24 September 2026
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Beabadoobee Pylon
It celebrates Midwest emo's fiery, brooding, and ultimately empowering spirit so faithfully that it's well worth shouting along to All Music
Carly Rae Jepsen Day & Night
Day and Night's blissfully eclectic pop will convince devoted fans - and maybe even a few cynics - that happy endings still exist All Music
Echo And The Bunnymen Apples For Isaac
It has all the passion and imagination of their early work which, when paired with the melodic gifts and flair for performing that has never flagged, makes Apples for Isaac proof that the band is still capable of making vital music, maybe even some of the best of their career All Music
Beatrice Laus – alongside a sprawling collection of collaborators – delivers a musical reflection on loneliness and uncertainty Hot Press
No fear of the Bunnymen trading on past glories; they’ve still got plenty in the tan Hot Press
Neil Young and The Chrome Hearts Second Song
A glorious record reflecting on life’s roads travelled Far Out
Jepsen’s double album finds fresh excitement in the friction between a steady voice and restless arrangements, even when its generosity outruns its editing Dork
Beck Ride Lonesome
Beck’s orchestral return makes heartache inviting without smoothing it away, though the songs sometimes settle for a beauty the arrangements work harder to achieve Dork
By the closing 'Satellite', she has an anthem to go with the arena dates Dork
Slow Pulp Melodie
It's angsty, but Emily Massey's vocal floats through guitars that fuzz and swell, giving 'Melodie' the easy appeal of Alvvays or Soccer Mommy Dork
Ride Lonesome puts Beck firmly into the saddle – let’s hope he’s defying expectations next time Beats Per Minute
It’s only been 3 years since Yard but hearing Slow Pulp now feels different, like they have traded their thrifted clothes for a trendier fashion. In “Red Car” Massey sings “I need a new start,” and that’s what Melodie feels like, a new beginning, a reintroduction Northern Transmissions
Weezer Weezer [Gold Album]
The band’s 20th studio album is the most like themselves they’ve sounded in years — for better and for worse Paste Magazine
With Sleeping in the Aviary’s Elliott Kozel producing, the Chicago band’s third album uses solid shoegaze and alt-pop to explore how our greatest fears, wants, and needs often stay the same, even as we change Paste Magazine
On her fourth album, Bea Laus attempts to juggle the multitudes of her mid-twenties in all their paralyzing glory and emerges with the best effort of her career thus far Paste Magazine
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"An album that consolidates and amplifies both 2023’s debut Dead Meat and last year’s Cotton Crown, transcending notions of what indie rock is supposed to be in the 21st century" (10/10 - Mojo)
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