26 September 2026
Here's how it works: The Recent Releases chart brings together critical reaction to new albums from more than 50 sources worldwide. It's updated daily. Albums qualify with 5 reviews, and drop out after 6 weeks into the longer timespan charts.
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The Glasgow six-piece with a 2nd album of fast and furious pop-punk which they label "fight pop"
6.6
This is a fun indie pop record that will not change anyone's lives but will get you bouncing off walls very easily Read Review
This feels entirely progressive without losing any of the band’s endearing ethos of injecting energy and fun into every track Read Review
Another knock-out blow Read Review
The major achievement of this record is the broadening of Dananananaykroyd’s sound, prising it clear of the numerous shouty young bands to have followed their lead Read Review
A heavier and more robust band incarnation Read Review
Despite the name producer and more straightforward sonics they’re still the same band – battering ram bouncy, bizarre, brilliant Read Review
A clearly accomplished record Read Review
Fiery, fun and more interesting than your average guitar-wielding indie band Read Review
Despite its lack of groundbreaking songwriting, the overall experience is pure excitement and suggests that they’ll be unmissable live Read Review
An ear-splittingly good record which will force its way into your brain... whether you want it to or not! Read Review
Expands the normally spiky guitar lines into something genuinely wonderful Read Review
Print edition only
They rarely utilise traditional verse-chorus dynamics, instead focusing on slashing, elliptical riffs, sharp left turns and quiet breakdowns Read Review
More of a squabble than a Glaswegian bar brawl! Read Review
The band’s songwriting is more restrained and conventional, but always high octane – they scream overwhelmingly through the whole album without really letting you pause for breath Read Review
They've lost some of their endearing quirks. Print edition only
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Dananananaykroyd: There Is a Way
Blondshell Violins
This is an artist widening her frame without losing her bite. It’s confident, a little wistful, and often loud in all the right places Northern Transmissions
On her third album, Sabrina Teitelbaum fights to strike a balance between savage beauty and jagged home truths NME
Everything great about Blondshell is present on ‘Violins’, but it feels sharper, more adventurous and more assured then ever before Clash
LA alt-rock singer Blondshell trades plain-speaking lyricism for something more abstract, while Irish rock band Gurriers cut through the noise with their ambitious second album The Independent
While trying to find and assert herself, the song has her imagining walking down the aisle to Beethoven's Für Elise, even though no one, including her, would pick it as a wedding song All Music
An often-delicate inward vision that pairs frustration with beauty DIY
It's in her ability to take the everyday experience and turn it into an epic noise that Violins finds its sweet spot The Line Of Best Fit
It would be unfair to call Violins Blondshell’s finest work to date, given the strength of her previous albums. What’s clear, though, is that it’s every bit as good as what came before Under The Radar
Protomartyr Hotel Usona
The album is more eerie in tone than its predecessors, like a distant alarm sounding, trying to amplify the sounds we cannot hear Northern Transmissions
It’s a bleak listen, sure, but Protomartyr haven’t ever been the comforting types. In fact, they’ve chosen the perfect time to double down on their righteous anger and despair, and if everything were to come to a catastrophic end right now, you’ve got the perfect soundtrack for it Far Out
For newcomers, it's a perfectly moody entry point. Hotel Usona is the sound of a band settling into their own skin, creating a space that's uniquely theirs and generously sharing the key Exclaim
From singer Joe Casey’s handmade album artwork to drummer Alex Leonard’s impish, kinetic inversions of classic post-punk rhythm, the Detroit band crafts an austere, unflinching record as bleak as it is cathartic Paste Magazine
This is not a hotel you'd want to stay at any time soon, but it's a remarkable record to spend time with. Print edition only Uncut
Under dim hotel lights, Casey’s lyricism appears foreboding and alien in a way it never has before The Line Of Best Fit
Ezra Collective Here Because of Hope
Arguably the biggest jazz band in the country return with an album that shows off both their exuberant and more reflective sides musicOMH
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