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31 October 2025

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Anna Von HausswolffICONOCLASTS

"All of the different influences on Iconoclasts just blend so well and it never sounds messy" (9.4/10 - Sputnik). "A marriage of opposites: automaton-like discipline and total abandon" (8/10 - Slant)

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The Belair Lip BombsAgain

"Establishes them as a new great hope" (8/10 - NME). "For a band whose influences range from Queen to hardcore, it’s impressive how coherent it all sounds" (8/10 - Dork)

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CreeperSANGUIVORE II: MISTRESS OF DEATH

"Never a band to shy away from making their songs as huge as possible, their fourth record features some of their most monumental tracks to date" (8/10 - Clash)

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The Last Dinner PartyFrom The Pyre

"Insanely rich with ideas, hooks, smart artifice and real emotion, From The Pyre is a feast of giddy raptures" (10/10 - Record Collector). "Both thematically and sonically richer" (10/10 - DIY)

BrògealTuesday Paper Club

"2026 is there for Brogeal’s taking, they’re gonna be a lot of people’s new favourite band" (8/10 - God Is In The TV). "This is what it sounds like when a band get it right the first time" (10/10 - Dork)

Jay SomBelong

"With ‘Belong’ serving notice of Jay Som’s continued abilities" (8/10 - Clash). "Will undoubtedly solidify her reputation as your favourite pop singer's favourite pop singer" (8/10 - Exclaim"

IdlewildIdlewild

"The fact they are producing some of their best work seems almost absurd, and yet here we are" (9/10 - The Line Of Best Fit). "Idlewild is no nostalgic LP—it’s the sound of a band rejuvenated" (10/10 - XS Noize)

WednesdayBleeds

"Karly Hartzman has delivered a record that’s lean, confrontational and lived-in" (10/10 - NME). "A monumental statement from one of the most exciting bands today" (9/10 - PopMatters)

Baxter DuryAllbarone

"It’s not often you’ll hear of an artist making the best work of their career by their eighth album" (10/10 - The Skinny). "This is a record that wants you to dance" (8/10 - Far Out)

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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 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
7.8

Kelly Lee Owens

Kelly Lee Owens

Debut album from the London electronic artist, protégé of fellow London producer Daniel Avery

Added: 20/03/2017
7.8

Joan Shelley

Joan Shelley

Fourth album from the Kentucky folk singer produced by Wilco's Jeff Tweedy

Added: 05/05/2017
7.8

Everything Everything

Raw Data Feel

Sixth album from the Manchester-based indie pop/art rock band produced by the band's guitarist Alex Robertshaw and Tom A.D. Fuller

Added: 19/05/2022
7.8

Elvis Costello & The Imposters

The Boy Named If

Latest album from the veteran English singer-songwriter with back-up band The Imposters features a guest appearance from Nicole Atkins

Added: 14/01/2022
7.8

Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse

Dark Night Of The Soul

Finally released after a long running dispute with EMI this collaboration also includes Flaming Lips, Iggy Pop, The Strokes and David Lynch

Added: 04/07/2010
7.8

Craig Finn

I Need A New War

Fourth solo album from The Hold Steady frontman

Added: 25/04/2019
7.8

Cass McCombs

Interior Live Oak

Eleventh studio album from the California-born singer-songwriter

Added: 15/08/2025
7.8

Bill Callahan

Dream River

Fifth album of mellow indie rock and Americana under his own name from the singer-songwriter formerly known as Smog

Added: 16/09/2013
7.8

Big Joanie

Back Home

Second full-length album from London-based DIY punk trio produced by Margo Broom

Added: 04/11/2022

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