2020-2023. Explore archived albums or albums of the new and now.
May 2023
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metal/black-metal/progressive rock/alternative rock/electronic: Sleep Token: Take Me Back To Eden. The UK’s anonymous worship collective are back and brazen in the face of Sleep. Not confining to the remit of metal, they are in every other genre going. Get this in your weeks’ playlist.
folk/post-alternative: BC Camplight: The Last Rotation Of Earth. An artist who is very much is in his own lane, comes to his final masterstroke. A harrowing epilogue of garish after-thoughts and heavy moments. This is Mr Camplight at his ultimate best.
alternative rock: HIMALAYAS: From Hell To Here. A dark haunting of hard rock has reached its pique. This is new everything. New band, new album, new sounds. Let’s get it.
neo-soul/funk: Q: Soul, PRESENT. A cracking piece of neo-soul and funky fragments encompassing everything we love about it. Sheer ’80s nostalgia shivers.
electronic-indie: Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Cool It Down. A blaring album of sparking return sees a thunderous showering of glitzy violin triumphants, archaic synth swells and mesmerising melodies.
spunky-punk: Comfort: What’s Bad Enough?: The world of punk has some newcomers. They’re to kick up a fuss for the best room and stay the night.
electronic / dream-pop: Avalon Emerson: & Charm: Emerson drops the DJ booth altogether for a shot at cornerstone dream-pop – and it’s a transition she’s seemingly taken like water off a duck’s back.
APRIL 2023
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alt-indie: The National: First Two Pages of Frankenstein. A concise ninth studio album from a band seemingly on the ropes – with beautiful melodies and A-list guests to boot.
electronic: Mac DeMarco: One Wayne G. A 199-collection of forgettable demo tracks purely to aid (and abet) time. Snoozefest.
alternative jungle: Nia Archives: Sunrise Bang Ur Head Against Tha Wall. Jungle is massive – and so is Nia Archives. Blistering fresh jungle interspersed with legendary hip-hop engravings and RnB grooves.
hard rock/post-hardcore + trance: Enter Shikari: A Kiss for the Whole World. This is more than an album full of simmering hope and high-octane energy. It’s an album that well and truly saved the band too…
conccious rap / drum ‘n’ bass: Songer: SKALA. A rap trailblazing his own path for UK artistry, SKALA is socially-aware and unassuming.
rock: Foo Fighters: The Return with Rescued. The band embark on a sombre chapter with But Here We Are album June release and new single, Rescued since the passing of beloved friend and drummer, Taylor Hawkins.
Prog-jazz: GoGo Penguin: Everything Is Going to Be Okay: the prog-jazz giants return with a extremely spirited album of getting through it.
electronic-pop: The Cope: Oiche / Back to My Bullshit (video premiere): A step-away from the usual, this audio-visual short is nothing short of intelligent and enlightening.
post-alternative: Romi O: M2M (single): A forray of new and bold, a decisive style brought on by alternative sounds posed with an influx of punky spit.
alternative hip-hop: House of EL: Pull Up (single): Fighting talk from Brit’s answer to a Steve Lacy. A mighty compendium of alternative hip-hop for the ages.
rock-indie: Chappaqua Wrestling: Plus Ultra. An adventurous debut from a group navigating the whims of societal lows and normalities. A highly addictive listen.
post-modern punk: Wednesday: Rat Saw God: An unfurling of murky shoegaze, swept up with keen post-punk spirit. Wash it down with some D-grade merlot.
sad-indie: Daughter: Stereo Mind Game: A slaughter of ethereal sad indie – perfect for those indie cinema screenings. Coming to a soundtrack near you.
synth-indie: M83: Fantasy. A tasteful return for a man shunning commercialism and simply making what he wants.
heavy metal/emo rock: nothing, nowhere: VOID ETERNAL. A colostomy bag of powerful emo-rock interspersed with stalwart guests from the scene of heavy rock.
MARCH 2023
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’80s synth-pop: EMAROSA: Sting. A psychedelia of nostalgia – 80’s synth style.
French indie/synth-pop: Christine and the Queens: LIVE. An ethereal powerhouse of epic proportion.
ethereal indie-pop: Caroline Rose: The Art of Forgetting. It was known that she recorded the majority of this album in the nude. Fitting that it’s an album at her own most honest as she bares it all in a shallow-dark pop album.
hyper-pop: 100 gecs: 10,000 gecs. Glitchy hyper-pop persists in an overload of senses.
indie-rock: Black Honey: A Fistful of Peaches. Gritty, gleaming indie-rock shows the Brighton quartet at their best so far.
alternative synth-wave: Fever Ray: Radical Romantics. A plunge into the rabbit hole of zesty alternative off the beaten track.
indie/lo-fi pop: The Angles: The Angles. If you’re looking for a more relaxed listen, you needn’t go further than this glowing power-pop alternative.
alternative grime hip-hop/rap: slowthai: UGLY. A frenetically broiled album from a traditionally vexed Briton. With power to boot.
psychdelic rock / alternative hip-hop: Lil Yachty: Let’s Start Here. An album rich in Tame Impala-enthused sounds and off-kilter vibratos; we’re in the skies.
FEBRUARY 2023
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world-folk: KAYAM: Omens. A unique delicacy for the ages, sibling-duo KAYAM are back with a mesmerising journey into the wonders of exploration and wanderlust.
funk-pop: Gorillaz: Cracker Island. Your favourite virtual inhabitants from a digital world are back and with it, comes the bolstered eerie cultist ethos of Cracker Island.
fierce post-punk: shame: Food For Worms. Highly experimental, inclusively bold and universally shame, this is post-punk at its best.
ethereal synth-pop: Caroline Polachek: Desire, I Want To Turn Into You. Work of such feat, this ethereal tapestry delves into the inner workings of dark love, lust and that insatiable feeling of being wanted – irrespective of the cost.
experimental hip-hop: Jean Dawson: CHAOS NOW.* Levitating anti-pop shows his intentions with experimental magic for the dart arts of seminal hip-hop, gloomy trap rap and fixated indie-rock fit for a teenage king.
lo-fi/soul-pop: Joesef: Permanent Damage. A self-aware debut from a self-made artist, the poetic soul-pop workings out is every bit personal as it is beautiful.
indie-rock: The Academic: Sitting Pretty. Enthused storytelling with depth to their work.
alternative rock: Paramore: This Is Why. After a six-year hiatus, everyone’s favourite pop-punk band are back. Not quite where we left them, but albeit older and wiser with songwriting dexterity to boot.
JANUARY 2023
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punk: Holy Popes: Holy Popes: gritty post-garage punk debut hits the mark… with ferocious power.
lo-fi alternative: JW Francis: Dream House. A lo-fi pop of colour!
post-punk: The Murder Capital: Gigi’s Recovery. Poetically dark and twisted in refinements, Capitals’ follow-up is a euphoric roar.
hard rock/post-punk: Billy Nomates: CACTI. A caustic visionary, Tori brings it all to the table in a personal cavity embraced with dark synths and languid lyrics.
DECEMBER 2022
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world jazz/jazz afrobeat: Kokoroko: Could We Be More. A fusion of London’s best sounds bring it together in a a compilation of desire and passion. Celebrating an enthused moment of creativity, history and compositional brilliance.
soft indie: Japanese Breakfast: Jubilee. Nothing is more sweet than citrus. Maybe this album? A compelling story of melancholic indie-sweeteners to tide you through those evenings.
NOVEMBER 2022
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post-pop/indie rock: The 1975: Funny in a Foreign Language. One of the biggest bands on the planet return…at their most earnest.
hard rock: Crawlers: Loud Without Noise. Simply put, it’s fast hard rock for misfits.
world jazz / experimental funk: Ezra Collective: Where I’m Meant To Be. A thumping celebration of life with funk-adelics to shoot you through the roof.
OCTOBER 2022
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alternative hip-hop / jazz rap: Loyle Carner: hugo. Abrasive lyricism at his most brutally honest, a capture of Carner’s most retrospective.
alternative jazz-rock / lounge rock: Arctic Monkeys: The Car. A timeless collective of debonair lounge-rock worthy for any French black noir film.
alternative hip-hop / jazz rap: Little Simz: The Mercury Magic of Sometimes I Might Be An Introvert. powerful and emotive. A masterpiece of an album worthing of winning this years’ Mercury Prize.
grunge / post-punk: October Drift: I Don’t Belong Anywhere. Visceral post-grunge brood with a worthy sophomore album.
grunge / post-punk: Gilla Band: Most Normal. Experimental workings out at their best, Gilla Band return in sparkling form with true gritty, Irish noise.
lo-fi / indie pop: Easy Life: MAYBE IN ANOTHER LIFE… pockets of lo-fi “pop-bop” delight in an album littered with no compromise.
alternative rock: Pizza Crunch: That Serene Age. One of the most exciting prospects to leave Scotland in the alternative rock sphere. Get involved on a need-to-know basis.
hip-hop / rap: Kid Cudi: Entergalactic. A wonderous soundtrack met with a dazzling animation to match.
nu-metal / hardcore: Slipknot: The End, So Far. The end of an era for some, the start of something great for many. It’s safe to say Slipknot are eroding the doubters.
indie-pop / dance: Superorganism: World Wide Pop. High energy fun rinsed with plenty of feel-good moments. Blast it to space.
SEPTEMBER 2022
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alternative / rock: Pulled Apart By Houses: Reality Cheques. A fresh start with a fresh album.
alternative / post-punk: Sports Team: Gulp! A drizzle of light entertainment, the likes of Sports Team cannot be categorised per genre.
post-punk: Kid Kapichi: Here’s What You Could Have Won. True national spirit uniting one voice for change with straight-edged punk rock.
alternative / rock: Dead Pony: War Boys. A collective of battle-ready chorus to recharge the batteries.
indie-pop: Sunflower Bean: Handful of Sugar. A perfect backdrop for a coastal drive or a hippie commercial, it’s a worthy listen either way.
rock/hardcore: The Devil Wears Prada: Colour Decay. A deserving victory parade of post-hardcore rock laced with an experimental lick.
alternative post-punk: Porridge Radio: Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder To The Sky. A fresh and poignant perspective to a world as confusing as ever.
indie rock: The Amazons: How Will I Know If Heaven Will Find Me? The third studio album sees the band hit their first NO.5 album in the charts, as we see the same winning formula.
electronic dance: Two Door Cinema Club: Keep On Smiling
punk rock: WACO: Rock Spirit Absolute Joy
AUGUST 2022
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hard rock: Muse: Will of the People
emo-rap: $uicideboy$: Sing Me A Lullaby, My Sweet Temptation
alternative post-punk: Baby Strange: World Below
rap: Aitch: Close To Home
punk: KAMORA: Feel Alive (singles review)
punk: Shark Bait: Late Bloomer (singles review)
alternative rock: KASABIAN: The Alchemist’s Euphoria
alternative: Gorillaz: Demon Days
post-punk: BODEGA: Broken Equipment
electronic: M83: Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming
JULY 2022
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punk rock: Viagra Boys: Cave World
blues rock: Jack White: Entering Heaven Alive
indie rock: Jamie T: The Theory of Whatever
jazz rap/lo-fi hip hop: Kofi Stone: Nobody Cares Till Everybody Does
jazz rap: Loyle Carner: Hate (single review)
hard rock: Shinedown: Planet Zero
indie alternative: Paolo Nutini: Last Night in the Bittersweet
JUNE 2022
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indie-pop/disco: Foals: This is Yours
lo-fi indie: your artist spotlight:// VALA.
Alternative-Electronic: Bad Sounds: Escaping from a Violent Time, Vol. 1
MAY 2022
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ROCK: Liam Gallagher: C’MON YOU KNOW
NU-FUNK/ACID JAZZ: Cory Wong: Elevator Music For Elevated Mood
ALTERNATIVE INDIE: Everything Everything: RAW DATA FEEL
ALTERNATIVE: Florence + The Machine: Dance Fever
SKATE PUNK: GNARWOLVES.
ALTERNATIVE: Arcade Fire: We
GRUNGE ROCK: Artist Spotlight: Dinosaur Pile-Up
INDIE ROCK: Blossoms: Ribbon Around The Bomb
APRIL 2022
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INDIE ALTERNATIVE: Single Spotify: Young Excitement by Pizza Crunch
INDIE ALTERNATIVE: Single Spotlight: Bad Friday by Everything Everything
ALTERNATIVE: Artist Spotlight: This is Alice Merton
YOUR WEEKLY MIXTAPE #1 17 April
ROCK: QOTSA: …Like Clockwork Album Review
GRUNGE/ROCK: Jack White: Fear of the Dawn Album Review
INDIE/ROCK: A Delectable Summer Starter … This is Daydream Runaways
BLACK POP: Making GRAMMYs History: Jon Batiste and the Importance of Celebrating Black Culture
RnB/SOUL: Our “Slop n Soul” Artist: This is the work of Curtis Harding
ELECTRONIC WAVE: Artist Spotlight: Bonobo
FUNK ROCK: John Frusciante’s Welcoming Return … and Red Hot Chilli Peppers “Unlimited Love”
MARCH 2022
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INDIE ROCK: The “Magik” of Bloc Party: The Art of Alpha Games
POP PUNK: The “Downfall” of Machine Gun Kelly: mainstream sellout
ALTERNATIVE ROCK: Black Foxxes: Reiði Album Review
ALTERNATIVE ROCK: OSCAR LANG
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FEBRUARY 2022
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POP PUNK: How Avril Lavigne Has Turned Back Time: The Pop-Punk Revitalisation
INDIE ROCK: White Lies: “As I Try Not To Fall Apart” – Album Review
FOLK ROCK: Frank Turner: “FTHC” – Album Review
ALTERNATIVE INDIE: alt-J: “The Dream” – Album Review
ROCK: Black Country, New Road: “Ants From Up Here” – Album Review
POP PUNK: Jack Kays’: Blending With Substance
JANUARY 2022
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HARD ROCK: Down and Dirty with: Tigercub
BALLAD ROCK: Creeper: “American Noir” – Album Review
INDIE ROCK: The Wombats “Fix Yourself, Not the World” Album Review
INDIE ROCK: Spector: “Now or Whenever” Album Review
ALTERNATIVE ROCK: Twin Atlantic: “Transparency” Album Review
SYNTH POP: The Weeknd: “Dawn FM” Album Review
December 2021
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INDIE: ISLAND: “Yesterday Park” Album Review
INDIE POP: Singles Review: Arlie’s karma.
POP PUNK: MOD SUN “Internet Killed the Rockstar” Album Review
November 2021
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ROCK: Nothing But Thieves: “Moral Panic” Album Review
POP: Adele: ’30’: Album Review
PUNK: IDLES “CRAWLER”: Album Review
ROCK: Angels & Airwaves: “Lifeforms” Album Review
POP PUNK: POORSTACY: ‘Party At The Cemetery’ Album Review
October 2021
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INDIE ALTERNATIVE: Sam Fender: ‘Seventeen Going Under’ Album Review
ROCK: Don Broco: ‘Amazing Things’ Album Review
ROCK: Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes: ‘Sticky’ Album Review
FUNK/JAZZ: Your Next Artist: Too Many Zooz
INDIE: Artist Spotlight: Everything Everything
RAP/GRIME: Artist Spotlight: Burna Boy
POP PUNK: jxdn – “Tell Me About Tomorrow” Album Review
Most Recent: September 2021
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ROCK: Artist Spotlight: Black Honey
GOSPEL ROCK: Sleep Token – “Your Place Will Become Your Tomb” – Album Review
PROGRESSIVE ROCK: Artist Spotlight: Plini
POP ROCK: Imagine Dragons – ‘Mercury Act 1’ Album Review
August 2021
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HIP HOP: Kanye West – DONDA Album Review
POP: Lorde – ‘Solar Power’ Album Review
POP ROCK: Imagine Dragons’: Return of the Indie Mythicals
ALTERNATIVE INDIE: Glass Animals: DREAMLAND
POP PUNK: KID BRUNSWICK – XFOREVER Album Review
Most Recent: JULY 2021
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POP: Billie Eilish: ‘Happier Than Ever’ Album Review
POP ROCK: John Mayer – ‘Sob Rock’ Album Review
POP PUNK: Willow – ‘lately I feel EVERYTHING’ Album Review
ALTERNATIVE ROCK: YONAKA – ‘Seize The Power’: Album Review
ROCK: Artist Spotlight: Badflower
ALTERNATIVE INDIE: Album of the Summer: Arlo Parks’ Collapsed in Sunbeams
JUNE 2021
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ALTERNATIVE RAP: Tyler, The Creator – ‘CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST’: Album Review
HARD ROCK: Artist Spotlight: Black Peaks
POP PUNK: Artist Spotlight: Kenny Hoopla
HARD ROCK: Cleopatrick – ‘BUMMER’ Album Review
GOSPEL ROCK: Sleep Token – ‘Sundowning’ Album Review
MAY 2021
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INDIE RAP POP: easy life’s ‘life’s a beach’ Album Review
INTERNATIONAL: Twenty One Pilots – ‘Scaled and Icy’ Album Review
ALTERNATIVE INDIE: Everything Everything: New Explosion of Life
BLUES ROCK: The Black Keys – ‘Delta Kream’ Album Review
ARTIST SPOTLIGHT (ROCK): Strawberry Lace
FOLK: Gerry Cinnamon: The True Story Teller of Music
HARD ROCK: The Influence of: Pixies
ROCK: Black Pistol Fire: Look Alive
POP: Billie Eilish: Blurry World
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APRIL 2021
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ROCK: Royal Blood – ‘Typhoons’ Album Review
ROCK: Thirty Seconds to Mars: The Majesty of ‘A Beautiful Lie’
INDIE ROCK: The Journey of Foals: What Went Down
JAZZ: Jamie Cullum: Profession of Jazz
INDIE: Alt-J: The World of Experimental Sound
INDIE ROCK: One Big Year: The Snuts
ALTERNATIVE INDIE: The Magic of Tame Impala: The Slow Rush
HARD ROCK: Artist Spotlight: cleopatrick
Most Recent: MARCH 2021
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INDIE: Ben Howard’s Collections from the Whiteout
ALTERNATIVE INDIE: Kings of Leon’s When You See Yourself
POP: Aloe Blacc’s All Love Everything
LOCAL: Artist Spotlight: Chris Pidsley
LOCAL: Artist Spotlight: Michael Gallagher
HIP HOP/SPOKEN WORD RAP: The Rise of UK Grime: Dave + Ghetts
Most Recent: FEBRUARY 2021
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METAL ROCK: Architect’s For Those That Wish To Exist
POP: Love Story: Why Taylor Swift is a Genius
INDIE LO-FI: The Rise of Powfu: death bed
ROCK: Foo Fighter’s Medicine At Midnight
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January 2021
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ROCK: The Downfall of Blink-182
ROCK: TYPHOONS: The Evolution of Royal Blood
ELECTRONIC POP: The Weeknd’s AFTER HOURS
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Autumn/Winter 2020
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POP PUNK: Machine Gun Kelly’s Tickets to my Downfall
ROCK: Biffy Clyro’s A Celebration of Endings
LOCAL: KAYLYDE’s Shadows
ROCK: Enter Shikari’s Nothing is True & Everything is Possible