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11 July 2025

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Wet Legmoisturizer

"Spikier, sleazier and sexier, the Isle of Wight duo defy second album syndrome" (9/10 - musicOMH). "The band’s propensity for catchy, danceable garage-punk remains intact" (8/10 - Slant)

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GwennoUtopia

"Gwenno roams the cities of her youth on her vivid fourth album" (8/10 - The Skinny). "Gwenno’s songwriting matures compellingly on Utopia" (8/10 - The Line Of Best Fit)

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Barry Can’t SwimLoner

"A gorgeous and varied album that will surely soundtrack countless summers" (8/10 - Clash). "trades sun-soaked bliss for emotional introspection – without losing the big drops" (8/10 - musicOMH)

Highest Recent Ratings

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Loyle Carnerhopefully!

"Full of love, fatherhood and feeling, the Croydon lyricist’s fourth is less a reinvention than a maturation" (7/10 - musicOMH). "As moving as it is musically satisfying" (8/10 - DIY)

carolineCaroline 2

"Each song is gloriously cinematic, intoxicatingly unexpected and truly powerful, even in its quietest moments" (9/10 - Far Out). "UK post-rock’s preeminent sentimentalists" (8/4/10 - Pitchfork)

StereolabInstant Holograms On Metal Film

"Lætitia Sadier et al pick up where they left off yet sound more timely than ever" (8/10 - The Guardian). "This is highbrow music for lowbrow times" (9/10 - Far Out)

Tune-YardsBetter Dreaming

"May just be their most uplifting and inspiring work" (9/10 - The Line Of Best Fit). "May emerge as one of the Oakland duo’s all-time great records after a few years’ passage" (7.8/10 - Paste)

Ezra FurmanGoodbye Small Head

"A record of unflinching honesty and unparalleled vulnerability" (9/10 - DIY). "There’s an urgency coursing through this startling album’s veins that confirms its creator to be one of the most exciting songwriters around" (8/10 - musicOMH)

Jenny HvalIris Silver Mist

"A personal journey through the past and self, focused on the power of scent in evoking forgotten moments" (10/10 - The Guardian. "An immersive album of beguiling charms about memories, isolation and dislocation" (8/10 - musicOMH)

Self EsteemA Complicated Woman

"Her most concentrated and burning record" (10/10 - DIY). "takes the best parts of Prioritise Pleasure and her debut Compliments Please, and turns it all up to 10" (10/10 - musicOMH)

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The ADM rating is a weighted average from our survey of more than 50 sources , taking into account the number of reviews

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6.0

Is Tropical

Native To

Debut album of psychedelic noise pop from the mysterious London trio

Added: 14/06/2011
6.0

Howling Bells

The Loudest Engine

Third album from London-based Australian indie rock quartet produced by The Killers' bassist Mark Stoermer

Added: 08/09/2011
6.0

David Byrne and Fatboy Slim

Here Lies Love

Concept dance album about Imelda Marcos, featuring an array of guests including Florence Welch, Tori Amos, Martha Wainwright

Added: 04/04/2010
6.0

Dan Black

((un))

Debut solo album from Paris based British singer-songwriter more at home with samples and beats

Added: 13/07/2009
6.0

Damon Albarn

Dr Dee

The musical polymath's latest excursion is an 18-track studio soundtrack to his second opera, described by Albarn as "strange pastoral folk”

Added: 02/05/2012
6.0

Chrissie Hynde

Stockholm

The 62 year old Pretenders frontwoman releases her debut solo record

Added: 06/06/2014
6.0

Bombay Bicycle Club

I Had the Blues But I Shook Them Loose

Debut album from youthful London based indie four piece

Added: 05/07/2009
6.0

Blink-182

Neighborhoods

First album in 6 years from the pop punk trio

Added: 27/09/2011
6.0

Twenty One Pilots

Scaled And Icy

Sixth album from the Columbus, Ohio indie pop duo Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun

Added: 21/05/2021
6.0

The Darkness

Hot Cakes

Third album and first since their 2011 reunion from the English hard rock quartet

Added: 17/08/2012
6.0

Shout Out Louds

Work

Third album of indie rock from Stockholm five-piece

Added: 26/02/2010
6.0

Post War Years

Galapagos

Second album of 80s influenced alt.rock from London quartet

Added: 26/02/2013
6.0

Poor Moon

Poor Moon

Indie folk side project for Fleet Foxes members Christian Wargo and Casey Wescott

Added: 28/08/2012
6.0

Peter Bjorn And John

Breakin' Point

Seventh album from the Swedish indie poppers, released via their own artist collective/record label INGRID

Added: 09/06/2016
6.0

OMD

History of Modern

First album in 14 years from the Liverpool synthpop veterans who first emerged in the late 70s

Added: 17/09/2010
6.0

Lady Gaga

ARTPOP

Third album from the all-pervading NY pop singer, the follow-up to 2011's massive-selling Born This Way

Added: 07/11/2013
6.0

Foxes

All I Need

Second album of electronic pop from the Southampton-born singer-songwriter Louisa Rose Allen

Added: 05/02/2016
6.0

Estelle

All Of Me

The latest album of R&B and soul from the Grammy award winning London singer

Added: 06/03/2012
6.0

Elvis Costello

Secret, Profane And Sugarcane

Largely acoustic album produced by T Bone Burnett and recorded in 3 days in Nashville

Added: 29/05/2009
6.0

Dinosaur Pile-Up

Growing Pains

Debut album of grunge-inspired rock from the Leeds outfit.

Added: 01/10/2010
6.0

Crystal Fighters

Star of Love

Upbeat folktronica and electro-pop married to Balearic house from the Basque outfit on their debut album

Added: 30/09/2010
6.0

Big Sean

I Decided.

Fourth studio album from the Detroit, Michigan hip hop artist featuring appearances from Jeremih, Migos, The-Dream, Jhené Aiko

Added: 09/02/2017
6.0

Badly Drawn Boy

Is There Nothing We Could Do?

Damon Gough with his second soundtrack album for Caroline Aherne's TV film

Added: 13/12/2009
6.0

Augustines

Augustines

The Brooklyn indie trio's second album sees them revert to their original name after being known as We Are Augustines for their first album

Added: 03/02/2014
6.0

Atmosphere

The Family Sign

Latest collection from Minneapolis independent hip hop duo, rapper Slug and DJ/producer Ant

Added: 12/04/2011
6.0

Amy Winehouse

Lioness: Hidden Treasures

Posthumous release comprising outtakes, covers, demos and a handful of new tracks from the soul / R&B singer

Added: 28/11/2011
6.0

Amy Millan

Masters of the Burial

Second solo album from the Canadian indie rock singer and guitarist and Broken Social Scene member

Added: 30/11/2009
6.0

Adventure

Lesser Known

Second album of 80s influenced retro-pop from Baltimore-based Benny Boeldt

Added: 25/03/2011
6.0

The Cult

Hidden City

Tenth studio album from the British alt rock outfit, the final part of the trilogy started with 2007's Born into This

Added: 05/02/2016
6.0

Stevie Jackson

(I Can't Get No) Stevie Jackson

Debut album from the Belle and Sebastian songwriter, indulging in his 60s pop sensibilities

Added: 27/10/2011

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Latest Reviews

Wet Leg moisturizer

After the whirlwind of their debut album, the Isle Of Wight band could have capitulated to the pressure. Instead, they return smarter, sexier and altogether stronger NME

Wet Leg moisturizer

There’s also a fluidity to the entirety of Moisturizer that ventures beyond the limitations of the debut and everything Wet Leg signalled in their early stages Far Out

Barry Can’t Swim Loner

Loner is an easy improvement over Barry Can't Swim's debut album, and he retains his ability to craft reflective, sentimental material while strengthening his skills at making airtight tracks designed to ignite the dancefloor All Music

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Fresh stuff

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Virgin by Lorde

"The pop star turns inward and redefines who she wants to be on her most introspective record yet" (9/10 - Rolling Stone). "Returns to pop’s fray to revel in the mess of late-20s angst" (8/10 - The Guardian)

Kesha. [Period]
". isn't just a good album, it's a decisively great one, full stop" (9/10 - All Music). "A buffet of pop styles and only rare hints of her highly-publicised trauma" (8/10 - The Guardian)

Kae TempestSelf Titled
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"A reset of sorts brings forth an album full of positive energy, showcasing electronic music at its most instinctive" (8/10 - musicOMH). "The record's best tracks are exceptional" (7/10 - All Music)

Frankie CosmosDifferent Talking
"A tight 17-track, 38-minute album that should be welcomed by all fans" (8/10 - All Music). "A warm blanket of bedroom pop vignettes, Frankie Cosmos's sixth album is a comforting listening" (6/10 - The Skinny)

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"It’s perhaps the finest release of his career from start to finish, and that’s beating some stiff competition" (9/10 - Far Out). "An outstanding album — ambitious, honest, and unpredictable" (9/10 - XS Noize)

HaimI quit
"This sublime collection of breakup bangers could well be the soundtrack to your summer" (10/10 - Rolling Stone UK). "Rarely works up a sweat yet maintains a jiggling, low-level funk" (8/10 - The Arts Desk)

Hotline TNTRaspberry Moon
"Guitar hero epics and riffs galore are abundant across the tracklist" (8/10 - The Line Of Best Fit). "A newly collaborative approach is a good look on the NYC outfit" (8/10 - The Skinny)

LifeguardRipped And Torn
"Chicago trio put their own fresh twist on classic art-punk" (8/10 - Rolling Stone). "A blast of circular-saw guitars, baffling lyrics and effervescent melody" (8/10 - The Guardian)

TurnstileNever Enough
"On their exceptional new album, the US band double down on the vibrant eccentricity of 2021’s ‘Glow On’" (10/10 - NME). "It’s nothing short of a masterpiece" (10/10 - Dork

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.