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Honeyglaze: Honeyglaze

A searing debut for therapy-seekers. FFO Katy J Pearson, Wolf Alice.

Porridge Radio: Waterslides, Diving Board, Ladder to the Sky

Splintered in more ways than one, it is a vital alternative voice to the fresh and new.

Rina Sawayama: Hold The Girl

Tokyo-happy Rina is a brazen artist with beats to boot. Pure energy.

Steve Lacy: Gemini Rights

Airy alternative R&B artistry traipsing similar grounds to Tyler, The Creator. Bad Habit was this years’ blow-up.

Dry Cleaning: Stumpwork

Archaic spoken-word post-punk, it’s unusually desirable and perfectly “London.”

black midi: Hellfire

Deep in the alternative underground, comes black midi. Are you afraid of the dark?

Paolo Nutini: Last Night in the Bittersweet

A delectable undressing into Paolo’s lovable language, six years in the making.

Baby Strange: World Below

Be careful. There’s a curfew amidst the World Below.

Viagra Boys: Cave World

The Swedish sextet bring primal instincts to the cavity of free-form post-punk.

Red Hot Chilli Peppers: Unlimited Love

New Peppers brings a healthy detox of sparkling groove and depth – with Frusciante back at the helm.

Florence + The Machine: Dance Fever

Imploring mystique to a lurid escape is Florence’s bread. Dance Fever is poetically beautiful in all the right places.

Sports Team: gulp!

Exploring the disdainful while seeing the funny side, it is a splash of colour into the alternative indie rock fuzz.

Ezra Collective: Where I’m Meant To Be

Pioneers of the new-wave UK jazz scene, this quintessential quintet is a true celebration of life and music itself.

Everything Everything: Raw Data Feel

A new striking form of songwriting. A catchy, cut-throat sixth as the art of artificial takes centre stage

Jack White: Fear of the Dawn

Reincarnating the blues is no easy feat. Sparks of energy and distorted thumps make it a spicy return for the man in baby blue.

Black Country, New Road: Ants From Up There

A band distinct in sound, it sets apart poetic indifference in the work of experimental rock.

easy life – MAYBE IN ANOTHER LIFE…

Smudgy lo-fi indie pop art brings sunshine to an otherwise dark world.

Loyle Carner – hugo

A retrospective pondering to the mark of jazz rap soundscapes. This is hugo.

Arctic Monkeys:

The Car

Debonair lounge-rock with a touch of brooding Francois. AM are back.

Fontaines DC: Skinty Fia

An instalment of dark Irish magic, It’s post-punk at its best.