Peace take the past and swish it about with a bit swagger, and the results are just dandy.
A relaxed eighth album from Kelly Jones and company.
Chicago siblings deliver an easy pleasure of a debut album.
A really gratifying debut from south Londoner Dan Smith and company.
Shot through with the confidence of a man with the hit parade Midas touch.
A loose mix best experienced with your critical faculties compromised.
Offering fresh indie sounds, The Heartbreaks are a formidable proposition.
The Sound of 2012 winner’s debut is full of faith and sincerity.
A second album which never dips beneath beguiling.
A fascinating study of one band's evolution over its first five albums.
The real(ish) deal arrives, almost 45 years late but sounding as perfect as can be.
Queen B’s powerhouse balladry remains untouchable when she really opens up.
A collection of mesmeric, epic stillness.
Blends the quirky, the audacious and the touching to confident effect.
The hits, and newies prove there’s life in the impossibly youthful old dog yet.
A zingy fusion of disparate styles.
Warm and confident throughout her second album, Hilson is becoming hard to ignore.
It’s come late, but Basic Instinct is one of the best RnB albums of the year.
The melodies haven’t gone AWOL, but this isn’t an advance from Captain Blunt.
A sparky and affecting record, moving Swift on at a stately and assured pace.
Tunstall’s third album proves that a bit of “grrr” does the girl good.
Arrangements are dense and intricate, and Chief make an accomplished, purposeful noise.
La La Land is so warm and easy to like, it triumphs over any misgivings.
North Carolina baroque-rockers are ambitious, but quality comes in patches.
Pleasant to be around but not much of a distraction, this has its place.
Never a dull moment, and never an irritating frat-girl with a “bottle of Jack”.
Her first album of three in 2010 suggests she’s holding something back.
Their eleventh full-length attempt at a place in respected rock lineage.
An album in love with life, and a document of pulling it into focus.
A rich and colourful record featuring members of Swedish prog-rockers Dungen.
Is there a market for sci-fi dub? If Filewile get their way, sure.
Mildly bewitching, the Swedes’ debut album is effortless in its beauty.
The overriding flavour of the album is of a creator set free.
Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon, with friends, explores more experimental material.
Charming enough, but this collaboration is perhaps too nostalgic.
