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11 February 2026

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RatboysSingin' To An Empty Chair

"Ratboys have earned their seat at the top table" (9/10 - DIY). "Their most emotionally affecting and compositionally advanced songs to date" (8.4/10 - Pitchfork)

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Mandy, IndianaURGH

"The Manchester noise rock band take their sound to thrilling new places on an exploratory second album" (10/10 - Rolling SXtone UK). "It’s chaotic and messy, but also catchy" (8/10 - CLash)

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DaphniButterfly

"It may only be February, but this already feels like a defining electronic record of the year" (9/10 - Clash). "It might already be the most relentlessly feel-good album of 2026" (8/10 - DIY)

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Westside CowboySo Much Country ‘Till We Get There

"So Much Country ‘Till We Get There is barely 15 minutes long; it is scarcely believable how much promise they’ve packed into it. Believe the hype" (10/10 - The Skinny)

Dove EllisBlizzard

"With shades of Jeff and Tim Buckley, the Galway-born artist writes tunes so strong they seem as familiar as old friends" (10/10 - The Guardian). "The sound is entirely his" (8/10 - DIY)

SnocapsSnocaps

"They are back playing pop that is pretty darn unmatched" (8.6/10 - Northern Transmissions). "A hailstorm of warm, exceptionally-written country-rock bangers backed by MJ Lenderman and Brad Cook" (8.5/10 - Paste)

Florence + The MachineEverybody Scream

"Florence Welch enlists horror and magic to harness hope" (10/10 - NME). "An urgent and vital testimony to survival and rebirth, Florence Welch’s sixth album is a defiant middle finger to doubters" (9/10 - musicOMH)

Lily AllenWest End Girl

"Her best album in 16 years, an incisive diary of a marriage in freefall" (10/10 - The Independent). "A hard-hitting pop exposition, while also providing an endless supply of hooks" (8/10 - Clash)

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7.7

Weyes Blood

The Innocents

Second album of folk / electronica from ex-Jackie-O Motherfucker member Natalie Mering

Added: 22/10/2014
7.7

Westerman

Your Hero Is Not Dead

Debut full-length album from the London-based singer-songwriter Will Wsterman produced by Nathan “Bullion” Jenkins

Added: 04/06/2020
7.7

Vivian Girls

Memory

Fourth album from the Brooklyn indie pop trio after reforming following their 2014 split

Added: 20/09/2019
7.7

Tunng

Tunng Presents...Dead Club

Seventh full-length release from the London folktronica pioneers inspired by Max Porter’s novel Grief is The Thing with Feathers

Added: 09/11/2020
7.7

Tracyanne & Danny

Tracyanne & Danny

Debut collaboration between Camera Obscura's Tracyanne Campbell and Crybaby's Danny Coughlan produced by Edwyn Collins

Added: 28/05/2018
7.7

The Spook School

Try to Be Hopeful

Second album from the Edinburgh-based indie pop act produced by Hookworms’ MJ

Added: 09/10/2015
7.7

The Spook School

Could It Be Different?

Third studio album from the Edinburgh-based indie pop punk quartet

Added: 24/01/2018
7.7

The New Eves

The New Eve Is Rising

Debut full-length album from the Brighton-based quartet co-produced with Joe Jones and Jack Ogborne

Added: 01/08/2025
7.7

The Moth & The Mirror

Honestly, This World

The Scottish band comprising occasional and previous members of Frightened Rabbit, Reindeer Section, Admiral Fallow and Arab Strap, with a debut album of post-punk and folk

Added: 29/11/2011
7.7

The Divine Comedy

Rainy Sunday Afternoon

Thirteenth studio album from the Northern Irish orchestral pop band fronted by Neil Hannon recorded at Abbey Road Studios

Added: 17/09/2025
7.7

Taken By Trees

East Of Eden

Eastern-accented indie pop / folk on the second album from former Concretes singer Victoria Bergsman as Taken by Trees, recorded in Pakistan with local musicians

Added: 11/09/2009
7.7

Susanne Sundfør

The Silicone Veil

Fifth album of electro-folk from the Norwegian singer-songwriter

Added: 25/10/2012
7.7

Steve Lacy

Gemini Rights

Second from the producer/The Internet guitarist Steve Lacy featuring guest appearances from Internet bandmate Matt Martians

Added: 15/07/2022
7.7

Sheer Mag

Playing Favorites

Third album and first in five years from the Philadelphia rock five-piece featuring a guest appearance by Mdou Moctar

Added: 28/02/2024
7.7

Rufus Wainwright

Unfollow The Rules

Tenth album and first in eight years from the Canadian baroque pop singer-songwriter produced by Mitchell Froom (Suzanne Vega, Los Lobos)

Added: 08/07/2020
7.7

RP Boo

Fingers, Bank Pads & Shoe Prints

Second album from Kavain Space, one of the pioneers of the Chicago footwork dance sound

Added: 02/07/2015
7.7

Richard Thompson

13 Rivers

Seventeenth solo album from the veteran folk rock singer-songwriter and guitarist is self-produced and recorded on analogue equipment

Added: 17/09/2018
7.7

Regina Spektor

Home, before and after

Eighth studio album from the Russian-born, New York-based singer-songwriter produced with John Congleton

Added: 24/06/2022
7.7

Plains

I Walked With You A Ways

Debut collaboration from Waxahatchee's Katie Crutchfield and Jess Williamson recorded in North Carolina and produced by Brad Cook

Added: 14/10/2022
7.7

Pile

You’re Better Than This

Fourth album from the New England indie rock band, and first to be made available in the UK

Added: 05/03/2015
7.7

Petite Noir

La Vie Est Belle/Life is Beautiful

Debut album of Afrobeat / synth-pop from Brussels-born, Cape Town-based Yannick Ilunga

Added: 11/09/2015
7.7

Orchestra Baobab

Tribute to Ndiouga Dieng

First new album in 10 years from the Afro-Cuban Senegalese band is a tribute to singer Ndiouga Dieng who died in November 2016

Added: 02/04/2017
7.7

Oliver Sim

Hideous Bastard

Debut album from The xx bassist/singer featuring a guest appearance from Jimmy Somerville was produced by Jamie xx

Added: 08/09/2022
7.7

Okkervil River

I Am Very Far

After backing Roky Erickson last year the Texas indie rock / alt-folk band return with their sixth studio album

Added: 28/04/2011
7.7

Noname

Telefone

Self-released debut mixtape from the Chicago rapper / poet Fatimah Warner

Added: 12/08/2016
7.7

Mudhoney

Digital Garbage

Tenth studio album from the Seattle-based alternative punk/grunge foursome recorded with longtime collaborator Johnny Sangster

Added: 30/09/2018
7.7

Mos Def

The Ecstatic

Fourth solo album from the American hip hop MC and actor Dante Terrell Smith

Added: 31/07/2009
7.7

Metric

Formentera

Eighth studio album from the indie rock quartet from Toronto

Added: 08/07/2022
7.7

Mega Bog

Dolphine

Fifth full-length album from singer-songwriter Erin Birgy featuring contributions from members of Big Thief, Hand Habits and Iji

Added: 04/07/2019
7.7

Meet Me @ The Altar

Model Citizen

Fourth EP for the American pop-punk trio consisting of front-woman Edith Johnson, Téa Campbell on guitar and Ada Juarez on drums

Added: 15/08/2021

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