7 October 2024
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Seventh studio album from the Bluegrass singer-songwriter and her partner Dave Rawlings
7.8
Named after their Nashville studio – hit by a tornado in 2020 – the duo’s first album together in 13 years picks its impeccable, old-time way through personal and social upheaval Read Review
The singer-songwriter duo’s latest album is illuminated by memories of old while still finely attuned to present reality, with recollections of long road trips, old dreams and familiar faces adding warmth from within Read Review
Throughout Woodland, Americana songwriters Gillian Welch and David Rawlings underscore the sinews of relationships that are stretched but never torn Read Review
Impressionistic songs underscored by despair, anxiety and a will to overcome Read Review
The long-running Nashville duo offers new sonic moods and narrative modes on a fantastic LP Read Review
The intuitive bond between the two musicians remains at the forefront of their terrific new album, full of quiet adventures and clear empathy Read Review
The new ‘duo’ album from two of Americana’s leading lights offers wistful melodies, bittersweet emotions and sly humour Read Review
There’s something faintly Seventies’ California easy listening about the song Read Review
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Leon Bridges Leon
He writes evocatively about his home state of Texas, which lends these songs a vivid backdrop. Print edition only Uncut
The musician’s emotional fourth album borrows liberally from the past but the themes are modern and the sound utterly timeless The Observer
Caribou Honey
With its intricate production, mesmerising melodies, dynamism and scope, ‘Honey’ is no doubt a stellar addition to Caribou’s catalogue Clash
The Smile Cutouts
A magnificent, playful, and positive return Clash
Sophie Sophie
When SOPHIE the record is finished, you are left with a mix of feelings and emotions. Gratitude for the work SOPHIE the artist brought us and the boundaries she broke down. Curiosity as to what this record may have been had she gotten to complete it Clash
Coldplay Moon Music
‘Moon Music’ feels like the best friend who helps you through the dark hours of 3am and takes you through the most beautiful sunrise when daylight breaks Clash
Dan Snaith embraces AI to deliver a feelgood set of tracks that provide a sun-drenched idyll musicOMH
Tenth album by Chris Martin and co is something of a damp squib and sees their decline continue musicOMH
Third album from Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood and Tom Skinner is a stranger beast than its predecessors, finding them in playful and risky mood musicOMH
The Bug Machines
This anthology of instrumentals the industrial dub stalwart crafted for his pummeling live performances is some of his heaviest, ugliest, most damaged-sounding music yet Pitchfork
Being Dead EELS
With deceptively lo-fi hooks and a playfully oblique approach, the Austin rock duo crafts songs that are goofy, serious, innocent, and knowing all at once Pitchfork
Godspeed You! Black Emperor No?Title as of 13 February 2024 28,340 Dead
The band’s adherence to formula undercuts the visceral punch that has been their appeal Slant Magazine
Floating Points Cascade
It’s Shepherd’s harnessing of electronic music’s power to tease your imagination to different places that makes Cascade such a wonderful club record Under The Radar
Although it's nauseatingly upbeat - that is also what Coldplay have always done best The Arts Desk
What it lacks in cohesion, Cutouts more than makes up for in displays of technical skill and layered textures that flesh out each composition in fascinating ways 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
Kendrick Lamar Damn.
D'Angelo And The Vanguard Black Messiah
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Ghosteen
Self Esteem Prioritise Pleasure
Bob Dylan Rough and Rowdy Ways
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Skeleton Tree
Frank Ocean Channel Orange
Dave We’re All Alone In This Together