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1 November 2024

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Laura MarlingPatterns in Repeat Signed

"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)

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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).

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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)

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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)

Gillian Welch & David RawlingsWoodland

"The intuitive bond between the two musicians remains at the forefront of their terrific new album, full of quiet adventures and clear empathy" (8/10 - Pitchfork)

BeabadoobeeThis Is How Tomorrow Moves

"It fizzes with energy gleaned from Nirvana and Beck, The Breeders and Blondie" (8/10 - The Arts Desk). "Marks the maturing of a fine talent" (8/10 - The Irish Times)

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8.0

Johnny Blue Skies

Passage Du Desir

The latest release from Americana singer Sturgill Simpson under this moniker was recorded in Tennesse and Abbey Road in London

Added: 15/07/2024
8.0

John Murry

The Graceless Age

Debut solo release from the Mississippi-born, California-based Americana singer-songwriter and guitarist (and relative of William Faulkner)

Added: 14/05/2013
8.0

Empress Of

For Your Consideration

Fourth album from the Los Angeles electro-pop singer-songwriter Lorely Rodriguez includes guest appearances from MUNA and Rina Sawayama

Added: 21/03/2024
8.0

Elysia Crampton

Elysia Crampton Presents: Demon City

Second full-length release from the Virginia-based experimental electronic producer

Added: 01/08/2016
8.0

Car Seat Headrest

Teens of Denial

Second label-backed release from Will Toledo's lo-fi indie rock project

Added: 18/05/2016
8.0

Bruce Springsteen

Letter to You

Album number twenty from the veteran singer-songwriter recorded over five days with the E Street Band and producer Ron Aniello

Added: 19/10/2020
8.0

British Sea Power

From the Sea to the Land Beyond

The idiosyncratic indie rock sextet's 6th full-length release is the soundtrack to a film about the British coast by Penny Woolcock

Added: 10/12/2013
8.0

Being Dead

EELS

Second album from the Austin, Texas pop-rock duo Juli Keller and Cody Dosier produced by John Congleton

Added: 28/09/2024
8.0

Amanda Shires

Take It Like A Man

Seventh full-length solo album from the Texas-born singer-songwriter produced by Lawrence Rothman

Added: 03/08/2022
8.0

Thom Yorke

ANIMA

Third solo album from the Radiohead frontman produced by longtime collaborator Nigel Godrich

Added: 28/06/2019
8.0

The Knife

Shaking The Habitual

Long-awaited album No.4 from Swedish synthpop siblings Karin Dreijer Andersson and Olof Dreijer, their first since 2006's Silent Shout

Added: 03/04/2013
8.0

The 1975

A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships

Third album from Manchester-based indie rock / pop quartet produced by Matthew Healy and George Daniel

Added: 24/11/2018
8.0

Taylor Swift

Evermore

Second surprise release of 2020 from the singer-songwriter with contributions from Jack Antonoff, Aaron Dessner, Haim, The National and Justin Vernon

Added: 11/12/2020
8.0

Spoon

Lucifer On The Sofa

Tenth studio album from the Austin, Texas indie rock band formed in 1993 working with producers Mark Rankin, Justin Raisen and Dave Fridmann

Added: 09/02/2022
8.0

Spanish Love Songs

Brave Faces Everyone

Third album from the Los Angeles pop-punk five-piece

Added: 11/02/2020
8.0

serpentwithfeet

Deacon

Second album of soulful r&b from the Baltimore born Josiah Wise

Added: 24/03/2021
8.0

Scuba

Triangulation

Second album blending dubstep, techno, garage and electronica from producer and DJ Paul Rose

Added: 02/04/2010
8.0

Sault

Untitled (Black Is)

Third full-length album from the British R&B collective working with producer Inflo (Little Simz, Michael Kiwanuka)

Added: 17/11/2020
8.0

Parquet Courts

Light Up Gold

Second album from the NY garage rock / post-punk band led by Austin Brown and Andrew Savage (from Fergus and Geronimo)

Added: 14/01/2013
8.0

Kojey Radical

Reason To Smile

Debut album from the London rapper and MOBO Award nominee Kwadwo Adu Genfi Amponsah

Added: 11/03/2022
8.0

Joan As Police Woman

Lemons, Limes and Orchids

Fifth full-length release from the Connecticut indie singer-songwriter Joan Wasser was recorded live

Added: 27/09/2024
8.0

Jack White

Blunderbuss

The former White Stripe, Racontuer and Dead Weather-man releases his first solo collection of fuzzed up blues

Added: 17/04/2012
8.0

Isaiah Rashad

The House Is Burning

Third studio album by the Tennessee hip hop artist who featuring contributions from The House Jay Rock and SZA, Lil Uzi Vert, Duke Deuce, Smino, Amindi and 6lack

Added: 04/08/2021
8.0

Gorillaz

Plastic Beach

Plenty of acclaim for Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett's third studio release, a multi-genre effort with a stellar guest list

Added: 25/02/2010
8.0

Earl Sweatshirt

Doris

First full-length album from LA-based rapper and member of hip hop collective Odd Future

Added: 20/08/2013
8.0

DJ Koze

Knock Knock

Latest release from the Hamburg techno producer Stefan Kozalla includes guest appearances from Wagner, Róisín Murphy and Speech (Arrested Development)

Added: 03/05/2018
8.0

Christopher Owens

I Wanna Run Barefoot Through Your Hair

Fourth solo album of indie rock from the former Girls frontman co-produced with Doug Boehm (French Kicks, Ezra Furman, Girls)

Added: 25/10/2024
8.0

Christine and the Queens

La vita nuova

Five song EP from Nantes-born artist Héloïse Letissier which is also accompanied by a short film

Added: 11/03/2020
8.0

Blood Orange

Negro Swan

Fourth album as Blood Orange from Dev Hynes the multi-faceted singer-songwriter and producer behind Lightspeed Champion and Test Icicles

Added: 23/08/2018
8.0

Wild Flag

Wild Flag

Debut long-player from the all-female US indie rock supergroup comprising members of Sleater-Kinney, Helium and The Minders

Added: 13/09/2011

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