Dinosaur Jr.’s 13th album—and first for five years—is another solid entry in one of indie rock’s most consistent discographies

The activist-minded Oklahoma City alt-metal quartet grapples with the discontents of modern life

Nate Amos’ latest album as This Is Lorelai is a spellbinding AOTY contender

Materia is best appreciated as a document of process rather than a completed thought

Unmistakably English, but way funnier and much more interesting musically than Sleaford Mods

Even at their most wide-ranging, the Shakes make it all sound effortlessly cool

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

With Marrow Deep, Mastodon have delivered a powerful and musically challenging album, hinting at intriguing new directions for the band’s collective sound

It’s been a tough run for Interpol since the highs of Antics, but their re-energised eighth album marks a glorious shift in fortunes

With It Goes On, Westside Cowboy have truly arrived, and something tells me they’ll be sticking around for a while

There’s no denying that the Weez stick to what they do best on The Gold Album, but their insistence on returning to their musical roots feels increasingly played out

While her arc culminates somewhat open-endedly, Cheek’s fluid inner world is always fascinating to behold

NEW DOOMED! is a wonderful record that draws the very best out of these two singular talents. Vulnerable, laugh-out-loud funny, and occasionally even hopeful, its sharp beats and even sharper couplets make it one of the leading Hip Hop albums of 2026

For those concerned that they’ve lost their guitar-driven swagger, fear not, as Soft Control features some of the band’s most fiery and uplifting material that fuelled classics like 1965 and Gentlemen

13 years after the superb Tomorrow’s Harvest, Scottish duo Boards of Canada turn their attention to religion on the apocalyptic Inferno

Sonically, Cry Baby has the energy, groove and beats of a classic Danger Mouse production

With such a compelling frontperson in Freeman-Taylor, the band is close to finding the spark that will make them stand out in a crowded field

The snarky Leeds band once again thrive on contradictions on their third LP, sucking you in with sumptuous grooves and then spitting you out with their blistering anguish

A hot-shot production team, which includes Alex G and the ubiquitous Jack Antonoff alongside regular Bridgers collaborators Ethan Gruska and Tony Berg, adds a professional sheen that sometimes smacks of compromise

The guitars are effectively a sideshow. A filter of sorts. This isn’t rock music. Charli hasn’t abandoned the dance floor. It’s all just window dressing, and most of the time it sounds strikingly joyless and distinctly mediocre