The Flaming Lips - With a Little Help from my Fwends

It's just a shame that it misses the mark.

Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga // Cheek To Cheek

The meat dress-wearing popstrel returns with an album of classic duets with old school crooner Tony Bennett. Not your usual Gaga.

Kormac - Doorsteps

I was continuously surprised throughout all 43 minutes.

Montagues & Capulets - Landscapes of Youth

Not one bad track on this album.

Ryan Adams - Ryan Adams

Even Adams’ guitar lines manage to evoke something bittersweet.

Aphex Twin // Syro

Thirteen years after the release of Aphex Twin’s last album, Drukqs, Richard D James has returned with his much awaited album, Syro.

Zola Jesus - Taiga

Won’t do much for the lonely goths of this world.

Lower than Atlantis - Lower than Atlantis

A complete contrast to any of their previous albums.

Bonobo - The North Borders Tour Live

This cheeky monkey has given us this beauty of a record

Marmozets// The Weird and Wonderful Marmozets

Marmozets are definitely on my to-see list.

Twilight Sad // Nobody Wants To Be Here And Nobody Wants To Leave

Not perfect but the Sad nearly hit the sweet spot on album four.

Alt-J // This Is All Yours

If all you’re after is more of the first album, you won’t be disappointed.

Tricky // Adrian Thaws

This is a good one.

Jenny Lewis // The Voyager

It’s more of a “coming to terms” affair.

The Pukes // Too Drunk To Pluck

There's enough punk attitude in this album to, well, win a 'who's the most punk?' contest.

Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers

Hypnotic Eye is an album with plenty of American soul, the kind of music classics are made from.

New Model Army // Between Wine And Blood

It may be small, but this perfectly formed mini-album has substance.

Luke Sital-Singh // The Fire Inside

His particular brand of musical finesse just doesn’t quite transfer to the album.

She Keeps Bees // Eight Houses

This will be an album that I will be revisiting for some time.

Last Great Dreamers // Crash Landing In Teenage Heaven

Second album from the long lost but soon to return cult dandies of Rock 'n' Roll

Childhood - Lacuna

This album makes me feel like Supergirl.

Goat // Commune

Mysterious bemasked septet rock out with a deliciously psychedelic take on world music.

Esben & The Witch // A New Nature

Distinctly Gothy, distinctly good,

The Wytches // Annabel Dream Reader

Surf doom brilliance on The Wytches highly anticipated debut...

Ward Thomas // From Where We Stand

Linkin Park // The Hunting Party

The Hunting Party is ostensibly a return to Hybrid Theory, a statement to current rock bands trying to ‘play it safe’. Their debut was a punch in the gut for rock music. This? Not so much.

Twin Atlantic // Great Divide

They want the arenas and by crikey this makes it obvious.

Charlie Simpson // Long Road Home

Simpson goes folk-rock. Not for fans of Busted or Fightstar

King Creosote // From Scotland with love

Manic Street Preachers // Futurology

Sebastien Tellier // L'Aventura

Antlers // Familiars

I should love this but it just left me frustrated.

Lacuna Coil // Broken Crown Halo

When a band has been together for twenty years it can be tough to retain what fans like about the music without merely rehashing the last album. Italy's Lacuna Coil are in danger of falling into this trap with latest album Broken Crown Halo.

Kathryn Williams // Crown Electric

She sings of being brave enough to be yourself, and of trusting a new partner, all laid over her acoustic guitar, beautiful string parts and occasional brass.

Future of the Left // How to Stop Your Brain in an Accident

The whole album is totally unafraid of pace and on this one, melody is used to highlight, not simplify. Stormin’.

The Fratellis // We Need Medicine

Despite having brief moments that can only be described as ‘nice’, these prove little treatment for the majority of ‘We Need Medicine’.

They Might Be Giants // Nanobots

DEAR GOD it works. Nanobots is just classic TMBG with each song breaking all regular music conventions.

Midlake // Antiphon

‘Antiphon’ takes them back to their roots. They sound more American, more classic and there’s a feeling you’ve known the songs for years. ‘Antiphon’ is a perfect assertion to start with.

Gentleman's Dub Club // FOURtyFOUR

FOURtyFOUR sees Gentleman’s Dub Club going back to old reggae roots with a variety of classical reggae mixed with their trademark dub and 2 tone.

Warpaint // Warpaint

However, they sleepwalk through the majority of the album, meaning listening to it in its entirety makes you feel like you’ve taken a tranque dart to the neck.