Snoop Dogg - Malice N Wonderland
Release 08 December 2009Snoop Dogg has made it. His painstaking self-promotion has given him such a prominent public profile that it actually doesn't matter what his music sounds like...
Rihanna - Rated R
Release 23 November 2009When you're the biggest female r'n'b star in the world and you're about to follow up one of the best pop albums of recent years with eagerly anticipated new material one imagines you don't really need...
The Antlers - Hospice
Release 29 October 2009The most difficult thing the average person will ever have to do is watch a loved one die...
Alexandra Burke - Overcome
Release 16 October 2009Topped and tailed by the grab-you-by-the-balls brilliant Bad Boys and the perfectly-judged Hallelujah, Overcome is a fairly solid album...
Shakira - She Wolf
Release 16 October 2009Some undeniably terrific moments aside, Shakira's albums up to now have been a bit underwhelming, but happily She Wolf delivers and is Shakira's most consistent album to date...
Islands - Vapours
Release 09 October 2009At a time Islands seemed as destined for mythology as the namesake of their previous incarnation, The Unicorns...
Bad Lieutenant - Never Cry Another Tear
Release 09 October 2009Stupid Peter Hook. What did he ever do for New Order? Sure, he had a COUPLE of sweet basslines. And yeah, maybe he gave an otherwise clean-cut and sappy band a little bit of comedic grizzle and growl...
The Big Pink - A Brief History of Love
Release 22 September 2009The latest buzz band to come with black leather jackets surgically attached, The Big Pink's Converse-gazing relies heavily on distortion and nasal Britpop vocals...
Dizzee Rascal - Tongue N' Cheek
Release 18 September 2009The day had to come when Dizzee washed the grime off his high-tops and scrubbed up nice in a suit...
New Young Pony Club - The Optimist
03 March 2010
Marina and the Diamonds - The Family Jewels
03 March 2010
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Skeletons
01 February 2010
Although It’s Blitz! seems to have been out for an eternity at this stage, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs...
Ellie Goulding - Starry Eyed
21 January 2010
After being named Sound of 2010, the much-touted singer Ellie Goulding may indeed be starry-eyed...