3 October 2026
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Fat Dog Cancel Me (I'm Tired)
'Cancel Me (I'm Tired)' is packed with choruses and bright synths, with the title track getting stuck into a funk groove that suits them remarkably well Dork
Under all the rowdiness, Cancel Me (I’m Tired) gets to a place that makes room for sincerity. Fat Dog may have an unmarked path ahead, though they are more than willing to call the shots Northern Transmissions
Exhausting, but that's the point. Print edition only Mojo
Cancel Me (I’m Tired) is a thrilling, carnivalesque extravaganza, and an oftentimes confusing record, but one that I’m more than happy to be baffled and completely turned around by The Line Of Best Fit
They channel a gathering capacity for connection into the tunes and lyrics of Cancel Me (I’m Tired), scoping out room to roam within their well-honed good-time vigour Record Collector
Johnny Marr The Age of Everything
Four decades on, he remains a class act, still curious, still innovative and still relentlessly cool. If ‘The Age Of Everything’ is about embracing possibility, Johnny Marr embodies the very best of everything music has to offer Clash
Second album from South London six-piece mixes distorted electro-punk, industrial disco and nihilist anthems to cause a sense of disorientation musicOMH
Gilla Band Pugnello
Have you ever heard a song for the first time and felt a shiver run so deep it took the floor with it? That, for me, is the first seconds of Pugnello, and it hardly relents from there The Quietus
Once again, Johnny has delivered a strong and assured body of work, with his solo material continuing to go from strength to strength God Is In The TV
When a punchier mood is conjured, the overall impact still fails to lodge in the memory The Arts Desk
Leon Bridges Happiness Anytime
The singer’s fifth album, co-produced by Jungle, has some strong moments, but is mostly an inoffensive retread of familiar ground Paste Magazine
Wishy Wishy
This is a sugar rush with real feeling underneath, and I’m happy to take the dose Northern Transmissions
Protomartyr Hotel Usona
Over these nine songs, Protomartyr again nudge the sonic boundaries of post-punk, all the while confronting sublime emotional states and urgent sociocultural issues Beats Per Minute
Greg Freeman All Set The Bone
A strong contender for the year’s Album of the Year list, full of brazen idiosyncrasies, kinetic explosions, and fortitudinous lyricism that captures one of America’s most talented songwriters on his glorious ascent to the top Far Out
It's an inventive, agreeably rowdy trip. Print edition only Uncut
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"Once again, Johnny has delivered a strong and assured body of work, with his solo material continuing to go from strength to strength" (9/10 - God Is In The TV)
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Kendrick Lamar To Pimp A Butterfly
Fiona Apple Fetch The Bolt Cutters
Rosalía Lux
Kendrick Lamar Damn.
D'Angelo And The Vanguard Black Messiah
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Ghosteen
Spiritbox Tsunami Sea
Self Esteem Prioritise Pleasure
Hayley Williams Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party
Bob Dylan Rough and Rowdy Ways