A startling debut from a young Canadian RnB artist with huge potential.
Californian singer brings Common and Ryan Tedder aboard for album number three.
A fantastic debut from the London-based producer, full of intriguing promise.
A great pop-soul album which builds upon her debut and betters it brilliantly.
From garage-punks to national treasures in waiting, The Horrors’ rise is remarkable.
Instrumental trio’s debut is a wonderfully realised set of aggression and elegance.
A perfect after-hours accompaniment for contemplation and restoration.
A charming collection which might possess more mass appeal than its makers realise.
Need a frown turning upside down? Here’s your medicine.
What could have been an epilogue is actually an entirely new chapter.
One of 2011’s most absorbing, affecting and downright brilliant LPs.
They’ve an awful name, but this Glasgow band kicks up an impressive racket.
A solid debut of country-tinged ballads and zesty pop spoiled by an ill-advised cover.
When is an album not an album? When it looks like this...
Rocket science it’s not, but the alchemy is as reliable as it ever was.
Superbly structured second LP from the New Yorkers, but it’s missing a certain something.
A superb debut from the French producer, setting the bar high for 2011’s dance albums.
A very respectable debut, and one that deserves an eventual sequel.
A delectable taste of a developing production talent well worth watching.
Despite fine cuts from its vast catalogue, this isn’t the definitive Creation document.
Fare to scald the soles of one’s feet rather than nourish the soul.
A fine album amongst many in the band’s catalogue, with its share of beautiful moments.
The group’s first official live album sees nostalgia butt against fearsome acerbity.
Atlanta band’s third album of melancholic musings contains some of their finest songs yet.
Texan trio delivers a treat of a second album, turning slowcore dynamics up to 11.
Represents the very darkest depths of the band’s 90s output.
Like mainlining fizzy pop on a summer’s day: brilliant, bright, jumpy and jovial.
Decently raucous first album from Northern Irish quartet on the rise.
There’s enthusiasm enough to carry Polock into at least a minor cluster of hearts.
Diamond’s brilliant early solo recordings, freshly re-presented in warm mono.
A special third album from perhaps the most inspiring, intriguing band in Britain.
A remarkable fifth LP from the otherworldly New Yorkers.
Second album from the London rapper has its sights set on stateside success.
Fairly rewarding fifth LP from the dark-hearted indie Danes.
A marvellously multifaceted remix record that well complements the essential original.
Chamber-folk outfit explores a soundworld that’s entirely theirs on album number two.
A brilliant second album of intelligent pop from the rightly rising Manchester band.
Saving Private Ryan star releases an intriguing album of warmly enveloping indie-pop.
Probably the best album of folk-goes-indie-with-a-Scottish-accent since The Great Eastern.
The NZ singer’s first attempt at international recognition is an assured affair.
Another chilled-out triumph of a solo set from the Animal Collective member.
The band's landmark debut remains a classic 20 years since its release.
A fantastic new set from the LA producer, guaranteed to spread good cheer.
A great fifth album from the Wu-Tang rapper, but not quite another catalogue classic.
There are few bands out there to truly touch Colourmusic’s engrossing racket.
New York-based folk artist’s third album is a beautiful set of baby-soothing songs.
An enjoyably varied, highly accomplished album from the Azerbaijan-born singer.
Fans of Warpaint and School of Seven Bells, investigate this immediately.
An ambitious second LP from the Leeds band, mixing electronica with soul and strings.
Beat Junkies founder’s long-awaited debut of original material was worth waiting for.
