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  1. 8.5

    Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds

    Wild God

    Eighteenth studio album and first in five years from the alternative rock band self-produced by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis

    Added: 26/08/2024

     
  2. 8.5

    Joanna Newsom

    Have One On Me

    Third album of new folk - and a triple at that - from the harp-playing Californian bard

    Added: 22/02/2010

     
  3. 8.5

    FKA Twigs

    Lp1

    Debut album of trip hop / alternative R&B from the London-based singer and dancer Tahliah Barnett

    Added: 04/08/2014

     
  4. 8.5

    Turnstile

    Glow On

    Third full-length album from the Baltimore hardcore band was produced by Mike Elizondo

    Added: 26/08/2021

     
  5. 8.5

    Julia Holter

    Have You In My Wilderness

    Fourth album from the Californian singer-songwriter and experimental sound artist

    Added: 21/09/2015

     
  6. 8.5

    Young Fathers

    Heavy Heavy

    Fourth full-length album and first in five years from the Edinburgh-based Mercury Prize-winning trio

    Added: 01/02/2023

     
  7. 8.5

    Rosalía

    Motomami

    Third album of experimental, flamenco-flavoured pop from the Catalonia-born Rosalia Vila Tobella

    Added: 18/03/2022

     
  8. 8.5

    Michael Kiwanuka

    Kiwanuka

    Third album of modern soul from the London-based singer-songwriter produced by Danger Mouse and Inflo

    Added: 24/10/2019

     
  9. 8.5

    Lana Del Rey

    Norman Fucking Rockwell

    Album number six from the pop singer-songwriter produced by Jack Antonoff (Lorde, St. Vincent, Taylor Swift)

    Added: 30/08/2019

     
  10. 8.5

    Japanese Breakfast

    Jubilee

    Third solo album of lo-fi pop from Philadelphia musician Michelle Zauner who is a member of Little Big League

    Added: 03/06/2021

     
  11. 8.5

    Idles

    Joy as an Act of Resistance

    Second album of indie post-punk from the Bristol quintet

    Added: 27/08/2018

     
  12. 8.5

    Gillian Welch

    The Harrow & The Harvest

    Fifth album and first for eight years from the Bluegrass singer-songwriter and her partner Dave Rawlings

    Added: 24/06/2011

     
  13. 8.5

    Bill Ryder-Jones

    Iechyd Da

    Fifth solo studio album by Merseyside indie singer-songwriter recorded and self-produced in his studio

    Added: 10/01/2024

     
  14. 8.5

    Tame Impala

    Lonerism

    Self-produced follow-up to the highly-rated debut Innerspeaker from the Australian psych-rock band

    Added: 02/10/2012

     
  15. 8.5

    Sons of Kemet

    Black To The Future

    Fourth album from the London-based jazz group led by Shabaka Hutchings

    Added: 12/05/2021

     
  16. 8.5

    Karine Polwart With Pippa Murphy

    A Pocket Of Wind Resistance

    The latest release from the Scottish folk singer-songwriter, with composer Pippa Murphy, is a re-creation of an Edinburgh International Festival stage show from 2016

    Added: 23/11/2017

     
  17. 8.5

    Fontaines D.C.

    Dogrel

    Debut full-length release from the Dublin-based post-punk quintet produced by Dan Carey (Hot Chip, Franz Ferdinand)

    Added: 09/04/2019

     
  18. 8.5

    Caroline Polachek

    Desire, I Want To Turn Into You

    Second album from the former Chairlift singer featuring guest appearances from Dido and Grimes

    Added: 14/02/2023

     
  19. 8.5

    Brand New

    Science Fiction

    Fifth album of art punk/alt.rock from the NY outfit and first in eight years produced by Mike Sapone (Sorority Noise, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Public Enemy)

    Added: 22/08/2017

     
  20. 8.4

    Vince Staples

    Big Fish Theory

    Second full-length album from the Long Beach, California rapper with guest appearances from Kendrick Lamar, Damon Albarn, A$AP Rocky, Rick Ross and Justin Vernon

    Added: 23/06/2017

     
  21. 8.4

    Drive-By Truckers

    American Band

    Eleventh studio album from the Georgia alt.country rockers and first not to feature not the illustrations Wes Freed on its sleeve

    Added: 28/09/2016

     
  22. 8.4

    Angel Olsen

    My Woman

    Third full-length album of indie folk rock from the former Bonnie "Prince" Billy backing singer

    Added: 31/08/2016

     
  23. 8.4

    Weyes Blood

    Titanic Rising

    Fourth album of indie folk from the Santa Monica-born singer-songwriter Natalie Mering co-produced with Foxygen's Jonathan Rado

    Added: 02/04/2019

     
  24. 8.4

    Static Dress

    Rouge Carpet Disaster

    Debut album from the Leeds hardcore punk band

    Added: 19/05/2022

     
  25. 8.4

    Mitski

    Nothing's About to Happen to Me

    Eighth album from the New York-based Japanese/American synth-pop singer songwriter produced by Patrick Hyland

    Added: 25/02/2026

     
  26. 8.4

    Ghetts

    Conflict Of Interest

    Third full-length album from the London grime artist featuring guest appearances Skepta, Dave, Wretch 32, Giggs, Stormzy, Ed Sheeran, Emeli Sandé

    Added: 19/02/2021

     
  27. 8.4

    Cindy Lee

    Diamond Jubilee

    Seventh studio release from the Canadian musician Patrick Flegel only available to download on a Geocities website or streaming on YouTube

    Added: 12/04/2024

     
  28. 8.4

    Beth Gibbons

    Lives Outgrown

    The debut full-length solo album from the Portishead singer was recorded over a decade and produced with James Ford and Lee Harris

    Added: 13/05/2024

     
  29. 8.4

    Angel Olsen

    All Mirrors

    Fourth full-length studio release from American singer-songwriter produced by Grammy Award-winning John Congleton (St Vincent, Swans)

    Added: 30/09/2019

     
  30. 8.4

    Vince Staples

    Summertime '06

    Debut solo album from the Long Beach, California rapper and member of Hip hop trio Cutthroat Boyz

    Added: 29/06/2015

     

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