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Kneecap  FENIAN

Fresh off the back of a highly publicised legal battle, the outspoken hip-hop group return with a record that delivers on all fronts The Observer

Kneecap  FENIAN

They're still loud and angry - exploring themes around national identity, solidarity and challenging political establishments - but there is greater musical depth and breadth. Print edition only Uncut

Kneecap  FENIAN

They back that shrewdness with songs of depth and substance. Print edition only Mojo

Kneecap  FENIAN

If all Kneecap offered was the spectacle of someone stirring shit up, like the Pistols, PE and early Manics in previous generations, they would still be worth having around. But Fenian offers far more. Their day has come Record Collector

Noah Kahan  The Great Divide

The Great Divide isn’t just an album, it’s an experience that demands your attention and rewards your patience. It’s the kind of project that sticks with you, reshaping itself with each listen Spill Magazine

Friko  Something Worth Waiting For

Friko found themselves negotiating within a creative paradox. Something Worth Waiting For neither abandons what came prior nor strays too far from it, carving out a theme entirely its own. The sophomore record has a different groove, but veers toward what Friko offers without fail — unwavering promise Northern Transmissions

Metric  Romanticize The Dive

They come dressed in post-punk garb. The arena singalong "Wild Rut" mutates into a piece of motorik new wave; the toytown confections of "Leave You On A High" and "Loyal" both come wreathed in ice gothic synths and Peter Hook-style bass plunking. Print edition only Uncut

Metric  Romanticize The Dive

As If You're Here has a sunny, surging drive-time glint to it too, but a little too much of Romanticize. Print edition only Record Collector

Metric  Romanticize The Dive

An album which proves that past and present can - and perhaps should - inform one another DIY

Metric  Romanticize The Dive

Don’t call it a comeback, this is a reaffirmation record proving the synth-pop indie rockers are as vital as ever Under The Radar

Metric  Romanticize The Dive

Emily Haines and co return with a 10th album which doesn't so much revisit their legacy as polish it for a new era to come musicOMH

Metric  Romanticize The Dive

Romanticize the Dive is yet another great Metric album, another stunning showcase of Haines' second-to-none vocals, and an example of how if a band plays with emotional and sonic imagination, indie rock doesn't have to sound overcooked and insipid when it is blown up to twice its size All Music

Foo Fighters  Your Favorite Toy

Clocking in at just over 36 minutes, Your Favorite Toy is the shortest album in the Foo Fighters' sprawling discography, though you wouldn't know that by listening to it Exclaim

Ringo Starr  Long Long Road

Burnett's production gives the affair both refined sheen and rustic charm, and Starr's voice has barely aged since he first sang about being under the sea Exclaim

Foo Fighters  Your Favorite Toy

Foo Fighters definitely have it in them to craft another strong album, it is maybe just a matter of time until they are truly in sync again Sputnik Music (staff)