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24 April 2026

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Lime GardenMaybe Not Tonight

"A breakup album that wears its messiness on its sleeve, Lime Garden’s second is figuring life out, track by track" (9/10 - NME). "A new indie disco essential" (9/10 - DIY)

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Jessie WareSuperbloom

"A glorious ode to connection, and Jessie’s most evocative work yet" (10/10 - DIY). "The third album in the singer’s disco trilogy feels like something brighter and more perennial" (9/10 - Slant)

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My New Band BelieveMy New Band Believe

"A postmodern kaleidoscope" (9/10 - DIY). "At the helm of an enormous, constantly shifting collective, the former Black Midi man swings for the fences" (10/10 - NME)

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Arlo ParksAmbiguous Desire

"Her most vividly realised and affecting body of work to date" (9/10 - DOY). "Arlo Parks approaches euphoria and vulnerability with a soothing ambivalence" (8/10 - The Skinny)

The Twilight SadIt's The Long Goodbye

"An astonishing body of work that firmly emphasizes what an important band The Twilight Sad are" (9/10 - Under The Radar). "A powerful and truly wonderful return from The Twilight Sad" (9/10 - Clash)

UnderscoresU

"A tour-de-force of production chops that cements April Harper Grey as a key auteur in the future of the genre" (10/10 - NME). "Hits all the beats of a classic pop record" (8.3/10 - Paste)

Trembling Bells and Bonnie Prince BillyThe Marble Downs

"Strengthened by communal tendencies, meeting bombs in Iran and executions in Minneapolis not with clenched fists of protest, but with hugs" (8/10 - PopMaters).

GorillazThe Mountain

"The album’s posthumous contributors remind us that music can keep ghosts alive" (10/10 - The Independent). "Powerful reflections on mortality from Damon Albarn and Co" (8/10 - Hot Press)

MobyFuture Quiet

"Moby has created a 14-track state of therapy for his own mind but kindly offered it to the world. It is the offering of one of the genius producers of our time" (8/10 - CLash)

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Underscores

U

Third full-length self-produced release from the New York-based pop artist April Harper Grey

Added: 20/03/2026
8.4

The Twilight Sad

It's The Long Goodbye

Sixth studio album from the Scottish indie rock outfit featuring contributions from Arab Strap's David Jeans and The Cure's Robert Smith

Added: 25/03/2026
8.4

Angine de Poitrine

Vol.II

Second full-length release from the Canadian experimental rock band produced by Fabien Peterson

Added: 06/04/2026
8.4

Raye

This Music May Contain Hope

Second full-length album from the London singer-songwriter Rachel Agatha Keen featuring guest appearances from Al Green and Hans Zimmer

Added: 27/03/2026
8.3

My New Band Believe

My New Band Believe

Debut album from the London rock band formed by former Black Midi bassist and vocalist Cameron Picton

Added: 09/04/2026
8.1

Robyn

Sexistential

First solo album for eight years from the Swedish pop star co-produced with Klas Åhlund

Added: 25/03/2026
8.0

Lime Garden

Maybe Not Tonight

Second full-length album from the Brighton indie rock band

Added: 16/04/2026
8.0

Wendy Eisenberg

Wendy Eisenberg

Solo realese from the singer-songwriter and guitar virtuoso produced with their partner Mari Rubio

Added: 09/04/2026
7.8

Holly Humberstone

Cruel World

Second full-length album from the English indie-pop singer-songwriter produced by Rob Milton

Added: 10/04/2026
7.7

BTS

ARIRANG

Sixth Korean-language album and tenth overall from seven-member South Korean boy band featuring songs co-written with such artists as Diplo, Mike Will and Kevin Parker

Added: 21/03/2026
7.7

Sunn O)))

Sunn O)))

Tenth album and first in seven years from the Seattle drone metal merchants led by Stephen O'Malley and Greg Anderson

Added: 02/04/2026
7.6

Foo Fighters

Your Favorite Toy

Album number twelve from Dave Grohl's post-grunge rock stalwarts and first with drummer Ilan Rubin

Added: 24/04/2026
7.6

Slayyyter

Wor$T Girl In America

Third full-length album from Los Angeles-based pop artist Catherine Grace Garner inspired by her adolescence years in St. Louis

Added: 03/04/2026
7.6

Thundercat

Distracted

Fifth solo album from the LA-based bass player and Flying Lotus collaborator Stephen Bruner featuring guest appearances from A$AP Rocky, Channel Tres, Lil Yachty, Mac Miller, Tame Impala and Willow

Added: 03/04/2026
7.5

Arlo Parks

Ambiguous Desire

Third album from London-born singer-songwriter and poet Anaïs Oluwatoyin Estelle Marinho

Added: 02/04/2026
7.5

Jessie Ware

Superbloom

Sixth album from the English R&B pop star working with producers James Ford, Barney Lister, Karma Kid, Jon Shave and Stuart Price

Added: 17/04/2026
7.5

Courtney Barnett

Creature of Habit

Fourth album from the Melbourne-born, Los Angeles-based indie rock singer-songwriter featuring a guest appearance from Waxahatchee

Added: 26/03/2026
7.5

Brown Horse

Total Dive

Third full-length release from the Norwich country rock quarter produced and mixed by Owen Turner

Added: 16/04/2026
7.4

Yaya Bey

Fidelity

Latest full-length album from the New York R&B artist featuring guest appearances from Anastasia Antoinette, Exaktly, NESTA, Samantha G. Deem Spencer

Added: 22/04/2026
7.4

They Might Be Giants

The World Is to Dig

Twentyfourth studio album from the indie rock stalwarts produced with Pat Dillett (Joan as Police Woman, Joe Jackson, David Byrne)

Added: 18/04/2026
7.4

Alexis Taylor

Paris In The Spring

Sixth solo album from the Hot Chip front man featuring guest appearances from Green Gartside and Lola Kirke

Added: 20/03/2026
7.3

Fcukers

Ö

Debut album from New York electronic duo Shanny Wise and Jackson Walker Lewis

Added: 25/03/2026
7.3

José González

Against The Dying Of The Light

Fifth album from the Swedish indie folk singer-songwriter

Added: 01/04/2026
7.3

Ora Cogan

Hard Hearted Woman

Latest full-length release from the indie-folk Canadian artist produced with David Parry

Added: 16/03/2026
7.2

Tigers Jaw

Lost On You

Seventh full-length album from the Pennsylvania indie rock band produced by Will Yip (Panic! at the Disco, The Wonder Years, Keane)

Added: 13/04/2026
7.2

Squarepusher

Kammerkonzert

Seventheenth studio album from the pioneering electronica producer Tom Jenkinson

Added: 22/04/2026
7.2

Snail Mail

Ricochet

Third album of lo-fi indie rock from the Maryland-based trio led by Lindsey Jordan

Added: 27/03/2026
7.2

Flea

Honora

Debut full-length solo release from Red Hot Chili Peppers' bassist features six original songs and guest appearances from Nick Cave and Thom Yorke

Added: 27/03/2026
7.2

The New Pornographers

The Former Site Of

Album number ten from Canadian-American A.C. Newman-led musical collective

Added: 27/03/2026
7.1

Nine Inch Nails & Boys Noize

Nine Inch Noize

Collaboration between Nine Inch Nails and Boys Noize features reimagined Nine Inch Nails tracks first performed at Coachella in 2026

Added: 19/04/2026

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Friko Something Worth Waiting For

The fuller sound also demonstrates another attempt to push the band in another direction, and the production of John Congleton has introduced more lavish arrangements that weren’t explored to the same extent in their previous work, but at times, this can also turn itself into one too many coats of polish for a band that was always best when unrestrained Far Out

Friko Something Worth Waiting For

It’s the moments of calm and quiet that work best on Friko’s Something Worth Waiting For, which is front-loaded with loud and crowded songs PopMatters

Friko Something Worth Waiting For

It's not as immediately brilliant as its predecessor, but still possessing some fine moments. Print edition only Record Collector

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VOL II by Angine de Poitrine

"There's a ferocity and alienness to the complexity" (10/10 - Exclaim). "It breathes on its own and speaks without words. Angine de Poitrine let the music do the talking" (8.4/10 - Northern Transmissions)

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