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Richard Thompson  Hippies, Thugs And Heroes

Continues a powerful run of modern classics from an artist who shows no sign of slowing down Louder Than War

Richard Thompson  Hippies, Thugs And Heroes

A latter-day classic. Print edition only Uncut

Richard Thompson  Hippies, Thugs And Heroes

A dozen tracks confirm Thompson favours quality over quantity. Print edition only Record Collector

Richard Thompson  Hippies, Thugs And Heroes

A bit of a downer, but those who have found their way to Thompson's songs - via Fairport, or fellow travellers like Robyn Hitchcock, Tom Verlaine, Bob Mould, Pere Ubu, R.E.M. and now The Tubs - will know how intoxicating his kind of gloom can be. Print edition only Mojo

The Avalanches  No Bad Memories

The dance duo’s fourth album is their most eclectic and chaotic to date, for better and for worse NME

Leon Bridges  Happiness Anytime

On Happiness Anytime, Leon Bridges delivers an openhearted celebration of human connection Spectrum Culture

The Avalanches  No Bad Memories

It still forms a cohesive whole, never wavering from the basic concept - no matter how disorientating and claustrophobic it may become The Arts Desk

Troye Sivan  She's The Best

The pop star’s fourth album explores the cracks between the hits, the climaxes, and the comedowns. When he steps off the dancefloor, he finds a looser and more liberated sound Pitchfork

Wishy  Natures Pill

A deep longing aches at the core of the Indianapolis indie-pop group’s music, making good on the bittersweet promise of twee at its most heartfelt Pitchfork

Teenage Fanclub  Do Not Dare To Dream

There are many artists of Teenage Fanclub’s vintage making vital, thrilling music. Do Not Dare to Dream is neither. Yes, it is comfortable, easy, and pleasant — but to be brutally frank, it is criminally dull No Ripcord

Greg Freeman  All Set The Bone

Three albums into his career, he’s simply starting to sound like Greg Freeman No Ripcord

Fontaines D.C.  Dopamine Chamber

‘Dopamine Chamber’ is Fontaines D.C. rambling about the worst bits of the modern world – environmental collapse, extreme wealth, political violence – over some of the prettiest instrumentals the band have written Clash

Teenage Fanclub  Do Not Dare To Dream

‘Do Not Dare To Dream’ is the audible culmination of a tried and tested Fanclub recipe: richly layered arrangements that interact with a warm embrace, alongside lyricism that manages both timelessness and contemporariness Clash

Jamie T  Ghosts (100 Days of Morning)

A curious sidestep in place, ‘Ghosts (100 Days Of Morning)’ refuses to sit in one place, making it absorbing, infuriating and impishly entertaining Clash

Jess Williamson  A Mile South Of Heaven

these deftly weighted narratives posit Williamson as a nomadic soul caught between er adopted LA and Texan suburbs of home, with Nashville as a loose spiritual fix. Print edition only Uncut