
She’s a rare case of someone who actually should give up the day job.

A fine B sides set that’s much more than a mere stopgap release.

Today, New Boots… stands as a mighty missing link between The Kinks and Blur.

A wonderful new record from the husband-and-wife pair.

As good a riposte to the grubby, grabbing times we live in as any artist has mustered.

Tipped by Morrissey, this Orange County quintet could be the next Coldplay.

Solid third set from the soundtrack-conquering pop strummer.

Wisdom and reflection have finally overtaken venomous splurge, for the better.

Against the odds, it might be time to sit up and pay Klaxons some respect.

A union that just keeps on giving delivers its best album yet.

As good a soundtrack to the last decade and a half as anyone can muster.

Devo return once again to chart the downfall of the American Dream.

The band’s most startling release yet sees them enjoying their creative freedom.

Boys Outside turns The Beta Band’s spectral, pastoral jams into electronic soul.

A revealing, liberating experience that finds them leading the field again.

Like Peter and the Wolf re-imagined by an electronic-leaning Neil Hannon.

World music in the greatest possible sense of the term, both universal and uniting.

A natural marriage between soulful vocals and the classic sounds of Muscle Shoals.

His abilities and vision can be breathtaking.

Twelve tracks of peerless post-revolutionary Cuban music.

Paints a picture that his tunes could be sung by anyone, in any style.

Not so much John Cale’s lost offspring as Nico’s clone.

Imagine if you could be in all your favourite bands at once...

Its boldest themes are still worryingly pertinent today.