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2 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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7.5

Emmy The Great

Second Love

Third album of indie folk from the Hong Kong-born, London-raised singer-songwriter

Added: 09/03/2016
7.5

Dungen

Allas Sak

Album number eight from the Stockholm-based psych / prog rockers

Added: 25/09/2015
7.5

Diskjokke

En Fin Tid

Oslo DJ and remixer Joachim Drydhal with a second album of house, Balearic beats and cosmic disco

Added: 16/07/2010
7.5

Declan McKenna

Zeros

Second album from English singer-songwriter who won the Glastonbury Emerging Talent Competition in 2015 produced by Jay Joyce (Eric Church, Little Big Town,Carrie Underwood)

Added: 04/09/2020
7.5

Damon Albarn

The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows

Second solo album from the Blur and Gorillaz front man was originally planned as an orchestral project for Lyon's Fête des Lumieres

Added: 09/11/2021
7.5

Damien Jurado

The Horizon Just Laughed

Fourteenth studio album from the Seattle singer-songwriter

Added: 03/05/2018
7.5

Crooked Fingers

Breaks in the Armor

Album No.6 from the band led by indie rock singer-songwriter Eric Bachmann, formerly of Archers of Loaf

Added: 12/10/2011
7.5

Cloud Nothings

Last Building Burning

Fifth studio album by American indie punk four-piece recorded in eight days and produced by a legend of heavy music, Randall Dunn (Sunn O))), Earth, Oren Ambarchi, Marissa Nadler, Black Mountain)

Added: 18/10/2018
7.5

Cloud Nothings

The Shadow I Remember

Eighth studio album from the Cleveland, Ohio indie punk four-piece produced by Steve Albini

Added: 25/02/2021
7.5

Charlotte Gainsbourg

Rest

Fifth studio album of indie pop from the London-born actor, her first since 2011 double album Stage Whisper

Added: 14/11/2017
7.5

Bonny Light Horseman

Rolling Golden Holy

Second album from the folk trio Anaïs Mitchell, Josh Kaufman and Eric D. Johnson

Added: 12/10/2022
7.5

Bonny Light Horseman

Bonny Light Horseman

Debut release from the trio of Anaïs Mitchell, Josh Kaufman and Eric D. Johnson revives songs handed down through the ages

Added: 24/01/2020
7.5

Belle And Sebastian

The BBC Sessions

Collection of classics and previously unreleased material from the feted Scottish indie pop outfit

Added: 30/11/2008
7.5

Baths

Cerulean

Debut album of twisted glo-fi / chillwave from LA-based Will Weisenfeld

Added: 15/07/2010
7.5

BadBadNotGood

Talk Memory

Fifth album from the Toronto hip hop / jazz experimental trio featuring contributions from Laraaji, Karriem Riggins, Terrace Martin, and Brandee Younger

Added: 08/10/2021
7.5

You Me At Six

SUCKAPUNCH

Sixth album form the English rockers produced by Dan Austin (Twin Atlantic, Futures, Pulled Apart By Horses, Maxïmo Park)

Added: 15/01/2021
7.5

Wrekmeister Harmonies

Light Falls

Fifth release from the musical collective led by musician and composer JR Robinson, now featuring members of Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Added: 16/09/2016
7.5

Wrangler

A Situation

Third album from the electronic trio that includes Cabaret Voltaire's Stephen Mallinder, Ben Edwards (aka Benge) and Tunng's Phil Winter

Added: 28/02/2020
7.5

Willie Nelson

The Border

Album number seventy five from the country legend produced by Buddy Cannon (Kenny Chesney, Merle Haggard, George Jones)

Added: 31/05/2024
7.5

Van Morrison

Moving on Skiffle

Forty third full-length album from the legendary Irish singer featuring skiffle-influenced covers of blues, country, folk, gospel and jazz songs

Added: 11/03/2023
7.5

Van Morrison

Three Chords And The Truth

41st full-length album from the legendary Irish singer includes contributions from Jay Berliner and The Righteous Brothers' Bill Medley

Added: 27/10/2019
7.5

Tindersticks

Distractions

Album number thirteen from the Nottingham-based indie rock / chamber pop outfit

Added: 19/02/2021
7.5

The Telescopes

Hidden Fields

Eighth studio album from the English shoegaze / noise rock formed in 1987 and led by Stephen Lawrie

Added: 14/08/2015
7.5

The Phantom Band

Fears Trending

Fourth album from the Glasgow-based indie rock six-piece recorded during the same sessions as Strange Friend

Added: 23/01/2015
7.5

The Mysterines

Reeling

Debut full-length album from the Liverpool alternative rock band recorded live with producer Catherine Marks (The Killers, Local Natives, Wolf Alice)

Added: 10/03/2022
7.5

The Maccabees

Marks To Prove It

Fourth album from the indie rock 5-piece recorded in their own London studio

Added: 24/07/2015
7.5

The Killers

Pressure Machine

Seventh album from the Las Vegas rock band features the return of guitarist Dave Keuning produced by Jonathan Rado and Shawn Everett

Added: 13/08/2021
7.5

The Courteeners

More. Again. Forever.

Sixth album from the Middleton, Greater Manchester indie rockers led by Liam Fray

Added: 17/01/2020
7.5

The Coathangers

The Devil You Know

Sixth studio album of indie punk rock from the Atlanta, Georgia trio Julia Kugel-Montoya, Meredith Franco and Stephanie Luke

Added: 13/03/2019
7.5

The Body & Full of Hell

Ascending A Mountain Of Heavy Light

Second collaboration between noise-metal bands The Body and Full of Hell

Added: 24/11/2017

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