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1 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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7.7

Passion Pit

Manners

Indie electro-pop on the debut from the Massachusetts band

Added: 17/05/2009
7.7

Moor Mother

Black Encyclopedia Of The Air

Fifth full-length release from the Philadelphia poet, musician and activist Camae Ayewa

Added: 16/09/2021
7.7

Mint Field

Pasar De Las Luces

Debut album from Mexican shoegaze duo Estrella Sanchez and Amor Amezcua

Added: 23/02/2018
7.7

Mavis Staples

We Get By

Album number seventeen from the veteran gospel and soul legend produced by Ben Harper

Added: 23/05/2019
7.7

Low

C'mon

Album number nine from Duleth, Minnesota indie rock / slowcore trio

Added: 31/03/2011
7.7

Laura Groves

Radio Red

Second album from the West Yorkshire alternative pop singer-songwriter includes a guest appearance from Sampha

Added: 10/08/2023
7.7

Lana Del Rey

Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd

Album number nine from the New York singer-songwriter working with producers Mike Hermosa, Jack Antonoff, Drew Erickson, Zach Dawes and Benji

Added: 20/03/2023
7.7

La Luz

News of the Universe

Fourth studio album from the California-based indie surf rock quartet from Seattle

Added: 27/05/2024
7.7

Kali Uchis

Red Moon In Venus

Third studio album from Colombian-American singer Kali Uchis includes contributions from Omar Apollo, Don Toliver and Summer Walker

Added: 03/03/2023
7.7

Jane Weaver

Love in Constant Spectacle

Latest full-length album of dream pop from the Liverpool-born singer-songwriter produced with John Parish

Added: 05/04/2024
7.7

Iron & Wine

Light Verse

Seventh album and first in five years from Sam Beam's indie folk outfit featuring a guest appearance by Fiona Apple

Added: 25/04/2024
7.7

Hayden Thorpe

Diviner

First solo album from the former Wild Beasts frontman and multi-instrumentalist

Added: 24/05/2019
7.7

Harry Styles

Harry's House

Third solo album from the LA-based former One Direction singer produced by Kid Harpoon and Tyler Johnson

Added: 17/05/2022
7.7

Halsey

If I Cant Have Love, I Want Power

Fourth studio album from the New Jersey pop artist Ashley Nicolette Frangipane produced by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

Added: 27/08/2021
7.7

Goatsnake

Black Age Blues

Third album and first in fifteen years from the Los Angeles doom metal band who formed in 1996

Added: 03/06/2015
7.7

Ghost Culture

Ghost Culture

Debut album of DIY electonica from the London-based producer

Added: 07/01/2015
7.7

Gazelle Twin

Unflesh

Second album of avant-garde electronica from Brighton-based Elizabeth Walling

Added: 15/10/2014
7.7

Foxing

Draw Down The Moon

Fourth studio album of indie art rock from the St Louis-based trio produced by Manchester Orchestra’s Andy Hull

Added: 06/08/2021
7.7

Fleet Foxes

Crack-Up

Third album from the Seattle indie folk group, their first after a five year hiatus

Added: 08/06/2017
7.7

Earth

Primitive And Deadly

Eighth studio album from the Seattle-based experimental doom drone band and features Mark Lanegan

Added: 08/09/2014
7.7

Destroyer

Poison Season

Album number ten from the Canadian indie rock band fronted by New Pornographers member Dan Bejar

Added: 24/08/2015
7.7

Deerhunter

Fading Frontier

The indie rock/ambient rock quartet from Atlanta release their seventh studio album, and first since the near-death of frontman Bradford Cox

Added: 12/10/2015
7.7

Courtney Barnett

Tell Me How You Really Feel

Second album from the Melbourne indie rock singer-songwriter working again with producer Burke Reid

Added: 15/05/2018
7.7

Coriky

Coriky

Debut album from the punk rock band featuring Ian MacKaye (Minor Threat, Fugazi, The Evens), Amy Farina (The Warmers, The Evens) and Joe Lally (Fugazi, The Messthetics)

Added: 29/06/2020
7.7

Charli XCX

Pop 2

Fourth mixtape from the English electro popstar, her second mixtape release of 2017

Added: 20/12/2017
7.7

C Duncan

Architect

Debut album from the classically trained Glasgow-born indie pop composer and musician

Added: 24/07/2015
7.7

Boston Manor

Glue

Third full-length album from the Blackpool, Lancashire pop punk five-piece

Added: 01/05/2020
7.7

Bill Ryder-Jones

Yawn

Fourth solo studio album by British indie singer-songwriter self-produced and featuring guest vocals from The Orielles and Our Girl

Added: 30/10/2018
7.7

Biig Piig

Bubblegum

Debut mixtape from the London-based Irish dance-pop artist Jessica Smyth featuring a guest appearance from Deb Never

Added: 20/01/2023
7.7

Bicep

Bicep

First full-length release from the Belfast-born duo and internationally acclaimed DJs and producers Andy Ferguson and Matt McBriar

Added: 01/09/2017

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