Life Sux

Wavves - Life Sux

Release 14 October 2011
FabricLive 59

Four Tet - FabricLive 59

Release 07 October 2011

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...

Passenger

Lisa Hannigan - Passenger

Release 07 October 2011

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...

Cinderella's Eyes

Nicola Roberts - Cinderella's Eyes

Release 26 September 2011

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, Vol. 2

Popical Island - Popical Island, Vol. 2

Release 25 June 2011

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...

Suck It And See

Arctic Monkeys - Suck It And See

Release 03 June 2011

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...

Born This Way

Lady Gaga - Born This Way

Release 20 May 2011

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

Goblin

Tyler, The Creator - Goblin

Release 20 May 2011

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

Helplessness Blues

Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues

Release 29 April 2011

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...

Transition

Chipmunk - Transition

Release 29 April 2011

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...

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