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5 November 2024

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Tyler, The CreatorChromakopia

"‘It has depth, it has worldbuilding, but just as importantly, it has some absolute bangers, too" (10/10 - Dork). "it's as free as he's ever sounded" (9/10 - The Line Of Best Fit)

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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)

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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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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)

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)

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6.3

Enter Shikari

The Spark

Fifth album from the St. Albans, Herrfordshire group who blend electronica and post hardcore

Added: 22/09/2017
6.3

Ensemble

Excerpts

Third album of orchestral folk-pop from French-born, Montreal-based musician and composer Olivier Alary

Added: 17/01/2011
6.3

Electric Guest

Mondo

This American duo specialise in pop informed by funk and soul on their debut album, produced by Danger Mouse

Added: 09/05/2012
6.3

Dirty Beaches

Stateless

Four long instrumentals on the final album under this moniker from Montreal-based Taiwanese musician Alex Zhang Hungtai

Added: 03/11/2014
6.3

Cloud Boat

Model Of You

Second album in two years from the of electronica / indie folk London duo Sam Ricketts and Tom Clarke

Added: 08/07/2014
6.3

Cage The Elephant

Melophobia

Third album of blues punk / alt.rock from American band, recorded in Nashville

Added: 22/10/2013
6.3

Blossoms

Cool Like You

Second album of indie pop from the Stockport, England quintet

Added: 27/04/2018
6.3

Blood Red Shoes

Blood Red Shoes

Fourth full-length release from the Brighton based hard-hitting indie rock duo, their first self-produced album, recorded over six months in Berlin

Added: 28/02/2014
6.3

Beck

Colors

Album number thirteen from the art pop singer-songwriter co-produced by Greg Kurstin (Adele, Ellie Goulding, Pink, the Shins)

Added: 12/10/2017
6.3

Weezer

Van Weezer

Fiftenth studio album from the LA pop-rock band produced by Suzy Shinn (Fall Out Boy, Panic! at the Disco) and dedicated to Eddie Van Halen

Added: 06/05/2021
6.3

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Unlimited Love

Twelfth studio album from the veteran Californian alt.rock band produced by Rick Rubin and with guitarist John Frusciante since 2006's Stadium Arcadium

Added: 01/04/2022
6.3

Mogwai

A Wrenched Virile Lore

Album of remixes of tracks from the Scottish post-rock veterans' 2011 album Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will

Added: 19/11/2012
6.3

Jay-Z

The Blueprint 3

Studio album number 10 from the hip hop giant

Added: 11/09/2009
6.3

Darwin Deez

Songs For Imaginative People

Second album of self-produced lo-fi pop from New Yorker Darwin Smith

Added: 06/02/2013
6.3

Band of Skulls

Sweet Sour

This power trio from Southampton release their second album of alternative rock

Added: 14/02/2012
6.3

Band Of Horses

Infinite Arms

The North Carolina indie rockers veering more towards a country / roots sound on their third album

Added: 06/05/2010
6.3

Ariana Grande

My Everything

Second album from the 21 year old American pop star, featuring Iggy Azalea, Childish Gambino and ASAP Ferg and others

Added: 24/08/2014
6.3

Ani DiFranco

Which Side Are You On?

Seventeenth album of alt.folk from the Buffalo singer, championed as a feminist icon

Added: 15/01/2012
6.3

Years & Years

Communion

Debut from the London-based electronica trio who won the BBC Sound Of 2015 poll

Added: 03/07/2015
6.3

The Vaselines

V For Vaselines

Third studio album from reformed Glasgow-based indie pop duo Eugene Kelly and Frances McKee

Added: 29/09/2014
6.3

The Lemonheads

Varshons

Evan Dando and his reformed band, with an album of covers

Added: 12/06/2009
6.3

The Cave Singers

No Witch

Third album from the Seattle alt.folk trio produced by Randall Dunn (Sun O))) and Black Mountain)

Added: 22/02/2011
6.3

Shy Child

Liquid Love

The Brooklyn new rave / electro duo, adopting a more pop funk feel on their second album

Added: 26/02/2010
6.3

Rick Ross

Mastermind

Kanye West, Jake One, Lil Wayne, French Montana The Weeknd are among the collaborators on the 6th album from the Miami rapper

Added: 07/03/2014
6.3

Red Hot Chili Peppers

The Getaway

Eleventh studio album from the veteran Californian funk rockers and second to feature new guitarist Josh Klinghoffer, produced by Danger Mouse

Added: 16/06/2016
6.3

Quasi

American Gong

Latest release of alt.rock adventures from the oft-changing outfit formed from members of Heatmiser and Sleater-Kinney

Added: 19/02/2010
6.3

Moby & The Void Pacific Choir

These Systems Are Failing

Album number thirteen from the NY electronic musician and first under this moniker

Added: 18/10/2016
6.3

Miike Snow

iii

Third album from the Stockholm indie pop/house act, with a guest appearance from Charli XCX

Added: 04/03/2016
6.3

Merle Haggard

Working in Tennessee

The latest album from the 74 year old country music veteran

Added: 06/10/2011
6.3

Mac DeMarco

Here Comes The Cowboy

The fourth full-length release for the Los Angeles-based Canadian multi-instrumentalist and multi-media artist

Added: 07/05/2019

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