3 July 2026
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French electronic producer with a debut solo album of avant garde low key dance tracks
7.3
This is brilliant, brooding, and beautiful stuff Read Review
Print edition only
Jaumet might have Carl Craig hovering over him but he’s not entirely in his shadow, and Night Music is his own diamond-encrusted carriage Read Review
...in a world of bloodless digital soundscaping, exposing the guts in his machines is why we should be paying attention Read Review
It's impossible not to be reminded of I Robot era Alan Parsons Project stuff. But, Jaumet comes across as ultimately more intelligent, and infinitely less pop-oriented, in a good way Read Review
A revelation, and a fine one at that Read Review
Night Music is a revelation, and a fine one at that Read Review
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Etienne Jaumet: Night Music
Madonna Confessions II
While the vignettes of influence feel like a blazing return to 1990s glory, there’s something optimistic about it Far Out
Deep Purple SPLAT!
There’s something about Splat! that does intrinsically feel like a slap across the chops, in all its blazing prog rock glory Far Out
SPLAT! is a blast from start to finish, and whatever's in the water at Purple HQ, we want some Record Collector
The band's elemental approach peaking on the likes of "Diablo" and "Guilt Trippin'", with Ian Gillian in impressively full-throated mode and Don Airey's keyboard runs often worthy of predecessor Jon Lord. Print edition only Uncut
Producer Bob Ezrin has turned up the group's Depp Purple-ness without lapsing into self-parody. Most of the songs here crack along at a furious pace. Print edition only A.V. Club
Muse The Wow! Signal
A glam odyssey, fuses metal, techno, science fiction and prog rock into an overstuffed inferno of absurdity The Irish Times
Filtering the intervening years, experiences, emotions, and life lessons through the sounds that made her – Chicago house, Detroit techno, and beyond – it’s also a timely reminder of why Madonna was crowned the Queen Of Pop in the first place, and continues to be a vital musical force Mojo
On her most vital album in over two decades, pop music’s grande dame proves she still knows how to make us move NME
After years spent chasing trends like trap and Latin pop, Madonna settles back? nicely into? old-school dance music to tell vivid vignettes of life in 80s New York The Guardian
A celebration of the dance floor that incorporates tributes to her earliest days on New York’s club scene, the queen of pop’s new music is engineered to make you move, or indeed, sweat The Independent
Beth Orton The Ground Above
As fatigued as the space created by The Ground Above may be, it never gives into despair. To the contrary, it finds comfort in both motion and solitude Beats Per Minute
Chanel Beads Your Day Will Come
This is a record that asks for a slower kind of attention, one that finds difference inside repetition instead of beyond it. In a moment when listening is increasingly shaped by acceleration and novelty, Chanel Beads makes a persuasive case for lingering a little longer Northern Transmissions
Lizzo Bitch
The singer’s return to the limelight arrives mean-spirited, out of touch, and woefully inconsistent Paste Magazine
Another immersive, collaborative collection that grounds itself in her efforts to connect with others, embrace the present, and insist on survival Paste Magazine
After a deep discography of sci-fi epics, dystopias and spiritual yearning, Muse varies the formula a little — but fails to wow Spectrum Culture
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
