Wavves - Life Sux

Four Tet - FabricLive 59

In some ways post-dubstep is in fact a devolution, a 10 year trip backwards to reappraise UK Garage as it might have existed with different technology and more adventurous personnel, albeit into a...

Lisa Hannigan - Passenger

While Sea Sew was (literally) homespun and charming and garnered a positive reception, it was a bit plain song and arrangement-wise, only really enlivened by the loveliness of Lisa's pipes...

Nicola Roberts - Cinderella's Eyes

Forget Born This Way, 4, and, uh, Jedward's Victory, Cinderella's Eyes is far and away the pop album of the year so far...

Popical Island - Popical Island, Vol. 2

The emergence of Irish indie collectives such as Popical Island is evidence that the DIY spirit is alive and well and also that there's practically no other way to actually release records for the...

Arctic Monkeys - Suck It And See

I saw Arctic Monkeys at the dying embers of their tour in late 2009. To say they seemed jaded would be an understatement: they were bloody knackered...

Lady Gaga - Born This Way

Let us consider for a moment the possibility that this album could have been a load of old rubbish...

Tyler, The Creator - Goblin

Ladies and gentlemen, the most anticipated rap album of our time. “Niggas had the fucking nerve to call me immature...

Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues

Sometimes a band can just practically repeat its first album, like Room On Fire followed Is This It, and it still just works. Helplessness Blues is that kind of record...

Chipmunk - Transition

For all the Guardianista pride in London grime/rap/R&B's rise to mainstream dominance in the UK, and an increasing amount of attention from the already over-subscribed American market, the Genre...