His way with a slippery beat holds this together very well.
Pleasingly organic compared to the majority of most modern, digital dance music.
Pneumatic and persistent enough to trigger moves from armchair critics.
Remastered slice of experimental noise from Wire guitarist.
A record that earns its place in the modern hardcore canon with grit and resolve.
50 has said all this before, better, but that won’t put off his legion of fans.
The bare bones of a partnership that's well-deserving of a second outing.
Heavy with urban dread but awake to the promise of a better life.
Boasts an emotional, melancholic undertow so accomplished it shames other ambient LPs.
The story of a maverick creative force – remind you of anyone?
The celebrated DJ continues to showcase his flexibility.
Never predictable, full of surprises, and engaging from start to close.
Like a strange mirage glimpsed in the depths of the English countryside…
Evidence aplenty that their rock formula has some mileage left in it yet.
With charm and variety on its side, this deserves to make a dent in the mainstream.
A noise band with tunes, working like a dream.
An impressive showcase for a genre-eschewing sound that’s impressively slippery.
Deserves to find its way out of the world music ghetto and onto the world stage.
Cornershop return with an alternative history of Brit Pop.
The Ecstatic catches the former Black Star MC back on top of his game.
Playing up his backstory with smart rhymes and a showman's flourish.
Inevitably going to be seen as a record for the heads, rather than for crossover success.
As with any great jazz album, it's about interplay.
The band's strongest recording yet.
Proof that Jones' funky organ is still in full working order.
An album that shows a new old side to an American original.
Breathless group vocals and handclaps launched into the pot.
A good amount of Join The Q wreaking havoc on the right crowd.
A collection of individual commissions.
It's hard to deny Rudolf is a man with some big ideas.
They're like the Jackson 5 – from Mars!
Ought to get the blood pumping
Heavy enough to appeal to the rock kids but remaining a dance album to the core...
Johnny back to a alternative reality Clapham where “Sham 69 never united the kids”
You leave No Point In Wasting Tears with respect for Ironik
There's some incendiary fun to be had within.
Nelly has straddled the spheres of US hip-hop and mainstream pop
Shaffer Chimere Smith has found a way to stand out from the crowd.
If there's any justice, it'll see her return from the margins to pop's centre stage.
Thought So still feels like a treat, generously packed and tightly rolled, a treat for...
Natural should charm any soul fan with the patience to swing to its soft, satiny...
The world might not yet be familiar with Norwegian hip-hop, but...Madcon are very able...
Superhero Brother is nowhere near as sussed nor as righteous as it would like to be.
The Gathering lines up seven lean, unfussy beatscapes...
Uninspired and smoothed to an unpleasant sheen.
...Gives little thought to fleeting dancefloor fashions, grand ideas, or any of that...
This is an artful homage that drives the old Autobahn but steers clear of pastiche.
The Black Ghosts cast their net pretty wide.
This is a fine debut, full of surprises.
Few bands defined the sound or the fashion of 80s hard rock more than Whitesnake.
