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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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7.8

Future Islands

Singles

Fourth album of synthpop / new wave from the Baltimore trio and their first on 4AD

Added: 18/03/2014
7.8

Fuck Buttons

Slow Focus

Third album from the UK experimental electronic duo John Power and Andrew Hung and follow up to the highly acclaimed Tarot Sport

Added: 15/07/2013
7.8

Factory Floor

Factory Floor

Long-awaited debut full-length release from the London trio who specialise in creating industrial disco and techno using analogue machines

Added: 03/09/2013
7.8

Edwyn Collins

Losing Sleep

First album since his remarkable recovery from illness from the indie legend and former Orange Juice frontman

Added: 12/09/2010
7.8

Doe

Some Things Last Longer Than You

Debut album from the London-based DIY three-piece, produced by MJ of Hookworms

Added: 29/09/2016
7.8

Desperate Journalist

Grow Up

Second album from the London post-punk fourpiece fronted by Jo Bevan

Added: 30/03/2017
7.8

Cloud Nothings

Here and Nowhere Else

Third studio album of lo-fi bedroom indie-rock from Dylan Baldi and his band

Added: 26/03/2014
7.8

Chelsea Wolfe

She Reaches Out To She Reaches Out To She

Seventh studio album from the Sacramento experimental, noise-folk singer-songwriter produced by TV on the Radio guitarist Dave Sitek

Added: 06/02/2024
7.8

Black Midi

Cavalcade

Second full-length album from the experimental rock band produced by John "Spud" Murphy

Added: 25/05/2021
7.8

Alt-J

The Dream

Fourth album from the Leeds art rock trio produced by Charlie Andrew (Darwin Deez, Nick Mulvey, Benjamin Francis Leftwich)

Added: 09/02/2022
7.8

Alfie Templeman

Forever Isn't Long Enough

Debut mini-album of indie pop from the English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer

Added: 07/05/2021
7.8

Alabama Shakes

Sound And Colour

Second studio album from the Athens, Alabama soul rock quartet produced by Blake Mills (Jesca Hoops, Sky Ferriera)

Added: 15/04/2015
7.8

Against Me!

Transgender Dysphoria Blues

The Florida melodic punk quartet's 6th album and first since leader Laura Jane Grace came out as transgendered in 2012

Added: 21/01/2014
7.8

YAK

Alas Salvation

Debut album from the London-based indie rock trio produced by Pulp's bassist Steve Mackey (M.I.A., Florence + the Machine, Palma Violets)

Added: 10/05/2016
7.8

Waxahatchee

Ivy Tripp

Third album from the New York City-via-Alabama indie singer-songwriter Katie Crutchfield

Added: 02/04/2015
7.8

Valerie June

The Moon And Stars: Prescriptions For Dreamers

Fifth studio album from the Memphis soul / blues singer-songwriter produced by Jack Splash

Added: 12/03/2021
7.8

The xx

I See You

Third album of indie rock / dream pop from the London trio recorded in LA and Iceland and produced by Jamie xx and Rodaidh McDonald

Added: 06/01/2017
7.8

The Smile

Cutouts

Third collaboration between Radiohead members Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood and Sons of Kemet drummer Tom Skinner produced by Sam Petts-Davies and recorded in Oxford and Abbey Road Studios, London

Added: 03/10/2024
7.8

The Chicks

Gaslighter

First new studio album in 14 years from the country trio formerly known as the Dixie Chicks was produced with Jack Antonoff (Taylor Swift, Lorde, St. Vincent)

Added: 16/07/2020
7.8

The Besnard Lakes

The Besnard Lakes are the Roaring Night

Third album of multi-layered indie rock with a post-rock & psych pop slant from the Montreal band

Added: 08/03/2010
7.8

The Afghan Whigs

How Do You Burn?

Ninth studio album from the Ohio alt.rock band featuring contributions from the late Mark Lanegan, Van Hunt, Susan Marshall and Marcy Mays

Added: 09/09/2022
7.8

Sun City Girls

Funeral Mariachi

Final album, after the death of their drummer, from Phoenix experimental rock trio formed in 1979 and with over 50 albums to their name

Added: 30/11/2010
7.8

Snail Mail

Lush

Debut album of lo-fi indie rock from the Maryland-based trio led by Lindsey Jordan

Added: 06/06/2018
7.8

Sexwitch

Sexwitch

A new psych folk collaboration between Toy and Natasha Khan (Bat for Lashes) produced by Dan Carey

Added: 24/09/2015
7.8

Sam Fender

Hypersonic Missiles

Debut full-length album from the indie singer-songwriter named one of the BBC's Sound of 2018

Added: 12/09/2019
7.8

Sam Amidon

I See The Sign

Second album of updated age-old folk standards from the singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist

Added: 26/03/2010
7.8

OFF!

First Four EPs

Collection of releases from the hardcore punk supergroup comprising members of Black Flag, Circle Jerks, Redd Kross and Rocket from the Crypt

Added: 29/12/2010
7.8

No Age

Everything In Between

LA guitar-and-drums duo Randy Randall and Dean Allen Spunt with a 3rd album of lo-fi indie rock

Added: 21/09/2010
7.8

Kuedo

Severant

Synth sounds and sci-fi electronica on the debut from Jamie Teasdale, formerly of influential dubstep duo Vex’d

Added: 18/10/2011
7.8

Kim Gordon

The Collective

Second full-length solo album from the Sonic Youth co-founder produced by Justin Raisen (Marissa Nadler, Sky Ferreira, Angel Olsen)

Added: 08/03/2024

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