conceptual noise and songs based on psychic experiments

Added: 17/02/2013
7.1

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: 16/03/2015
7.1

Man Man

Life Fantastic

More experimental rock on the fourth album from from the Philadelphia outfit, produced by Mike Mogis

Added: 06/05/2011
7.1

Malcolm Middleton

Waxing Gibbous

Fifth solo album from the former Arab Strap singer and guitarist

Added: 04/07/2009
7.1

M. Ward

A Wasteland Companion

Album number seven from the Californian indie/folk singer-songwriter and guitarist

Added: 06/04/2012
7.1

Lykke Li

Eyeye

Fifth album of synth pop from Swedish singer, songwriter and model produced her longtime collaborator Björn Yttling of Peter Bjorn and John

Added: 20/05/2022
7.1

Lost Under Heaven

Love Hates What You Become

Second full-length studio release from Manchester art-rock duo Ebony Hoorn and Ellery James Roberts recorded in Los Angeles with producer John Congleton, known for his Grammy-winning work with St. Vincent, Swans, Explosions in the Sky and Sigur Ros

Added: 16/01/2019
7.1

Lizzo

Special

Fourth album and major label debut from the Minneapolis alternative hip-hop artist Melissa Jefferson

Added: 15/07/2022
7.1

Liturgy

Aesthethica

Second album from the Brooklyn-based black metal four-piece

Added: 13/05/2011
7.1

Little Roy

Battle For Seattle

Jamaican roots reggae legend Little Roy covers a selection of Nirvana songs

Added: 05/09/2011
7.1

Lissie

My Wild West

Third album from the Illinois folk rock singer-songwriter Elisabeth Corrin Maurus

Added: 11/02/2016
7.1

Lindstrom & Christabelle

Real Life Is No Cool

Dance producer Hans-Peter Lindstrøm teams up with fellow Norwegian singer Christabelle in his latest beat-heavy project

Added: 22/01/2010

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Patterns in Repeat by Laura Marling

"Both stunningly intimate and endearingly raw" (10/10 - DIY). "A homey, quiet record. It’s one of the best of her career" (8.3/10 - Pitchfork). "Simple, graceful, moving, tender" (9/10 - Uncut)

Mount EerieNight Palace
"A record of such substance that it takes a few listens to really make sense he’s produced one of his best yet" (9/10 - The Line Of Best Fit). "He’s produced one of his best yet" (8/10 - Far Out)

Soccer MommyEvergreen
"As nuanced as it is captivating" (10/10 - The Skinny). "Even though it stems from the worst of times, it might well be her best album yet" (8/10 - Dork). "It makes you feel less alone" (8/10 - DIY)

GoatGoat
"It invites us to bask in rich soundscapes that can often overwhelm—but in the best way possible" (9/10 - Far Out). "Goat continue to make some magical and mysterious music" (8/10 - Record Collector)

Leon BridgesLeon
"The musician’s emotional fourth album borrows liberally from the past but the themes are modern and the sound utterly timeless" (10/10 - The Observer). "A beautifully constructed contradiction" (9/10 - Far Out)

Geordie GreepThe New Sound
"Somehow bolder, stranger and more accessible than his work with Black Midi" (10/10 - Loud And Quiet). "Absolutely bonkers and utterly brilliant" (9/10 - DIY). "Wildly accomplished and utterly absurd" (8/10 - Far Out)

Pale WavesSmitten
"There’s a newfound directness and pop joy on the Manchester band’s fourth record" (8/10 - NME). "May be the band’s most complete package to date" (8/10 - The Skinny)

Alan SparhawkWhite Roses, My God
"A brave undertaking; perhaps a new beginning; certainly a triumph" (8.6/10 - Northern Transmissions). "Grief has never sounded so captivating" (9/10 - Clash)

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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