Janelle Monáe // The Electric Lady
It’s not all space-aged eccentricity!
Arctic Monkeys // AM
They’re not just four guys playing music anymore, they are Rock Stars.
Deaf Havana // Old Souls
Deaf Havana are back with their new album, Old Souls, and they seem to be leaving their more raw sound with their old album as they progress into a more polished, radio-ready sound.
Mark Lanegan // Imitations
Lanegan takes us back. Way back.
Hjaltalin // Enter 4
Perhaps mental illness had taken its toll on Hjaltalin more than I thought, as it was a schizophrenic start, and it didn’t promise to get any more cogent.
Turin Brakes // We Were Here
From their first LP; The Optimist in 2001, London folk duo Turin Brakes will release their sixth album, entitled “We Were Here”, but will it live up to their past decade of music?
Tegan & Sara // Hearthrob
The songs aren’t as personal as previous efforts.
Foals // Holyfire
Enough hidden charm to warrant the multiple listens it might need.
Rilo Kiley // Rkives
The album is a good mix of country infused melancholy melody and alt indie epics.
Savages // Silence Yourself
This is the most vital, essential, urgent music I’ve heard in a long time.
Tropical Popsicle // Dawn Of Delight
With a name like Tropical Popsicle, I really wanted to like this band.
Stereophonics // Graffiti On A Train
This is so much an album they wanted to make, not explorations of a blueprint set out for them, and it makes an interesting listen.
The Experimental Tropic Blues Band // Liquid Love
The entire album is raw with its unedited music that makes the album appear fresh.
Balthazar // Rats
A versatile, diverse album that fits neatly into the parameters of its genre.
The Pigeon Detectives // We Met at Sea
Gone are any hints of childish try-hard music, that occasionally appeared in previous attempts, replaced with a more confident and comfortable style.
Phoenix // Bankrupt
It's always difficult for a band to live up to the word revolutionary.
Money // The Shadow of Heaven
IT RUINED MY BATH
Shirock // Everything Burns
Both their musical talent is showcased expertly in this album.
Drenge // Drenge
I like to imagine Tom Watson throwing an absolute shit fit in his local constituency office.
Acid Washed // House of Melancholy
Hold on to your harem pants and take tight hold of the ever-shrinking edges of your crop top.
Pet Shop Boys // Electric (x2)
The group seemed to inhabit this kinda subverted sleaziness.
Disclosure // Settle
Man, these boys make me want to buy a Citroen Saxo and drive it endlessly round the inner sanctum of the City Walls.
Money // The Shadow of Heaven
Money - The Shadow of Heaven
The Specials // More... Or Less
They feed off the energy of their audience and really shine.
Horse Party // Scarlet & Blue
They have struck the perfect balance of having their own sound without becoming repetitive.
These New Puritans // Field Of Reeds
Kieren reviews a complex third album by These New Puritans.
Queens of The Stone Age // ...Like Clockwork
Despite the pressure being one of the most hyped up albums for the band, …Like Clockwork shows a more raw and personal edge to their unique sound and is their most musically diverse album yet.
Saltland // I Thought It Was Us But It Was All Of Us
Solo project of the star in the Constellation collective.
Goo Goo Dolls // Magnetic
..makes you, FORCES YOU to put the top down on your car and drive to the beach in the summer sun..
Hugh Laurie // Didn't It Rain
Yay it's Hugh Laurie! (And his second album of jazz and blues.)
Magic Arm // Images Rolling
Kieren reviews Magic Arm's second album, Images Rolling.
Sigur Ros // Kveikur
New Sigur Ros album? OK!
The Crystal Fighters // Cave Rave
Second track ‘LA Calling’, an acoustic, indie sing-along classic [...] makes you reach for the BBQ rather than the lasers.
The Xcerts // In The Cold Wind We Smile
The Xcerts - In The Cold Wind We Smile
Frightened Rabbit // Quietly Now! Liver! Lung! Fr!
Frightened Rabbit - Quietly Now! Liver! Lung! Fr!
Navvy // Idyll Intangible
Navvy - Idyll Intangible
Doom // Born Like This
Doom - Born Like This
Filthy Dukes // Nonsense In The Dark
Filthy Dukes - Nonsense In The Dark
The Balky Mule // The Length Of The Rail
The Balky Mule - The Length Of The Rail
Xrabit & DMG$ // Hello World
Xrabit & DMG$ - Hello World
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