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13 November 2026

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U2Carnaval de Luz

"The rock legends return with a tightly focused album that stands as a counterargument to pop-culture doomsaying" (9/10- Rolling Stone). "It’s just humdrum" (4/10 - The Arts Desk)

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Django DjangoDoveland

"Ditching erratic experimentation for an ambient concept, the indie shapeshifters' sixth album is their most coherent in years" (8/10 - musicOMH). "A gorgeous, ruminative sixth LP" (8/10 - The Skinny)

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Kings Of LeonO My Beloved

"A triumphant tenth album, defined by thought-provoking lyricism, unabashed Americana and soothing melodies, making the next chapter of life seem much less daunting" (8/10 - Clash)

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Fontaines D.C.Dopamine Chamber

"A masterpiece from the greatest band of their generation" (10/10 - The Independent). "This is a band firing on all cylinders and staking their claim to be the best band of their generation" (10/10 - Dork)

The AvalanchesNo Bad Memories

"Mad, joyous and utterly absorbing, ‘No Bad Memories’ proves that more than two decades on, The Avalanches can still surprise, and still make a concept this heady feel like pure play" (9/10 - Clash)

Troye SivanShe's The Best

"Adored by the A-list and filling arenas, but without huge smash hits, the Australian singer treads his own distinctive path through pop via shoegaze, Balearic and the Smiths" (8/10 - The Guardian)

Greg FreemanAll Set The Bone

"Full of brazen idiosyncrasies, kinetic explosions, and fortitudinous lyricism that captures one of America’s most talented songwriters on his glorious ascent to the top" (9/10 - Far Out)

Johnny MarrThe Age of Everything

"Once again, Johnny has delivered a strong and assured body of work, with his solo material continuing to go from strength to strength" (9/10 - God Is In The TV)

The TubsHard Life

"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)

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6.3

Howlin' Rain

The Russian Wilds

Fifth album in seven years from this psyechedelic blues rock group from San Francisco

Added: 24/02/2012
6.3

Gemma Ray

Island Fire

Fourth album of 60s-influenced pop noir from the Essex-born, Berlin-based singer-songwriter

Added: 16/04/2012
6.3

Fujiya & Miyagi

Artificial Sweeteners

Fifth album from the heavily Krautrock-influenced electronic four piece from Brighton

Added: 02/05/2014
6.3

Foxygen

Seeing Other People

Sixth album from California indie duo Jonathan Rado and Sam France

Added: 26/04/2019
6.3

Formation

Look At The Powerful People

Debut album from the South-London dance / house band led by twins Will and Matt Ritson and produced by Leon Vynehall

Added: 26/03/2017
6.3

Faust

j US t

Pronounced 'Just Us', the Krautrockers' latest LP comes with an invitation to listeners to build their own music from it

Added: 01/12/2014
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

Primal Scream

Come Ahead

Album number twelve and first in eight years from Bobby Gillespie's psychedelic alt.rock band

Added: 07/11/2024
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

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U2 Carnaval de Luz

This is not a radical reinvention of Rattle And Hum-to-Achtung Baby magnitude, or even a wilful evolution akin to that from How To Dismantle An Atom Bomb to No Line On Th Horizon. The ghosts of U2's past are summoned in numbers, though they are frequently mischievously partnered to interestingly incongruous effect. Print edition only Uncut

U2 Carnaval de Luz

The Irish legends' best work in 25 years homages their eras, brings Brian Eno to bear on keys and even wheels out the late Dolly Parton musicOMH

Royal Blood Dead Company

It’s a record that sounds exactly like you would hope a new Royal Blood album would sound like, it’s little wonder that they are as big as they are, a consistently fine listen God Is In The TV

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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.