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.

I Break Horses // Chiaroscuro

Maria Lindén of I Break Horses can just sprinkle those beats all over my record collection whilst I dance tippy-toed on the layers of reverbed vox, so ethereal I'd actually be floating in mid air.

Wild Beasts // Present Tense

Nice yes, but we find ourselves looking for an “Eat Me. Drink Me” to take the adventure on a different direction.

The Rifles // None The Wiser

If you like your indie mod rock neatly pre-packaged and ready for mass consumption, then you’ll love humming the easy to remember chorus melodies as you strut around Glastonbury ’14 in a straw hat.

Bombay Bicycle Club // So Long, See You Tomorrow

Overdone’ rapidly takes on a Bollywood vibe. This, blurred with the kind of vocals and drumbeats you’d expect, suggest evolution, and not a complete move away from the early days.

Metronomy // Love Letters

Just because something is popular doesn’t mean it’s shit. And anyway, this band clearly aren’t like, Rihanna or Bieber or Queen B in their popularity.

Little Dragon // Nabuma Rubberband

Little Dragon are back, so ring the bell: it’s [press] play-time.

Embrace // Embrace

Embrace have succeeded in creating a giant, glittering pot of gold out of loads of ingredients

Brody Dalle // Diploid Love

Brody is back.

The Amazing Snakeheads // Amphetamine Ballads

"Dirty, psychedelic, industrial and undeniably sexy" - Let's get down with The Amazing Snakeheads...

Pixies // Indie Cindy

The incomparable Pixies return after a 21 year dry spell, but was it worth the wait?

Grace Jones // Nightclubbing (Island Records)

Grace Jones eschewed the expectations of her colour by hoovering up the rock, art-pop and new wave palettes like cheap cocaine

Fruitful Earth // Rising Sun (Big Peach Records)

Smoky, classic 70s rock, influenced by bluesy lyrics and pace, with some good ol’ country to boot.

Paolo Nutini // Caustic Love

He’s in complete command of this album, changing the atmosphere from being fun, comfortable and up-beat to being something more slow and mournful.

Horse Party // Cover Your Eyes

A stunningly good debut from lynchpin of the Bury St Edmunds scene.

Tune-Yards // Nikki Nack

Tune-Yards' 3rd album still playful but produced