7 September 2026
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Underground hip-hop MC and producer Mike Ladd returns with his Infesticons project for a third time
6.1
The huge force of his personality drives the scuzzy blues and rough, rough beats through a mixture of singing, rapping, straight-up bawling, sometimes switching between the three on the same track Read Review
Overall, Bedford Park is an enjoyable and confident album which is happy to genre hop and indulges many of your demands Read Review
This final chapter is mostly a conceit for his messy avant adventures Read Review
Ladd is venturing again into unexplored territories. Fuzzed-out guitar loops and garage rock beats are reminiscent of The Black Keys' Blackroc rap collaborations, but the record lacks the experimental edge or the variety of previous efforts Read Review
None of it really coheres into anything in particular, but the songs sound comfortable in their genre-hopping skins Read Review
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Sleep Hempispheres
The quality of Hempispheres stands well enough to rate as a solid crossover work, leaving the depth-charged ruins of Dopesmoker and the following orbit of The Sciences behind, finding new planetary matter to dig into No Ripcord
It’s unlikely I’ll pick Hempispheres over their classics, as it’s the least overwhelming and that’s mainly what I want to experience when I listen to Sleep. However, that doesn’t mean it is not a legitimate, well-thought work by committed musicians who evidently navigate a new era Sputnik Music (staff)
The firepower Matt Pike brought to Sleep's seminal recordings is noticeably absent, but rather than replace it, Cisneros and company chose to embrace a more celestial, perhaps age-appropriate approach to getting ripped All Music
Chat Pile Who Loves The Sun
With more of what existing devotees demand, plus a few degrees of increasing accessibility, Who Loves The Sun suggests that as the climate around them heats up, so do Chat Pile. At least the latter is a very good thing Kerrang!
Arab Strap Half-Told Tales
Packed with caustic drama and moments of real heart, Half-Told Tales makes clear that Arab Strap are still well connected to their alt-pop alchemy that fuelled former glories, that likewise has dreamed up a fine record cementing their always unique presence in the indie world Far Out
We’re watching the world fall apart in real time. Ever wondered what that sounded like? On Who Loves the Sun, Chat Pile expose the contradictions and controversies at the heart of the compendium of chaos with searing lyricism and exciting instrumentation Far Out
Dexy Midnight Runners LOVE
It's a true delight that Dexys Midnight Runners are back to reclaim their place in the pop music firmament and LOVE is nothing less than a late career highlight that pales not at all when held up to their early work All Music
Adéla Prima
In calling back to bygone decades with PRIMA, Jergová certainly knows her audience. But in a time of profitable nostalgia bait, it’s a formulaic approach that is both aiding her popularity and interfering with her artistic development The Line Of Best Fit
The 22-year-old is impressively frank about indulging industry sleaze in her pursuit of fame on a debut that puts a distinctive spin on the best of 00s hedonism The Guardian
The pop phenom wraps stories of sacrifice and surrender with bold confidence on her maximalist debut Rolling Stone
The album suggests the singer might just have what it takes to reach her loftiest ambitions Slant Magazine
On her debut album, the Slovakian singer is growling, thrusting and squealing her way to superstardom, one hit at a time NME
Closing with the mighty hip-hop infused, neo-industrial beat behind ‘Ain’t In LA’, this is an unrelenting debut, a coherent run of pop ambition that displays every inch of ADÉLA’s star quality Clash
Alabama Shakes I Must Be Dreaming
After more than a decade away, Brittany Howard’s influential rock band still has a knack for righteous, retro catharsis, but the signature moves can’t help but feel a little safe Pitchfork
Mastodon Marrow Deep
With Marrow Deep, Mastodon have delivered a powerful and musically challenging album, hinting at intriguing new directions for the band’s collective sound No Ripcord
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