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