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Eugene McGuinness: The Early Learnings Of So the music had better live up to the expectation, then, hadn't it, young Mr McGuinness, and not just be the work of another kooky singer-songwriter dipping his toes in an already saturated market.

Mexican Institute of Sound: Pinata Bearing all this in mind there's never been a more appropriate title for an album. The Mexican Institute of Sound has provided us with more break beats and enjoyable samples than you can shake a s...   O'Death: Head Home I often wonder if Goldman had been secretly studying indie labels' A&R men, as the rapid rise of psych-folk bands like Animal Collective and solo acts like Devendra Benhart, and their appearan...   Nefew: Off The Cuff There are of course exceptions to this rule. Cannibal Ox, El-p and Aesop Rock all showed that Hip Hop didn't have to be self indulgent, while the likes of Spank Rock gave it a harsher edge that ha...   GoodBooks: Control Music moves in swings and cycles. It's no great secret: in guitar-based pop you can easily plot the oscillation of popular taste from the peaks of punky energy to the troughs of fey wordiness and ...   Amy MacDonald: This Is The Life This Is The Life isn't a dramatic record, but herein lies its charm. Behind the faux Seventies cover, faux dog-eared around the edges, is a voice that sounds resignedly worldweary as Macdonald shi...   Chromeo: Fancy Footwork So have we managed to find anything worth fondly remembering in the decade that everyone looks back on as being 'generally quite wanky'? Well, with this album it appears Chromeo just might be ...   Miracle Fortress: Five Roses Happily, Graham van Pelt has decided to reverse this worrying trend. By day he's in Think About Life, who recorded an ok self-titled debut on Montreal's extremely cool Alien8 label in 2006. Th...   Lethal Bizzle: Back To Bizznizz That was before The Streets and the advent of so-called 'grindie' though. These days, Arctic Monkeys can duet with Dizzee Rascal and nobody raises an eyebrow, while Lethal Bizzle, the former m...   Prince: Planet Earth You'd have to be a cave hermit not to have heard the calamitous din of the world's record executives throwing their toys out of their collective prams when the Sunday tabloid proudly announced...

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