Album Reviews
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Credit: Press Wretch 32 – 'Upon Reflection' review: one of the best UK rap records of the year
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Credit: Press Gucci Mane – 'Woptober II' review: infectious optimism and positivity from the prolific, pioneering rapper
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Credit: Press Caroline Polachek – 'Pang' review: years of experiments pay off
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Foals, shot for NME Credit: Andy Ford/NME Foals – 'Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost: Part 2' review: a blockbuster sequel
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Credit: Jordan Curtis Hughes Beabadoobee – 'Space Cadet' EP review: the makings of a grunge icon
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Refused,2019 Credit: Press Refused – 'War Music' review: a microcosm of everything brilliant about punk
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Credit: Jenn Five/NME Yungblud – 'The Underrated Youth' EP review: protest songs from a new rock hero
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Lil' Kim Lil Kim – '9' review: an icon returns, as lewd and confrontational as ever
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Credit: Oliver Halfin Jimmy Eat World – 'Surviving' review: an exorcism of depression and self-doubt
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Battles 2019 Credit: Atiba Jefferson Battles – 'Juice B Crypts' review: experimental rock that knows how to move your feet
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Kim Gordon Credit: Natalia Mantini/Press Kim Gordon – 'No Home Record' review: wry satire set to jitterbugging rock'n'roll
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Credit: Nick Harwood Blood Orange & Third Coast Percussion – 'Fields' review: luxurious ambient sounds
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Credit: Press Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – 'Ghosteen' review: a beautiful account of harrowing grief
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Summer Walker – 'Over It' review: a sucker-punch of slick sounds and emotional candour
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Father – 'HU$BAND' EP review: escapist mumble-rap from the Awful Records CEO
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Mark Hoppus and Alex Gaskarth in Simple Creatures Credit: Press Simple Creatures – 'Everything Opposite' EP review: a whole new world of "trash-pop"
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Credit: Coley Brown DIIV – 'Deceiver' review: bruising and distorted grunge ballads about facing the past
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Credit: Press Angel Olsen – 'All Mirrors' review: lush self-love anthems for the aftermath of heartbreak
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Credit: Press Danny Brown – 'uknowhatimsaying¿' review: a hellraiser reflects on a life lived at full speed
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Swim Deep Credit: Press Swim Deep – 'Emerald Classics' review: comforting indie anthems about family and perseverance
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Babymetal at Glastonbury, 2019 Credit: CAROLINA FARUOLO/NME BABYMETAL – 'Metal Galaxy' review: power-pop anthems for the 23rd Century
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Credit: Press D-Block Europe – 'PTSD' review: overlong and overblown UK rap, with flashes of brilliance
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Wilco Credit: Press/ Annabel Mehran Wilco – 'An Ode to Joy' review: a quietly triumphant return to form
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Finneas – 'Blood Harmony' EP review: the Billie Eilish producer strikes out alone
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Credit: Dave Willis FEET – 'What's Inside Is More Than Just Ham' review: much better than the terrible title implies
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Credit: Getty DaBaby – 'Kirk' review: the spirited rapper sounds all grown up on his coming-of-age album
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Credit: Mitch Ikeda Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds – 'This Is The Place' review: The Smiths meets 'cosmic pop'
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Credit: Press Tegan and Sara – 'Hey, I'm Just Like You' review: diary entries reimagined as swaggering indie-pop
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Credit: David Jackson Steel Panther – 'Heavy Metal Rules' review: if you’ve never had sex, you might like this album
