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Known for their explorative and restless sound, taking influence from old style rock like The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Neil Young and Pink Floyd as well as from electronica and hip hop, each of Radiohead's albums marks a cornerstone in their musical e

Canadian ensemble BadBadNotGood made their name by crossing genre. This seamless movement between style hit hard when they took hip hop into jazz and vice versa. Their latest album – and first with XL recordings – demonstrates them going back to their ins

“Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All are a 10-deep hip-hop collective. But don’t dare call them the new Wu-Tang Clan. They insist they’re different. The collective features rappers, producers, visual artists, skate kids, contrarians, outcasts, amoral teena

Danny L Harle presents his highly-anticipated XL Recordings debut, Cerulean. Following 2021’s immersive Harlecore project, Harle considers it his true debut. “It really is the big one.” Cerulean is a voyage into vast, alien sonic landscapes where speaker-

Overmono - aka brothers Tom and Ed Russell - have cemented themselves as one of the UK's most vital live electronic acts. Their reimagining of High Contrast's legendary drum and bass anthem "If We Ever" has become a viral highlight following their Glaston

English DJ and producer Blawan presents his long-awaited debut XL Recordings album, "SickElixir". Crafted between Berlin, Leeds, Paris, and Lisbon, the 14-track record is his most personal work to date; a manifesto for the way he sees music and himself. C

Radiohead present "Hail To The Thief (Live Recordings 2003-2009", a new live album that allowed the band to re-evaluate its relationship with their 6th studio album, "Hail To The Thief". Available as a one-off pressing, the album comprises performances of

Nourished by Time's debut album, Erotic Probiotic 2, tells his transformative story through impeccable songwriting, infectious ear worm melodies, vivid storytelling and intimate DIY production. The album traveresses a broad spectrum of sound, allowing his

After years out of print, The Prodigy have re-pressed their fourth album in time for its 20th anniversary. There's an inspired list of guest stars on this album including Princess Superstar, Kool Keith, Liam Gallagher, Twista and Juliette Lewis. The 2004

Thom Yorke composed the original score for Daniele Luchetti’s film Confidenza, an adaptation of the Italian drama based on Domenico Starnone’s novel of the same name, which premiered at the International Film Festival in Rotterdam and will be out in Itali

Toronto-born-and-raised singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Charlotte Day Wilson announces her highly-anticipated sophomore album. "Cyan Blue" finds Wilson crafting a smoothly woven cyan tapestry of her eternal influences; thumping gos

The Smile’s new album Wall Of Eyes, will be released on January 26, 2024 on XL Recordings. The new album, was recorded between Oxford and Abbey Road Studios, and is produced and mixed Sam Petts-Davies. It features string arrangements by the London Contemp

On July 21, 2003, an 18-year-old Dizzee Rascal released his debut album "Boy In Da Corner" via XL Recordings. Little did he know that the 15-track album would go on to win the Mercury Prize, become the first-ever Platinum-selling UK Rap album, and lay the

Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke's debut solo album, 'The Eraser,' via XL Recordings. The set was produced and arranged by longtime Radiohead collaborator Nigel Godrich. 'Inevitably it is more beats and electronics, but it [is] songs,' Yorke says of the proj

Originally released in September 2014 on BitTorrent (downloaded over 1 million times during its first week), Thom Yorke's Nigel Goodrich-produced sophomore solo endeavor Tomorrow's Modern Boxes is being reissued on vinyl in 2017 courtesy of XL Recordings.

Radiohead figurehead Thom Yorke follows up his 2014 album Tomorrow's Modern Boxes and 2018 score to Suspiria with his third full-length solo effort Anima. Produced by longtime collaborator Nigel Godrich, several of the album's songs were debuted live duri

Radiohead announces KID A MNESIA, a multiple format triple-album release marking the 21st anniversary of Kid A and Amnesiac, out November 5th via XL Recordings.

KID A MNESIA collects Radiohead’s fourth and fifth albums alongside the debut of a newly c

In February 2010, the late, legendary musician, poet and author Gil Scott-Heron released his thirteenth, and last, studio album. First conceptualized in 2005, and ultimately produced by XL Recordings head Richard Russell during New York recording sessions

Friday Forever is the second album from multi-artist project Everything Is Recorded, helmed by producer artist Richard Russell. This follows the critically acclaimed and Mercury Music Prize nominated debut of 2018, Everything Is Recorded by Richard Russel

Rescued from defunct formats, prized from dark cupboards and brought to light after two decades in cold storage: OK Computer OKNOTOK 1997 2017 coincides (roughly) with the original 1997 release date(s) of Radiohead's landmark third album OK Computer. OKNO