5 September 2026
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Arab Strap Half-Told Tales
Aidan Moffat and Malcolm Middleton offer a meditation on age, modern life and the past, offering hope and resilience – and evidence that things can get better musicOMH
Interpol This Mirror Weighs a Ton
It’s been a tough run for Interpol since the highs of Antics, but their re-energised eighth album marks a glorious shift in fortunes No Ripcord
Erykah Badu & The Alchemist Before the World Blows
Just when you think you’ve figured out where Badu and the Alchemist are taking you, another song changes the pace, the mood, or the rules Northern Transmissions
Their long-promised collaboration, which is also Badu’s first proper album in 16 years, plays to both of their strengths and delivers exactly what fans have been waiting for Rolling Stone
The neo-soul priestess and the hip-hop producer throw it back on a seductive, pleasantly rambly collaborative album that returns them both to their roots. Pitchfork
Chat Pile Who Loves The Sun
It captures the specific, suffocating feeling of living through collapse better than almost anything else I’ve heard this year Northern Transmissions
Leave it to Chat Pile to turn a compendium of horrors into something exquisite The Line Of Best Fit
The Oklahoma band use hooky vocals to help their lyrics on desensitisation slip down easy, though their third album lacks the distinction of earlier releases The Guardian
The Oklahoma sludge-metal band has never spoken in subtleties, but its third album is its most pointed statement yet: a merciless depiction of a world in decline Pitchfork
The Oklahoma City sludge-metal band’s third album takes capitalism to task with blood-curdling screams, disgusting basslines, and pulverizing drums fit for a bloody horror film Paste Magazine
An extraordinary record; a layered portrait of a world sleepwalking into disaster that is somehow gripping and even fun, in a mosh-the-pain-away manner Clash
It's messier, more draining and the clearest version yet of what Chat Pile do best: making unbearable music for an unbearable world hurtling toward the sun Exclaim
The Linda Lindas Gotta Get Out
The L.A. quartet expands its sound for its major-label debut, channeling post-adolescent anxiety into pop-punk inflected with new-wave, hardcore, and post-punk Pitchfork
Dexy Midnight Runners LOVE
It’s easy to be charmed by LOVE, which transcends place and generation to immerse us once again in the Dexys Midnight Runners world: a place shaped by the many forms of love a life can encounter, with Rowland as riveting a protagonist as ever The Line Of Best Fit
Jim James Wowed Out
Once again, Wowed Out proves James’ incredible range, leaving the listener in a sense of awe Under The Radar
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"The crossover star’s introspective sixth album is full of memories of his mother, who died in 2025, bringing his dextrous guitar to songs rooted in tradition and yearning" (10/10 - The Guardian)
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.
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