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25 April 2026

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FrikoSomething Worth Waiting For

"A record that leaves the kind of impression more associated with acts with far lengthier histories" (9/10 - DIY). "A euphoric, breakneck adventure towards a promised land" (8/10 - The Skinny)

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Foo FightersYour Favorite Toy

"An addictive collection that – like most Foos records – demands repeat playing, this is easily one of the albums of the year" (9/10 - Hot Press). "A retread of well-worn ideas" (4.2/10 - Paste)

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Ringo StarrLong Long Road

"While he may indeed have travelled a long long road, here he sounds 85 years young" (8/10 - Mojo). "You'd have to go back to the 1970s to find a Ringo Starr solo album that was as well-crafted" (7/10 - All Music)

Highest Recent Ratings

Albums to watch

Angine de PoitrineVol.II

"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)

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)

THE CHART: THE TOP RATED NEW ALBUMS

The ADM rating is a weighted average from our survey of more than 50 sources , taking into account the number of reviews

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8.5
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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

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

Friko

Something Worth Waiting For

Second albumfrom the Chicago indie rock quartet produced by John Congleton

Added: 23/04/2026
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

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

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
7.4

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

Zayn

Konnakol

Fifth solo album from former One Direction singer Zayn Malik working with various producers including Nick Hahn, Malay, Malik, Connor McDonough

Added: 22/04/2026
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

Ringo Starr

Long Long Road

Twenty-second album from the former Beatles drummer and his second country record produced by T Bone Burnett and featuring guest appearances from Billy Strings, Sheryl Crow, St. Vincent, Molly Tuttle and Sarah Jarosz

Added: 24/04/2026

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Latest Reviews

Ringo Starr Long Long Road

Embracing simple yet infectious lyricism, impressive guitars and folksy harmonies, Starkey has created another unadulterated Americana album in ‘Long Long Road’, carving his name deeper into the hall of fame Clash

Foo Fighters Your Favorite Toy

A band with a renewed sense of purpose, ready to use the pain of the last few years as an inspiration musicOMH

Friko Something Worth Waiting For

Something Worth Waiting For is an album of good songs with some sequencing and balance issues. Its problems have nothing to do with quality in the traditional sense, but Friko will need to temper some of their maximalist tendencies if they want to seize the indie rock throne No Ripcord

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Fresh stuff

Maybe Not Tonight by Lime Garden

"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)

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)

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)

Holly HumberstoneCruel World
"The singer’s best album yet" (10/10 - Rolling Stone UK). "Replaces introspection with euphoric choruses, 80s synths and even happy hardcore on her vivid second LP" (8/10 - The Giardian)

Sunn O)))Sunn O)))
"An immersive, strangely euphoric listening experience recorded in the wilds of Washington" (8/10 - The Guardian). "The album is a magnificently heavy double of downtuned, epic riffing" (9/10 - Uncut)

ThundercatDistracted
"Thundercat invites listeners into a space where confusion, beauty, and pain coexist, reminding us that even in a fractured world, there is still room to feel, create, and live fully" (8.5/10 - Northern Transmissions)

RobynSexistential
"Questioning everything about love, life and sex, Robyn takes us on a joyride that’s both serious and silly" (10/10 - Robyn). "A lesson in exactly what Robyn can do that nobody else quite can" (10/10 - Dork)

Courtney BarnettCreature of Habit
"The Australian’s best album since her debut is a soundtrack to starting again" (8/10 - musicOMH). "Courtney Barnett is here to rock. No frills, no fuss; just rock." (9/10 - PopMatters)

All-time top 10

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.

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