A successful juxtaposition of the mundane and shocking.
A dreadful pile of over-processed, overloaded frippery, or a work of genius?
A canny hybrid of Regina Spektor and Kate Nash.
Could serve as a retrospective of instrumental hip hop over the past ten years.
Low calorie, guitar-based rock.
Fascinating fantasy or ostentatiously bloated?
The album has an intimacy that gives even the most despairing songs an intangible joy.
There's a damn sight more depth than your average manufactured band here.
Enough hooks to get caught up on, again and again.
Fearless is now triple platinum. But will it fare similarly in the UK?
Bigger, brighter and more danceable.
Don't underestimate Pink!
A truly slick and accomplished debut.
Finally secures Amelle's place and puts the ghost of Mutya to rest.
Soaking up trends that ensure she’s played in all the gyms and Topshops nationwide...
This girl's far too smart for the crappy nights out, rubbish mates and loser exes she...
They're at their best at their darkest: the title track is the standout with its...
Rilo Kiley lead singer Jenny Lewis has gone solo - and her debut album sounds bloody...
Lamontagne's album is about his long journey from a factory worker to a...
The personality of this record is one with a vulnerable heart which is easily bruised,...
Fans of I Am Kloot may be pleased to hear that John Bramwell and co have taken the 'If...
Dishevelled, hard edged Mancunians I Am Kloot are back with more songs about what an...
She shows love, loneliness and overall goodness in her timeless songs.
Too many of the tracks here are predictable. 'Party In My Head' does not inspire me to...
Melancholy is never too far away, but its presence can make the resolution and peace...
O'Riley has taken one of the most successful contemporary bands of the moment, and...
Debut CD from Dublin dreampop trio named after a Danish astronomer...
The love expressed on this album is not just this year's; it's a daily, toilet...
Nina explores the ill-effects of too much alcohol on a raging jealous tongue with the...
Overall I think this is an album to listen to when you've had your heart broken...
It's a kind of Desert Island Discs for the hip, with anecdotal sleeve-note...
Minimalist composer's soundtrack to Bafta award winning movie. 'It's all a bit too...
Moloko return with an album that is fresh, keeping all the things that are good, but...
Beautiful words sum up the world and lodge themselves in your head - 'I wish the...
Gloriously imperfect, the personality makes the album, and it's his best yet: almost...
Beautysleep moves with the dreaminess of a Jean Rhys novel, fluid and effortless...
There's no doubt that Christina's got a stunning voice, but stylistically she could be...
It's like witnessing the stag night of some young blokes with too much money and very...
Proof that sometimes, these talent shows actually work to give us, the public, what we...
Relive the snapshots of Björk's confessionals, quirks like throwing things off...
I'll never listen to the cheery 'Full Moon Empty Heart' in the same way, now I know...
