Malcolm Middleton: Waxing Gibbous
Fewer singer-songwriters have made suicide and self-loathing into everyman singalongs better than Malcolm Middleton on his earlier albums.
The Wildhearts: Chutzpah!
A record for those in search of a varied rock album, but maybe not one for fans of classic Wildhearts.
Mercury Music Prize Nominees: #3 Bat For Lashes
Singles Daniel and Pearl’s Dream are but two snippets of one of the most gorgeously ethereal and decadent records of the year so far.
Baxter: End Of The World EP
Baxter are a London-based five-piece who play melodic indie pop, and in this collection, they showcase their sound in four easy pieces.
Mercury Music Prize Nominees: #1 Friendly Fires
Their album was one of the best of 2008, and after taking a while to catch on everyone is beginning to realise that tracks such as White Diamonds and Skeleton Boy are perfect for the summer.
La Roux: La Roux
I really wanted to dislike this album. I had dismissed Elly Jackson and Ben Langmaid as try-hard bandwagon-jumpers, riding the wave of 80s inspired pop indiscriminately to the top of the charts, making mugs of the general public.
Calvin Harris has a tantrum, tells Twitter
It seems that pop’s most Scottish man has thrown his toys out of the pram this morning.
Freeze Puppy: Animation
From the moment Animation begins to rotate in the record player it becomes very clear that this is no ordinary pop album.
Moby: Wait For Me
Moby follows up the ambitious electronic dance-floor inspired concept album Last Night with a completely different animal.
