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1 June 2025

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Matt BerningerGet Sunk

"Retains the signature charm of The National while highlighting Berninger’s strengths as a writer" (8/10 - Dork). "A subtly textured delight that feels both playful and emotional" (8/10 - musicOMH)

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GarbageLet All That We Imagine Be The Light

"Shirley Manson’s gang channel a more optimistic outlook, and display some of their most profound songwriting to date" (10/10 - NME)

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carolineCaroline 2

"Each song is gloriously cinematic, intoxicatingly unexpected and truly powerful, even in its quietest moments" (9/10 - Far Out). "UK post-rock’s preeminent sentimentalists" (8/4/10 - Pitchfork)

Highest Recent Ratings

Albums to watch

Tune-YardsBetter Dreaming

"May just be their most uplifting and inspiring work" (9/10 - The Line Of Best Fit). "May emerge as one of the Oakland duo’s all-time great records after a few years’ passage" (7.8/10 - Paste)

Ezra FurmanGoodbye Small Head

"A record of unflinching honesty and unparalleled vulnerability" (9/10 - DIY). "There’s an urgency coursing through this startling album’s veins that confirms its creator to be one of the most exciting songwriters around" (8/10 - musicOMH)

Jenny HvalIris Silver Mist

"A personal journey through the past and self, focused on the power of scent in evoking forgotten moments" (10/10 - The Guardian. "An immersive album of beguiling charms about memories, isolation and dislocation" (8/10 - musicOMH)

Self EsteemA Complicated Woman

"Her most concentrated and burning record" (10/10 - DIY). "takes the best parts of Prioritise Pleasure and her debut Compliments Please, and turns it all up to 10" (10/10 - musicOMH)

Julien Baker & TorresSend A Prayer My Way

"On their first album as a duo, the singers reclaim the honky-tonk music they grew up on" (9/10 - Slant). "A heart-bursting record that underlines the power of unity in a fractured world. A must-listen" (8/10 - Dork)

Bon IverSABLE, fABLE

"Soulful, almost spiritual in its delivery" (10/10 - DIY). "Marks a return to his fragile folk roots" (9/10 - musicOMH). "Revels in its sense of joy and collaboration" (8/10 - The Skinny)

THE CHART: THE TOP RATED NEW ALBUMS

The ADM rating is a weighted average from our survey of more than 50 sources , taking into account the number of reviews

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8.6
ADM Rating

billy woods

GOLLIWOG

Latest full-length release from the New York-based rapper featuring contributions from El-P, ELUCID, Shabaka Hutchings, Jeff Markey, Messiah Musik, Kenny Segal, The Alchemist and more

Added: 09/05/2025
8.3

Samia

Bloodless

Third album from the Nashville-based singer-songwriter Samia Finnerty

Added: 25/04/2025
8.2

caroline

Caroline 2

Second full-length album from the London-based eight-member post-rock group

Added: 29/05/2025
8.2

Viagra Boys

viagr aboys

Fourth album from the Stockholm post-punk band produced with long-time collaborator Pelle Gunnerfeldt

Added: 23/04/2025
8.0

These New Puritans

Crooked Wing

Fifth studio album from the arty post-rock outfit led by twins Jack & George Barnett

Added: 22/05/2025
8.0

Model/Actriz

Pirouette

Second full-length album from the Brooklyn-based post-punk quartet was produced with Seth Manchester

Added: 02/05/2025
8.0

Jenny Hval

Iris Silver Mist

Ninth studio album from Norwegian singer-songwriter and novelist

Added: 04/05/2025
8.0

Stereolab

Instant Holograms On Metal Film

Eleventh album and first in fifteen years from the indie rock veterans

Added: 22/05/2025
8.0

Self Esteem

A Complicated Woman

Third album of experimental pop from former Slow Club member Rebecca Lucy Taylor

Added: 24/04/2025
7.9

Emma-Jean Thackray

Weirdo

Second full-length release from the Yorkshire-born London-based jazz composer, multi-instrumentalist and producer

Added: 28/04/2025
7.9

SUMAC & Moor Mother

The Film

Debut full-length collaboration between the American/Canadian post-metal group and Philadelphia poet and musician Camae Ayewa

Added: 25/04/2025
7.9

Smerz

Big City Life

Second studio album from the Norwegian electronic duo Catharina Stoltenberg and Henriette Motzfeldt

Added: 29/05/2025
7.8

William Tyler

Time Indefinite

Fifth album of instrumental guitar compositions from the Nashville-based former member of Lambchop and Silver Jews

Added: 01/05/2025
7.8

Maria Somerville

Luster

Second album and first for 4AD from the Irish dream pop singer/songwriter

Added: 28/04/2025
7.8

Sunflower Bean

Mortal Primetime

Fourth album from the Brooklyn-based psych-pop trio Nick Kivlen, Julia Cumming and Jacob Faber

Added: 25/04/2025
7.8

Garbage

Let All That We Imagine Be The Light

Eighth studio album from the American-Scottish alt rockers influenced in part by singer Shirley Manson's hip replacement surgery

Added: 29/05/2025
7.7

Kali Uchis

Sincerely

Fifth studio album from Colombian-American singer Kali Uchis

Added: 12/05/2025
7.7

Mark Pritchard and Thom Yorke

Tall Tales

Debut collaboration between the electronic musician Pritchard and the Radiohead frontman

Added: 09/05/2025
7.7

Blondshell

If You Asked for a Picture

Second full-length release from the Los Angeles-based indie rock musician Sabrina Teitelbaum

Added: 02/05/2025
7.6

Matt Berninger

Get Sunk

Second solo album from The National's frontman

Added: 30/05/2025
7.6

Sparks

MAD!

Album number twentysix from the Los Angeles synth pop / art rock duo Ron and Russell Mael

Added: 23/05/2025
7.6

Car Seat Headrest

The Scholars

Fifth album and first in five years from the Will Toledo-led low-fi indie pop band

Added: 02/05/2025
7.5

Mclusky

The World Is Still Here and So Are We

Fourth studio album and first since 2004 from the Welsh post-hardcore trio

Added: 09/05/2025
7.5

Lucius

Lucius

Fifth album from the Brooklyn indie-pop five piece fronted by Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig produced with Dan Molad

Added: 04/05/2025
7.5

Ezra Furman

Goodbye Small Head

Seventh solo album from the Chicago indie rock musician and singer-songwriter

Added: 16/05/2025
7.4

Ty Segall

Possession

Latest release from the Laguna Beach, California multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter

Added: 30/05/2025
7.3

PinkPantheress

Fancy That

Second mixtape from the London singer, songwriter and record producer inspired by Basement Jaxx's 1999 album Remedy

Added: 09/05/2025
7.3

Tune-Yards

Better Dreaming

Sixth album of indie art-pop from Merrill Garbus working with long-time band-member Nate Brenner

Added: 16/05/2025
7.2

Femi Kuti

Journey Through Life

Latest full-length release from the London-born, Lagos-raised saxophonist who is the oldest son of the late Afrobeat artist Fele Kuti

Added: 28/04/2025
7.2

Deerhoof

Noble And Godlike In Ruin

Album number nineteen from the experimental San Francisco indie rock quartet featuring a guest appearance from Saul Williams

Added: 25/04/2025

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Latest Reviews

Garbage Let All That We Imagine Be The Light

Garbage haven’t mellowed but they have evolved. And in doing so, they’ve delivered one of the most emotionally powerful records of their career. In a time of chaos, perhaps the most subversive act is to believe in people Under The Radar

Miley Cyrus Something Beautiful

A wide-ranging search for light (and sax solos) in the darkness Rolling Stone

Miley Cyrus Something Beautiful

The singer’s ninth album has grand ambitions but – despite some sparkling songcraft – falls short of its mind-altering promises and the hits that made her a star The Guardian

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Fresh stuff

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Instant Holograms On Metal Film by Stereolab

"Lætitia Sadier et al pick up where they left off yet sound more timely than ever" (8/10 - The Guardian). "This is highbrow music for lowbrow times" (9/10 - Far Out)

Sports TeamBoys These Days
"This might be the most Sports Team they’ve ever sounded, and somehow, it’s also the best" (8/10 - Dork). "Sharp, funny, and sometimes sobering soundtrack to young adulthood in freefall" (8/10 - XS Noize)

SparksMAD!
"By the time the closing track Lord Have Mercy comes around, you’ll be mentally reordering your list of top 10 all-time Mael brothers albums" (8/10 - musicOMH). "Pop classicists with a heart of gold" (8/10 - Clash)

Peter DohertyFelt Better Alive
"The sound of one of rock’s most enduring survivors exhaling and having fun" (7/10 -DIY). "Thoughtful, lyrically sharp songs stand as testament to a life transformed" (8/10 - musicOMH)

Billy NomatesMetalhorse
"Confessional yet cathartic, ‘Metalhorse’ is an emotionally resonant piece of work that is vital, vivid and showcases why Billy NoMates is an undisputed ‘Tor’ de force (9/10 - CLash)

Model/ActrizPirouette
"It dares you to experience desire, disgust, shame, and joy—all twirling together in a dizzying blur of lace and lights" (9.5/10 - Northern Transmission)

Arcade FirePink Elephant
"It leaves a shallow void where their spark once was" (5/10 - musicOMH). "It balances huge arena heft, synth throb and an ear-pleasingly smeary murk" (6/10 - The Arts Desk

Mark Pritchard and Thom YorkeTall Tales
"The Radiohead frontman and the esteemed electronic producer release a collaboration album. What it lacks in razzle-dazzle it makes up for with risky maneuvers" (7.6/10 - Pitchfork)

McluskyThe World Is Still Here and So Are We
"Scratchy guitar riffs and thunderous bass, all driven by pounding drums, suggest that the last 20 Mclusky-free years have just disappeared in a puff of smoke" (9/10 - musicOMH)

Car Seat HeadrestThe Scholars
"A cinematic exploration of maximalism that will appeal to any fan of rock operas" (10/10 - Spill). "The Seattle band returns with their best new album in almost a decade" (8.5/10 - Paste)

All-time top 10

Since we've been around, that is. So, the highest-rated albums from the past twelve years or so. Rankings are calculated to two decimal places.