An intense, and intensely satisfying, solo venture from the Oysterband man
A surprisingly sophisticated triumph.
Keith Emerson's first prog trio in full live action.
The prog trio's orchestral masterpiece featuring some legendary jazz names.
Capable of raising goosebumps or bringing a tear to the eye.
A 35-minute manifesto standing against the wide-eyed drift of the day
Suggests the band have the capacity to grow and evolve into something very special...
Power aplenty without ever getting showy.
Black and white alt country, with just a hint of sepia-tinged nostalgia around the...
Still pursuing their uber-muscular progressive metal agenda with ruthless dedication.
A snappy combination of intellect and intuition.
One of the best jazz reissues of the year.
They construct a fragile, resonant world with a lingering American after-taste.
Never have so many been given so little to do.
Familiarity shouldn't dull our appreciation of what many of these artists achieved.
Grasp just how brief but utterly magnificent their reign was
It's evident that Gilmore enjoys a good rapport with an appreciative audience.
Delivering an engagingly lavish set replete with quirky, off-centre atmospheres.
Flat Earthers hurl themselves over the edge.
A fine starting point to explore a songbook brimming with warmth.
An album of experimental music you can cut the rug to: every dream home should have one!
When Christy Moore sings you can't help but pay attention.
Reader is capable of so much more.
Amidst such up-tempo sunshine there's moments of an altogether darker splendour.
Time flies when you're having fun and in 1985 XTC were having plenty of it.
The really interesting part of the Madeleine Peyroux story starts here.
Prepare to have you jaw on the way to the floor with this one.
Hatcham Social have that life-and-death passion of a life lived in three minutes flat.
Blessed with a peerless set of pipes and a fierce musical intelligence.
The pace throughout the record is sedate and smooth and unashamedly sentimental.
A beautifully profound and dramatic record that has all the makings of a future classic.
Mountains' music has real depth and personality.
Music filled with love and not a little wit.
Artists this good deserved to be savored.
Swirls of pipe and fiddle whip and whittle through time
He always shoots from the heart.
One can't help but be touched by many of these amiable, sparsely furnished folk tunes.
There's probably a great single album lurking between the filler.
New Zealand's Flight of the Conchords are seriously funny.
Filled with explosive and eclectic invention.
This is still a must-have collection!
These are ultimately songs about, and of, hope.
Quite literally in the case of The Doors, the stuff of legend.
Irresistible thumping avant-pop.
Old-fashioned brooding rock, brimming with strength and passion.
The final choice for best album of 2008 just got a lot harder!
Perhaps the best thing to do is simply grab this album, turn up the volume and enjoy a...
...beautifully fragile, remarkably melodic and enticingly charming.
It would be a perfect Hollywood ending for She & Him if Volume One was a summer hit.
Finn's journey may have only just begun but I'll Be Lightning suggests it's going to...
