The latest selection includes a powerful comeback from The Futureheads, an eccentrically fabulous release from Lana Del Rey, and more perfect postpunk dance from Sacramento and New York’s !!! Chk Chk Chk
Read moreNew albums: Ezra Furman, Taylor Swift, Rapsody, Sheer Mag, Jay Som, Miles Davis, Tropical Fuck Storm, Modern Nature, Raphael Saadiq, Rowan Rheingans, Shannon Lay
A return to humorous pop for Taylor Swift, a dirty dozen of postpunk angst by Ezra Furman, and a hip hop album dedicated to black female icons by Rapsody are among the this week’s selection
Read moreNew albums: Sleater-Kinney, The Murder Capital, Shura, The Hold Steady, Ride, Blanck Mass, Oh Sees, Friendly Fires, Kurt Vile, King Gizzard and TLW, The Rails
Cracking returns from Sleater-Kinney, The Murder Capital, Ride, Oh Sees, The Hold Steady, and some Prince-style funk pop from Manchester’s Shura are among this week’s latest roundup of album releases
Read moreNew albums: Bon Iver, Marika Hackman, Chali 2na and Krafty Kuts, Fionn Regan, The Regrettes, Trippie Redd, Rắn Cạp Đuôi Collective
The American indie folk band return with their newly alternative fourth, the British singer-songwriter has a direct and earthy breakup, the ex-Jurassic 5 rapper joins forces, plus other wonders including an album inspired by Vietnamese monsoons
Read moreNew albums: Ty Segall, Francis Lung, Mabel, Clairo, Föllakzoid, Cross Record, Nérija, Native Harrow, Haiku Salut, Tyler Childers, Teskey Brothers, Mick Trouble
A bumper selection includes a lauded 13th album by the Californian rocker, Mancunian musician Francis Lung, Mabel the daughter of Neneh Cherry, and a project for a new electronica soundtrack to a Buster Keaton film
Read moreNew albums: The Flaming Lips, Purple Mountains, Blood Orange, Banks, IDER, Sarathy Korwar, Various (Frightened Rabbit tribute)
A catchup of recent releases includes The Flaming Lips going concept again with with their best for years, Silver Jews frontman David Berman’s new band, innovations from IDER, Blood Orange and Banks and an all-star Frightened Rabbit tribute
Read moreNew albums: Jesca Hoop, Trash Kit, Africa Express, The Soft Cavalry, Mark Mulcahy, K Flay, Olympia, Willie Nelson, Kokoko!, John Luther Adams, Beak, Jeb Loy Nichols
The latest roundup includes more collaborations via Damon Albarn’s African Express, sharp postpunk from Trash Kit, sensitive songwriting from Jesca Hoop, a classical masterpiece, and more from veteran country singer Willie Nelson
Read moreNew albums: black midi, Hot Chip, Mark Ronson, Prince, The Raconteurs, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Black Pumas, Luedji Luna, Merz, Bedouine, Hatchie, Titus Andronicus, Divino Niño, Bad Breeding
This week’s huge selection includes the buzzy experimentalists black midi, rave pop from Hot Chip, funk from Georgia Anne Mulgrow, beautiful folk by Bedouine, soul from Black Pumas, and original versions from the Prince vault
Read moreNew albums: Peter Perrett, The Divine Comedy, Vanishing Twin, Wovoka Gentle, Mattiel, Aurora, Pixx, Jake Xerxes Fussell, Plaid, Younghusband
A second great solo album by the former The Only Ones frontman, bright, witty work by The Divine Comedy, and outstanding innovation from Wovoka Gentle, Pixx, Mattiel and more make up this week’s roundup of releases
Read moreNew albums: Richard Hawley, Madonna, Lee 'Scratch' Perry, Skepta, Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, Pip Blom, Sacred Paws, Yonaka
A mixture of old-timers and young bucks make up this week’s selection, from the youthful Amsterdam indie band debutants Pip Blom to the dub legend Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry releasing one of his finest and most eccentric records yet
Read moreNew albums: Cate Le Bon, Amyl and the Sniffers, Mavis Staples, Steve Lacy, Flying Lotus, Areni Agbabian, Youssou N'Dour, Faye Webster, Honeyblood, Frankie Lee, Gia Margaret, The Claim, Petrol Girls
A huge selection and range this week includes the unique and original sound of Welsh artist Cate Le Bon, Australian punk rockers Amyl and the Sniffers, soul, funk and hip from The Internet’s Steve Lacy and cinematic rap from Flying Lotus
Read moreNew albums: The National, Erland Cooper, BCUC, Lewis Capaldi, Slowthai, Josephine Wiggs, Steel Pulse, Hey Colossus, Tyler The Creator, Carly Rae Jepson
This week’s new album roundup has something for everyone – soft, soothing, moving gentle experimental and lo-fi, fierce and soulful hip-hop, African dance music, political reggae and cheesy pop
Read moreNew albums: Clinic, Holly Herndon, Mac Demarco, Viagra Boys, AA Bondy, Jamila Woods, The Mystery Lights, Laurence Pike, Death And Vanilla
Wonderfully otherworldly and woozy work is a theme this week, especially from Liverpool’s fabulous Clinic and choral groundbreaking brilliance from Holly Herndon, alongside a variety of other oddities including Mac Demarco
Read moreNew albums: Vampire Weekend, Drahla, Kedr Livanskiy, Filthy Friends, Big Thief, Rhiannon Giddens, Flamingods, Jesse Mac Cormack
This week’s selection includes an experimental and expansive double album return from Vampire Weekend, Leeds post-punkers Drahla, Russian underground dance queen Kedr Livanskiy and members of REM and Sleater-Kinney
Read moreNew albums: Fat White Family, Kelsey Lu, Loyle Carner, Lizzo, Stealing Sheep, Wand, Jade Bird, Elva
The Fat White Family return. leading a procession of wonderful musical mischief, while there’s a follow-up from rapper Loyle Carner, debuts from singer-songwriters Kelsey Lu and Lizzo and a whole lot more in this week’s selection
Read moreNew albums: Fontaines D.C., Anderson Paak, Chemical Brothers, Pom Poko, Labrinth, Sia and Diplo (LSD), The Leisure Society, Sun Kil Moon, Stubbleman, Band of Skulls, Eli 'Paperboy' Reed, Bibio
Alongside frenetic and fresh punk and postpunk from Fontaines D.C. and Pom Poko, and dance music from Chemical Brothers, this week’s selection also includes a beautiful spread of mellow records from Anderson Paak and others
Read moreNew albums: Weyes Blood, David Bowie, Jess Ribeiro, W.H. Lung, Pozi, Ratso, Lee Fields & The Expressions, Shana Cleveland, Rozi Plain, Priests
Exquisite vocals and electronica and female vocalists decorate this weeks list, from Weyes Blood to Jess Ribeiro and Shana Cleveland, plus sharp postpunk from Pozi, beautiful songs by Ratso with Nick Cave, and rare, early Bowie
Read moreNew albums: Edwyn Collins, Billie Eilish, White Denim, Beth Gibbons, Unkle, Ohtis, Gerry Cinnamon, Show Me The Body, The Matthew Herbert Big Band
This week’s selection spans the full range from the quirky pop of Billie Eilish to the triumphant return of Edwyn Collins, masterful prog from White Denim to Beth Gibbons doing Henryk Górecki with a Polish orchestra
Read moreNew albums: Lambchop, Ibibio Sound Machine, These New Puritans, Lucy Rose, Jenny Lewis, The Hare and Hoofe, Olcay Bahir, Jayda G
This week? New experimentation by Lambchop’s Kurt Wagner, dance-funk from Ibibio Sound Machine, complex melancholy from These New Puritans, hilarious prog rockers Hare and Hoofe, and fabulous female singer-songwriters
Read moreNew albums: Karen O & Danger Mouse, Cinematic Orchestra, Stephen Malkmus, Nilüfer Yanya, Uranium Club, Chai, Kathryn Tickell, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Low Life, Dwight Trible
This week’s selection includes a collaboration between the Yeah Yeah Yeahs singer and Danger Mouse, plus The Cinematic Orchestra, Stephen Malkmus going electronic, and original sounding pop from Nilüfer Yanya
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